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Intel Soars 37.8% in September on Nvidia’s $5 Billion Stake and New CPU–GPU Partnerships

Nvidia's purchase was read as a strong vote of confidence in Intel's x86 roadmap.

Overview

  • S&P Global Market Intelligence reported a 37.8% jump in Intel shares for September.
  • Nvidia bought $5 billion of Intel stock at $23.28 per share, equating to roughly a 4% stake.
  • The announcement included partnerships to more tightly link Intel data‑center CPUs with Nvidia’s AI GPU servers and to bring Nvidia graphics technology closer to Intel’s PC CPU architecture.
  • Intel’s Granite Rapids Xeon 6 served as the reference host CPU in Nvidia’s DGX B300 server systems.
  • Intel will allow Nvidia to customize an x86 CPU design for future AI systems as part of the collaboration.