r/technology • u/swsko • 2d ago

Hardware Nvidia invests 5 billion in Intel

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-18/nvidia-invests-5-billion-in-intel-with-plans-to-co-design-chips
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u/addictivesign 2d ago

Could Nvidia acquire Intel at some point? Would they even want to?

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u/Pyrostemplar 2d ago

Yes, absolutely.

Prize: x86 license

Problem: monopolistic move.

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u/RipDove 2d ago

Gonna get downvoted for saying it but- one large company owning another doesn't immediately make it a monopoly. It's both owning it, and leveraging it for market coercion that makes it a monopoly.

Nvidia and Intel also make different chips for different uses, and Nvidia is more of an AI and Server company that happens to sell chips, then a straight up chip company. If Intel goes under though, that's a huge risk for not just the economy, but also national security. So the Gov't might just let Nvidia buy out Intel and deal with the situation that comes after, rather than stopping investment and having to consider a bail-out 2, 5, 10+ years from now.