Intel and AMD Unite to Form x86 Advisory Group Amid Rising Arm Competition

Oct 15, 2024, 06:07 PM

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have announced the formation of an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group aimed at accelerating innovation for developers and customers. This unprecedented collaboration brings together rivals Intel and AMD, along with key industry players including Broadcom, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HP, Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, Epic Games' Tim Sweeney, and Linus Torvalds. The advisory group seeks to shape the future of the world's most widely used computing architecture by ensuring a unified x86 instruction set architecture, driving customization, compatibility, and scalability. The initiative aims to simplify software development and respond to increasing competition from Arm and RISC-V architectures. AMD CEO Lisa Su and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger have emphasized the importance of this once-unthinkable partnership, which was announced at Lenovo's conference, in advancing the ubiquitous x86 microprocessor architecture and fostering innovation across the computing ecosystem.