Intel denies licensing AMD’s graphics technology

Intel contradicts rumors that the company has licensed the graphics technology from competitor AMD. Speculation about this has been going around for months and even led to reports that Intel would combine Radeon GPUs with its chips.

Intel contradicted the report in a brief statement to Barron’s Daily Tech Trader: “The recent rumors that Intel has licensed AMD’s graphics technology are not true.” Those rumors resurfaced after Fudzilla “confirmed” in mid-May that Intel had acquired such a license. Fudzilla doesn’t have a good track record of rumours: many of the site’s claims turn out to be untrue.

Intel was forced to make the denial because similar reports have been around for some time. At the end of last year, it was Kyle Bennett of HardOCP who claimed that the licensing agreement between AMD and Intel was finalized. According to the site, Intel is even licensed to use AMD’s GPU technology in its own graphics processors. In February, the site’s editor echoed the message, adding that Intel and AMD would be working on a multi-chip module for the entry-level and mainstream segment.

In March 2017, Intel’s license agreement with Nvidia expired. It was speculated that a deal with AMD was not so much about actual use, but to ensure that Intel’s use of GPU techniques would fall under a valid license. It is not known whether Intel is now negotiating with Nvidia about a renewal of the deal, is still sitting with AMD, or has decided that a new GPU license agreement is no longer relevant.