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Intel nabs AMD's Radeon chief to make high-end graphics chips
Just when you thought Intel and AMD's relationship might be warming up a bit, following this week's reveal of a new Core processor with AMD graphics, comes a bombshell announcement. Intel has hired AMD's Radeon lead, Raja Koduri, to head up a new graphics division: the Core and Visual Computing Group. In particular, he's going to be focused on delivering "high-end, discrete graphics," something Intel has never attempted to tackle before. That'll put the company in direct competition with AMD and NVIDIA when it comes to dedicated GPUs. Basically, don't expect Intel's partnership with AMD to last very long.
Graphics chip designer Raja Koduri heads back to AMD after four-year stint at Apple
Well, it looks like AMD had a bit of news up its sleeve that it chose not to drop during its earnings call yesterday. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that famed graphics chip designer Raja Koduri is heading back to the company, which he left in 2009 to take on the graphics CTO role at Apple. Presumably, Koduri will again be performing some similar duties at AMD, but the company isn't offering any further details just yet apart from saying that it's "very pleased" about the move. Update 4/22: AMD has now issued a press release confirming that Koduri's new role at the company is Corporate Vice President, Visual Computing, which sees him reporting to another former Apple exec, Mark Papermaster.
