In an unexpected twist, Intel and Nvidia are teaming up to put RTX graphics directly into Intel PC chips, likely for laptops. The deal involves Intel and Nvidia jointly developing “multiple generations of custom datacenter and PC products” for both the enterprise and consumer markets. The partnership covers Intel’s processors for the x86 architecture, which are used for Windows PCs and servers. Intel CPUs have long featured their own "integrated" graphics, often found in thin and light laptops. For added graphics power, your PC can include a dedicated Nvidia GPU, either as a full-size desktop graphics card or as a discrete GPU inside a laptop. In a surprise, it looks like Team Blue has decided to shelve its own integrated graphics for an Nvidia GPU “chiplet” that’ll be attached to at least some Intel CPUs. “For personal computing, Intel will build and offer to the market x86 system-on-chips (SOCs) that integrate Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets. These new x86 RTX SOCs will power a wide ran...