Intel CEO commits to building new GPUs and has hired the engineer who designed some of AMD's greatest graphics card hits to design them

Yesterday, I reported on claims that Intel's hotly anticipated Arc B770 gaming graphics card is toast. Now comes news direct from Intel's CEO that the company is committed to building future GPUs and has just hired a new Chief Architect to lead the charge.

If that's all a bit bewildering, there is, of course, a catch. It seems that those GPUs are for AI, not gaming. At least, that's the implication.

Let's start off with what Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan actually said. In response to the pretty unambiguous query...