NVIDIA would be planning to penalize Chinese manufacturers that manufacture their Intel Arc Battlemage
In the near future, although still unconfirmed, Intel is expected to announce and launch its Arc Battlemage graphics cards, its second generation. Intel's strategy is to offer a price commensurate with performance, which for major manufacturers like NVIDIA and AMD could represent a significant challenge to their consumer graphics card market. For this reason, it has been reported, though still unconfirmed, that NVIDIA will penalize manufacturers who produce Intel's future graphics cards.
According to an anonymous Chinese source, NVIDIA could resort to the same anti-competitive tactics as the GeForce Partner program, which restricted manufacturers to producing only NVIDIA cards. In addition to being delayed until 2024, Intel's Arc Battlemage GPUs could also face supply issues if NVIDIA decides to do so.
NVIDIA would go strong against the Intel Arc Battlemage in China
In addition to the alleged development problems with the upcoming Battlemage GPUs, it seems Intel could also lose its AIB partners . These manufacturers would be forced to collaborate exclusively with Nvidia. According to the Russian YouTube channel PRO Hi-Tech, Nvidia is either reviving the GeForce partner program model that affected AMD a few years ago to compete with Intel, or using the same tactics in the form of clauses in contracts.
PRO Hi-Tech reports that NVIDIA has been threatening any AIB partners in China that plan to collaborate with Intel on the Arc Battlemage GPU. Depending on the extent of the collaboration with Intel, NVIDIA would impose limitations on the supply of GeForce RTX GPUs or even outright prohibit the "rogue" AIBs from manufacturing any models. This information was provided by an employee of an AIB manufacturer who wishes to remain anonymous.
To provide some context, with the GeForce Partner program, Nvidia exerted pressure on AIBs (Authorized Software Interchange Builders) that sold AMD cards, limiting their ability to manufacture competing cards. NVIDIA was forced to end the initiative after just one year due to industry protests. Of course, these are just rumors, and NVIDIA will most likely neither confirm nor deny them; we would only see information from Intel, a manufacturer, or their employees.
Source: Notebook Check
