Raja Koduri lands at Intel, with the mission of developing a graphics card that is capable of competing with the most powerful solutions from NVIDIA and entering a market that moves millions.

The departure of AMD from Raja Koduri was practically sung, since the situation was not good, due to the problems of the AMD RX Vega, graphics cards that were expected to compete with the NVIDIA Voltas and barely can compete with the Pascals and that they have an excessive consumption, one of the main criticisms. The situation is complex, because AMD has the resources it has, unfortunately. Landing at Intel, for the Larrabee Project, the dedicated graphics card project, is a big step forward, as you will be able to apply the knowledge gained at AMD with a blank check.

Koduri has the mission that Xeon Phi, that project that has never finished going anywhere, reaches the generalist market, thinking directly about PC gaming, planting not a battle with AMD, but a direct battle to the most powerful products of NVIDIA. Intel is the dominant player in the processor market, but the iGPUs that it integrates into its processors are not worth playing Minesweeper and wants to get into the gaming product market, which also moves a lot of money, almost more than processors, no it is rare to see an Intel Core i5 with an NVIDIA GTX 1070, a very good combination.

The future for Koduri is a challenge, because it comes from the failure of the RX Vega, because without hot cloths, constant stock problems, high consumption, lower power than expected and most importantly, THERE ARE STILL NO CUSTOMIZED MODELS FOR THE DIFFERENT AIB THAT WORK WITH AMD! The great advantage of signing for Intel is that you practically have a blank check, therefore, you have the resources you need and Intel is characterized by having the best engineers or at least, people of very high quality and very well paid, why deny it.

I can't ignore the arrival of the Intel Kaby Lake and AMD RX Vega based SiPs with HBM2 memory. These hybrid processors, manufactured by Intel based on EMIB technology, where AMD 'only' provides the graphics and memories, are a great solution that wants to get out of the way with NVIDIA, offering interesting gaming solutions, which allow easy play at 1080p, the resolution most used by gamers, without depending on NVIDIA solutions, which are usually expensive. I speak of this because not if we look at the conditions in context, we will see a pattern, clearly.

The first thing, in September Koduri took a 'sabbatical' until December, something that has already raised many rumors. Intel in early November announces SiPs with AMD graphics. Hours later Intel announces the signing of Raja Koduri. The way I see it, after the launch of the RX Vega, the Koduri period at AMD was ending and the agreement signed months ago with AMD, surely incorporated these solutions. The way I see it, Koduri went to Intel to work on these SiPs, with a prior agreement between all parties for an addition to be announced following the announcement of the Intel-AMD hybrid solutions. If we follow the chronology, it seems clear that Koduri did not go on vacation, he went to Intel to help with hybrid processors, with a contract under his arm, which would become effective once these solutions were announced.