Somewhere last year a rumor popped up that Intel would be interested to close a licensing deal with AMD, basically to use their integrated graphics for the Intel CPUs.

That rumor is now reaffirmed and getting stronger. It might just be a cross-license agreement so that Intel will be enabled to use some of AMD patents. It also might be that AMD could fab the IGP that is to be paired with Intel CPU dies. According to Fudzilla both companies have finalized the deal.

In the end we do not see that last part happening, but Intel is hungry for a GPU patent license, and we all know that AMD can use some additional positive cash-flow. So at this stage, it does not seem unlikely anymore.

To date, neither company has confirmed any of this.

Rumor of Intel closing a license deal with AMD getting stronger