“At the end of the day, what we’re trying to do is accelerate compute and accelerate the adoption of compute,” she said. “x86 has been the foremost leader in architecture over the last 40 years, and the idea is that AMD and Intel are bringing together all of these founding members (who) can really accelerate the pace of innovation going forward.”

Intel and AMD unveiled a new x86 ecosystem advisory group will enlist several tech giants as members, including Microsoft, Dell Technologies, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and Google.

Intel and AMD have joined forces to form an industry alliance for the x86 ISA, which is probably something nobody had on their 2024 bingo card. The two rivals will collaborate on future endeavors to benefit the x86 ecosystem along with a broad set of industry heavyweights,