Nvidia’s FINALLY Taking Gamers Seriously!

AMD is risking their own company. Is Xbox dead? Nvidia is actually releasing their first consumer CPU and they're finally starting to take gamers seriously. Welcome everyone to Gamer Mel. AMD is going all out risking their own company. I mean, the lengths that these companies are willing to go to sell their GPUs is wild. Case in point, AMD just made a massive deal with Meta. you know, the company Mark Zuckerberg changed from Facebook because he believed so much in the future of VR and AR that he threw it all away for AI. But all of that aside, AMD's new deal with Meta is for 6 GW and it's worth a whopping $100 billion. >> Holy crap. >> But the wild part is that AMD is offering Meta a whopping 10% of their total stock if they reach certain milestones. They do this to better incentivize Meta to follow through with their purchases. Obviously, these deals are years out, so it helps keep the commitment. Meta wouldn't want to absolutely guarantee that they buy it if something happens. Kind of how their virtual reality plans didn't materialize. And it does make sense, especially given AMD stock has to get to $600 before Meta gets everything. So, the dilution isn't too bad when you look at growth. The issue is that it's still a huge gamble to make on future AI demand. If Meta gets some of the stock and AI is actually a bubble and it bursts, Meta quits buying and AMD is now diluted for nothing. And this isn't even AMD's first deal that involves stock warrants. But what do you think? Is AI a bubble or is this the right move? Let me know down in the comments below. Is Xbox done for? That's what some people are asking. is the longtime CEO of Microsoft's gaming division, Phil Spencer, is leaving the company and he's being replaced by Asha Chararma. Now, that name may not mean anything to you, but take a guess which division she's coming from. If you said that she's the head of product for Microsoft's core AI organization, you would be right. This is the part of Microsoft that made Azur AI studio and their co-pilot developer tools. Don't worry though because she's promising there won't be AI slob right >> now. If one of the original Xbox creators, Seamus Blackley is right, there may not be anything to lead for long as he tells Gamesbeat that Xbox is being sunseted. Specifically that quote her job is going to be as a pallet of care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night. >> Ouch baby. Very ouch. and he really may not be wrong. Xbox has seen a massive drop in sales as the company pushes the idea of Xbox as a service rather than a hardware console. Of course, we've heard from AMD that Microsoft is going to be ready to release their nextG Xbox next year. So, it's really tough to say. Ultimately, things do not look great over at Microsoft Gaming. Nvidia is actually releasing their first ever consumer PC CPU. That's right. Things were looking a little dicey there. First, when Nvidia's original plan to purchase ARM was thwarted by the US, UK, and EU, then I got really worried about their commitment to ARM when Nvidia announced their partnership with Intel to make x86 chips, especially given Nvidia was actually buying a stake in Intel with that partnership. Well, according to a new story from the Wall Street Journal and later reported by Video Cards, Nvidia is moving forward with their consumer CPUs. As you can see here, it says that people familiar with Nvidia's supply chain said PC makers, including Dell Technologies and Lenovo, were working with chip makers on models using the Nvidia MediaTek SOC. And of course, this is exactly what we've seen from the leaked N1 and N1X chips. These are supposed to be built off the same chip that Nvidia uses in their DJX Spark, which of course comes with a CPU with up to 20 ARM cores and an integrated GPU with a whopping 6,144 CUDA cores. The same number that's in Nvidia's desktop 5070. And what's wild is that I actually missed a story a little while back that showed Lenovo leaked their own notebooks that come with N1 and N1X chips. Basically, they're coming and coming fast. In fact, according to this article, the first PCs with the chip could come in the first half of this year. But the news doesn't stop there, as Nvidia is finally getting serious about gaming. And believe it or not, this could spell the end of Windows for gamers. This story originally comes from a job posting by Nvidia for a Linux graphics senior software engineer. And in that post, it says, quote, "We're looking for outstanding software engineers to help us develop driver solutions for new GPUs on desktop, server, and gaming Linux platforms, including our newest addition to the lineup, the groundbreaking DGX Spark. We collaborated with open- source frameworks like Vulcan and OpenGL, and we enable Linux games and apps to take advantage of Nvidia GPUs for both x86 and ARM architecture." I know that was really long, but it's important here because I'd say this makes it clear that Nvidia is not only taking ARM more seriously, probably because of their upcoming chips, but also Linux. And I'd bet there's one giant reason why. Valve. I've talked about this a little before, but Valve Steam Deck, as well as their upcoming Steam machine, are ultimately based on Linux, which is why they're able to get so much performance out of it. Besides the fact that Linux is less bloated than Windows, Valve can modify way more about it to better suit gamers. Now, this isn't completely Microsoft's fault. They do have to cater to a ton of users along with a lot of backwards compatibility. But I think it's clear that they've gotten so used to having a monopoly that they started pushing things no one wanted. Once again, this is why competition is so important. It forces companies to do what consumers want. Don't forget that Microsoft recently announced some big optimizations for Windows gaming. So, they're clearly feeling the pressure already and Nvidia sees the future in it. Which is why there are other job listings like this one found on Reddit where Nvidia is looking for engineers to find GPU and CPU performance bottlenecks in Vulcan and Proton titles. Basically, a massive change is coming. And if you want to be at the forefront of that change, make sure you subscribe to Gamer Meld.

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