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Nvidia, a major American semiconductor company, has announced that it will invest approximately 740 billion yen in the struggling Intel and jointly develop semiconductors for data centers and personal computers.

It is believed that the aim is also to support the business restructuring through this unusual investment in a rival company.

On the 18th, Nvidia announced that it will purchase Intel shares at $23.28 per share, investing a total of $5 billion, which is approximately 740 billion yen.

Both companies will leverage their respective technologies to jointly develop semiconductors for data centers and personal computers.

Intel has been struggling with poor business performance, partly because it fell behind Nvidia in the development of semiconductors for AI. For Nvidia, this investment in a rival company is an unusual move.

Regarding Intel, the Trump administration has agreed to invest 8.9 billion dollars, which is about 1.3 trillion yen, and this announcement is also seen as an effort to support the companys business reconstruction.

Following the announcement, Intels stock price temporarily surged by more than 30% compared to the previous days closing price.

Both companies CEOs emphasized the strengths of their collaboration. NVIDIA, which is making the investment, excels in semiconductors called GPUs that are essential for the development of generative AI, as they can process images and handle large-scale computations simultaneously. NVIDIA is also strong in high-speed communication technologies between semiconductors.

On the other hand, Intel, which will receive the investment, is strong in CPUs, the brains of personal computers, and plans to proceed with development by leveraging the technologies of both companies.

On the 18th, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who held an online press conference, said, Its an exciting partnership for the data center market as well as the general consumer market.

We are trying to combine the best CPU with the best GPU, he said. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan also stated, This is a historic partnership and a very significant milestone.

On the other hand, when asked about the involvement of the Trump administration, CEO Huan stated, The Trump administration is not involved in this partnership at all.

Of course, they surely would have cooperated.

Today, I had the opportunity to speak with Secretary of Commerce Raimondo, and she expressed great excitement and support for the collaboration with American tech companies.