Intel's new ARC series seems to be a good buy for AV1 encode/decode and other non-gaming applications given its current price-point especially for low tiers. Software compatibility isn't there yet but its catching up.
Intel has always had good drivers for Linux (compared to Nvidia) which are scheduled to land in the upcoming 6.x kernels, I'm wondering if they're planning to attack the CUDA AI/ML moat that Nvidia has built up. AMD hasn't done much to shake CUDA with ROCm but I'm sure Pat Gelsinger has plans to capture all that margin that Nvidia is reaping currently in the datacenter space, those Nvidia DGX A100's are so insanely pricey!
Intel has always had good drivers for Linux (compared to Nvidia) which are scheduled to land in the upcoming 6.x kernels, I'm wondering if they're planning to attack the CUDA AI/ML moat that Nvidia has built up. AMD hasn't done much to shake CUDA with ROCm but I'm sure Pat Gelsinger has plans to capture all that margin that Nvidia is reaping currently in the datacenter space, those Nvidia DGX A100's are so insanely pricey!