**Intel announced a major push into data-center GPUs under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, hiring a senior executive to lead architecture and aligning designs with customer needs to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI profit pool.[1]** This high-impact move, reported February 4, 2026, signals Intel’s aggressive strategy to expand beyond CPUs amid the AI boom’s infrastructure demands.

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