Intel and NVIDIA Team Up for Future PCs: Serpent Lake SoCs Expected in 2028

NVIDIA's entry into Intel with an injection of $5 billion, which occurred in September 2025, opened the door to a collaboration on multiple fronts between the two companies. In particular, on the consumer side, the development of x86 RTX SoCs is expected, which will combine in a single package x86 core CPUs and RTX GPUs on chiplets.

Since then, nothing has been heard about that project, but recent rumors begin to outline a first overview. Tech journalist Erdi Özüağ reportedly viewed an internal Intel roadmap where the launch of the chip in question is set for the first quarter of 2028, with a possible presentation at CES of the same year.

Özel Haber: According to Intel's updated roadmap, the target date for next-generation processors with NVIDIA graphics unit is Q1 2028, provided plans do not change, the CES 2028 event could be the launch event.

Meanwhile, Apple and Intel's production consultations continue,…

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June 15, 2026

According to the rumors, the chip will be part of a family called "Serpent Lake". Currently, official technical details are not available. The number of GPU compute units, memory subsystem, package design, and production process used remain unknown. It is also unclear whether NVIDIA will provide only the graphical component or if the integrated RTX tile will also include multimedia engines, display engines, and dedicated AI processing accelerators. The architectural possibilities are diverse.

However, it will be interesting to understand especially the market direction and positioning within the respective lineups, with NVIDIA ready to step into the CPU sector with RTX Spark. It's possible that Serpent Lake will be positioned in the higher end, aiming to compete with offerings developed by AMD for premium notebooks and compact workstations.

Kaby Lake-G

The idea of relying on a GPU from an external partner is not entirely new for Intel. Between 2018 and 2019, the company marketed Kaby Lake-G processors, solutions equipped with Intel CPUs and AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics within the same package. The project quickly sank, but the structure of the agreement between Intel and NVIDIA suggests that the fate of Serpent Lake could be different.