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Bofferbrauer2 said:

JEMC said:

Here come some good and bad news/rumors:

AMD Ryzen 4000H series capped to PCIe 3.0 x8, limiting high-end GPU options
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-4000h-series-capped-to-pcie-3-0-x8-limiting-high-end-gpu-options
Igor Wallosek has shared a new block diagram for the Ryzen 4000H and U series platform codenamed Renoir FP6. The diagram reveals the sad truth about PCI-Express interface bandwidth limitation. This could be the main reason why notebooks makers have avoided pairing high-performance Ryzen 4000 CPUs with more powerful graphics.

>>And that's with competition! What would they do without Intel? That's exacyly why we need both of them doing their best.

I think the PCIe x8 is simply due to the chip's mobile origins. Bristol Ridge, Raven Ridge and Picasso all only had PCIe x8 to cut down the size of the chips since their main usage is mobile. And it's 64GBit/s should still be enough for bigger GPUs, especially the Max-Q variants.

Of course, considering how powerful the CPU is, it's a bit of a bummer, especially for their Desktop counterparts. So I hope they go bigger next time - though the jump the PCIe 4 will already help a lot even if it stays at x8.

For myself, it doesn't change too much, I'm only interested into a 4600G for a light gaming PC (for my wife) which would get transplanted later on into a home server.

The desktop parts aren't affected by this limitation, they get 24 PCIe lanes, 16 of them for the graphics card.

Bofferbrauer2 said:

JEMC said:

Rumor: NVIDIA is interested in purchasing ARM
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rumor-nvidia-is-interested-in-purchasing-arm.html
Nvidia is said to be interested in obtaining chip designer Arm. That is what sources involved in this say to financial news agency Bloomberg. Last week it was revealed that SoftBank, the current owner of Arm, would be considering a sale.

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A takeover of Arm will be watched by numerous authorities as many companies depend on its technology. An acquisition of Arm by Nvidia will mean a shift in the market and increase Nvidia's chances of growing in different markets.

Not sure if they will be allowed to, considering they are making their own designs out of the chips and countless others do so, too. This would certainly be a red flag for many companies as they could not be sure anymore they would get the same level of hardware than one of their competitors does, namely NVidia with their Tegra chips.

Nvidia has moved its Tegra business towards AI and self-driving cars. I'm not sure if adquiring ARM would have a big impact on the mobile business. But, as you said, it's a big deal that could affect lots of business and, therefore, it will be watched very closely.