日前，Intel正式宣布Chris Hook加入Intel，未来将负责Intel独立图形和视觉技术的市场营销；此时距离Chris Hook于4月12日宣布从AMD离职仅过了半月有余。

目前Chris Hook在领英上的Title已经变成Intel的人了，而鉴于Chris Hook AMD前Radeon技术事业部高级市场总监的履历，他的加入更加坐实了英特尔正在紧锣密鼓的开发独立显卡的传闻！

推特上也不例外，背景也换成了Intel；再加上前几天刚刚加入Intel的大神Jim Keller，Intel这回在图形这块可真是人才济济啊！

周知目前英特尔一直以来都致力于提升其“数据中心”业务的销售，而上个季度这些业务更是占据了其46%的营收；但由于目前数据中心正在迅速过渡到由AI为主导的高工作负载，而GPU显然更适用于这样的需求。

并且NVIDIA方面宣称可以用一台DXG-2替代多达300个Intel Xeon的服务器，所以对于Intel来说研发适用于数据中心的GPU产品就更迫在眉睫了，否则未来数据中心这块大蛋糕可能就要被NVIDIA夺走！

下面再来分享一下Chris Hook在脸书上的声明：

Friends, 

I’m exhilarated and energized to be starting a new marketing leadership role at Intel in Santa Clara, CA.

Intel is a company I’ve long admired and is without a doubt the finest silicon engineering company in the world. It also has a rich history of processor innovation dating back to the Intel 4004, which was released the year I was born. It has an equally rich history in marketing innovation, having succeeded what was once the unthinkable - turning what started as an unassuming 16-pin black ceramic integrated circuit into a household name and notable consumer brand.

As many of you know, it was recently announced that Intel is embarking on a journey to expand its leading position in integrated graphics for PC with high-end discrete graphics solutions for a broad range of computing segments, and will be growing its technology portfolio across computing, graphics, media, imaging and machine intelligence for clients and data centers, AI, and edge computing.

That’s a pretty exciting journey, and one I personally want to be part of. So starting tomorrow, I’ll be assuming a new role in which I’ll be driving the marketing strategy for visual technologies and upcoming discrete graphics products.

I’m also excited to meet the Intel team. The folks I’ve met there so far are the best in the world at what they do; they’re laser-smart and driven to win. And there are also a few good Intel folks that I’ve had the privilege of working with in the past at AMD, world-class engineering leaders Ari Rauch, Raja Koduri and Jim Keller, who at multiple points in their careers have architected and engineered some of the most respected software and silicon in history.

So here’s to the future – one with competition, choice and incredible technology.


Cheers,

Chris

直译过来就是：

盆友们，  

我感到振奋并充满活力，在位于加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉的英特尔将开始担任新的市场领导者角色。

英特尔是我一直很敬佩的公司，毫无疑问也是世界上最好的半导体公司。它还拥有丰富的处理器创新历史，可追溯到Intel 4004，这是我出生那年发布的。它在营销创新方面有着同样丰富的历史，成功实现了曾经不可想象的事情，将一个不起眼的16针黑色陶瓷集成电路变成家喻户晓的品牌和知名的消费品牌。

许多人都知道，英特尔最近正在着手扩大其在PC集成显卡领域的领先地位，为各种计算领域提供高端独立显卡解决方案，并将在其各个领域扩大其技术组合计算，图形，媒体，成像和客户端和数据中心的机器智能，AI和边缘计算。

这是一个令人非常兴奋的旅程，我个人希望成为其中的一员。因此，从明天开始，我将扮演一个新的角色，我将推动视觉技术和即将推出的独立图形产品的营销策略。

我也很高兴见到英特尔团队。到目前为止，我在那里遇到的人和在他们所做的事是世界上最好的; 他们具有激光只能并将赢得胜利。还有一些我在过去曾与AMD合作过的优秀的英特尔员工，世界一流的工程负责人Ari Rauch，Raja Koduri和Jim Keller，他们在职业生涯的多个方面都曾经过架构和设计一些历史上最受尊敬的软件和芯片。

所以这就是未来 - 一个与竞争，选择和令人难以置信的技术。


干杯，

克里斯

Chris Hook的声明中不光提到了数据中心还提到了独立图形产品，相信不久之后Intel就能带着它的独显新品与我们见面；看来未来几年PC硬件这块还真是惊喜多多呢！