日前，Intel正式宣布Chris Hook加入Intel，未來將負(fù)責(zé)Intel獨(dú)立圖形和視覺技術(shù)的市場營銷；此時距離Chris Hook于4月12日宣布從AMD離職僅過了半月有余。

目前Chris Hook在領(lǐng)英上的Title已經(jīng)變成Intel的人了，而鑒于Chris Hook AMD前Radeon技術(shù)事業(yè)部高級市場總監(jiān)的履歷，他的加入更加坐實(shí)了英特爾正在緊鑼密鼓的開發(fā)獨(dú)立顯卡的傳聞！

推特上也不例外，背景也換成了Intel；再加上前幾天剛剛加入Intel的大神Jim Keller，Intel這回在圖形這塊可真是人才濟(jì)濟(jì)??！

周知目前英特爾一直以來都致力于提升其“數(shù)據(jù)中心”業(yè)務(wù)的銷售，而上個季度這些業(yè)務(wù)更是占據(jù)了其46%的營收；但由于目前數(shù)據(jù)中心正在迅速過渡到由AI為主導(dǎo)的高工作負(fù)載，而GPU顯然更適用于這樣的需求。

并且NVIDIA方面宣稱可以用一臺DXG-2替代多達(dá)300個Intel Xeon的服務(wù)器，所以對于Intel來說研發(fā)適用于數(shù)據(jù)中心的GPU產(chǎn)品就更迫在眉睫了，否則未來數(shù)據(jù)中心這塊大蛋糕可能就要被NVIDIA奪走！

下面再來分享一下Chris Hook在臉書上的聲明：

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

直譯過來就是：

盆友們，  

我感到振奮并充滿活力，在位于加利福尼亞州圣克拉拉的英特爾將開始新的市場領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者角色。

英特爾是我一直很敬佩的公司，毫無疑問也是世界上最好的半導(dǎo)體公司。它還擁有豐富的處理器創(chuàng)新歷史，可追溯到Intel 4004，這是我出生那年發(fā)布的。它在營銷創(chuàng)新方面有著同樣豐富的歷史，成功實(shí)現(xiàn)了曾經(jīng)不可想象的事情，將一個不起眼的16針黑色陶瓷集成電路變成家喻戶曉的品牌和知名的消費(fèi)品牌。

許多人都知道，英特爾最近正在著手?jǐn)U大其在PC集成顯卡領(lǐng)域的領(lǐng)先地位，為各種計算領(lǐng)域提供高端獨(dú)立顯卡解決方案，并將在其各個領(lǐng)域擴(kuò)大其技術(shù)組合計算，圖形，媒體，成像和客戶端和數(shù)據(jù)中心的機(jī)器智能，AI和邊緣計算。

這是一個令人非常興奮的旅程，我個人希望成為其中的一員。因此，從明天開始，我將扮演一個新的角色，我將推動視覺技術(shù)和即將推出的獨(dú)立圖形產(chǎn)品的營銷策略。

我也很高興見到英特爾團(tuán)隊。到目前為止，我在那里遇到的人和在他們所做的事是世界上最好的; 他們具有激光只能并將贏得勝利。還有一些我在過去曾與AMD合作過的優(yōu)秀的英特爾員工，世界一流的工程負(fù)責(zé)人Ari Rauch，Raja Koduri和Jim Keller，他們在職業(yè)生涯的多個方面都曾經(jīng)過架構(gòu)和設(shè)計一些歷史上最受尊敬的軟件和芯片。

所以這就是未來 - 一個與競爭，選擇和令人難以置信的技術(shù)。

干杯，

克里斯

Chris Hook的聲明中不光提到了數(shù)據(jù)中心還提到了獨(dú)立圖形產(chǎn)品，相信不久之后Intel就能帶著它的獨(dú)顯新品與我們見面；看來未來幾年P(guān)C硬件這塊還真是驚喜多多呢！