# Intel is planning to invest about $15 million in the AI infrastructure company, SambaNova.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-06 · Barchart*

## Key points

- Intel increased its stake in SambaNova from 6.8% to 9% within two months.
- Intel and SambaNova are integrating Xeon processors with SN50 accelerator chips for enterprise inference.
- Their joint architecture claims up to ten times better total cost of ownership than GPU setups.
- Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 is the first consumer chip built on the Intel 18A node.
- Intel's upcoming Nova Lake chips will feature massive cache to directly counter AMD's performance advantage.

**Companies:** Intel, SambaNova
**Countries:** United States

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