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The Exiled · 13.01.2025., 00:18

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Intel to spin off RealSense depth camera business by mid-2025 — but it will remain part of the Intel Capital portfolio

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This decision is said to be a strategic move to enhance RealSense's growth potential, not a reaction to Intel's financial challenges. This development follows a rather unsettling period for RealSense. In 2021, Intel announced plans to shut down the division, but then decided to shrink the product lineup and keep the unit operational. RealSense’s future as an independent company signals another significant shift in its story. While independence offers opportunities for innovation and agility, it introduces new challenges. RealSense will need to sustain itself financially without Intel's extensive resources and maintain the confidence of its customers and partners.

Altera officially announces independence from Intel — the company strives to expand FPGA portfolio

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This week, Altera officially raised a flag with its own name near its headquarters in San Jose, California, marking its spinoff from Intel and becoming an independent company. The newly formed company, which remains owned by Intel, will focus on expanding its FPGA offerings with greater flexibility while maintaining a strategic partnership with Intel. Although now independent, Altera intends to maintain a close relationship with Intel Foundry, which will manufacture its chips using competitive production nodes. This collaboration ensures reliable supply chains while also granting Altera the freedom to work with other foundries, enabling it to broaden its manufacturing options and remain competitive. If the company's strategy succeeds, an initial public offering (IPO) could follow. Intel hopes that Altera will be successful as an independent entity, which could enable it to gain some additional cash during the IPO.

Intel Capital next into the chip giant's trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible

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Stricken silicon giant Intel has decided it doesn’t want to be the sole investor in its venture capital operation, so will spin it out for others to plow money into. The x86 titan today announced the intention to separate Intel Capital, its global venture capital arm, into a standalone fund. Intel will remain an “anchor investor” in the outfit. Intel Capital invests in “companies shaping the future of cloud, devices, frontier, and silicon, the four domains that feed into the future of compute.” That string of corp-speak means its current portfolio includes Kubernetes-native storage startup MinIo, autonomous bus outfit Beep, 3D printing aspirant FABRIC8LABS, electric aircraft company Joby, and infosec ratings outfit SecurityScorecard.

The operation apparently has a strong track record, as it claims it has deployed over $20 billion of capital and “created over $170 billion in market value in the past 10 years alone.” Past investee companies include Red Hat, VMware, and MongoDB, all three of which have gone public and presumably delivered a nice payoff for Intel Capital. Readers may have noticed a theme here, as all investees have the potential to increase demand for Intel’s hardware. Intel doesn’t want that to stop but wants help to fund Intel Capital’s investments. Finding money for the risky-by-nature investments that venture funds pursue must be hard in that climate of cuts and austerity.

To hazard a guess, Intel Capital will pitch its track record of making successful investments and the chance to tap that expertise, and investors will clamber aboard.
Change will come fast to Intel Capital, which will change name and start operating as a standalone entity sometime in the second half of 2025.

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