I believe consumer discrete graphics have already been hit, but that might more due to pro AI demand.

Leaks suggest it will be a while before Nvidia will be used for graphics, hopefully Arc not only survives, but also improves till then.

I am not too surprised that they are giving up on the P/E core model. AMD’s approach seems much more sane where the “efficiency” cores still have full functionality of the full fat cores.

More intense competition for AMD’s X3D line is also a good thing. AMD needs more pressure for price competition and more consumer friendly product management policies.

I am not really all too happy about the switch to Nvidia for graphical acceleration, this sounds like a state sanctioned initiative and it will only serve to reduce the minimal competition we have in the GPU market (Chinese GPUs aren’t really viable where I live; I am talking about purely pragmatic reasons, ignoring broader considerations with using Chinese GPUs in this particular case).

You’re still using a platform upon which Google has an enormous influence, including making life much more difficult for projects like GrapheneOS. And I think it’s only a matter of timer before they’ll take more aggressive measures.

Btw, I am not saying one should or shouldn’t use a Pixel with GrapheneOS.