# Intel and SambaNova want to split AI inference across three chips

- slug: intel-and-sambanova-want-to-split-ai-inference-across-three-chips
- date: 2026-04-09
- category: Agentics

A new Intel-SambaNova architecture routes prompts to GPUs, responses to custom silicon, and tool calls to Xeon CPUs. The design is technically coherent. The governance around Intel CEO Tan sitting on both boards is less clean.

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