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For the next two decades, AMD was consistently playing catch-up to Intel, another spawn of Fairchild that created the microprocessors that were used in most personal computers starting in the 1980s.

While Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market, AMD’s processors are widely used for gaming, in personal computers and traditional data-center servers.

Intel's semiconductors were once a crucial part of the popularity of personal computers.

Intel, a Santa Clara-based tech behemoth that fueled the rise of personal computers, sits at a major crossroads in the company’s 57-year-old history as the competition to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.

That, too, dates to the 1990s, when personal computers became common household items, putting an infinity portal into almost every home.