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But in the late 80s and early 90s they actually had the i860 and its variants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860
which contained a graphics processor! That wasn't a particular success but it landed us the MMX ISA on x86.
Surprisingly enough, Intel went then to make similar mistakes with Itanium, and then with Larabee. But both things landed us features on x86.
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But in the late 80s and early 90s they actually had the i860 and its variants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860
which contained a graphics processor! That wasn't a particular success but it landed us the MMX ISA on x86.
Surprisingly enough, Intel went then to make similar mistakes with Itanium, and then with Larabee. But both things landed us features on x86.