Intel and Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said they are forming a group to help make sure software works across their chips, responding to a rising challenge from Arm Holdings. Intel invented what is known as the x86 computing architecture,

A few years ago, this would have been unthinkable, but now AMD and Intel are joining forces. Together with a number of industry heavyweights, they are founding the "x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group", a consortium that aims to drive forward the ecosystem around x86 processors.

Intel and AMD today announced the formation of an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group aimed at countering the threat from Arm.