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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, July 21, Intel recently announced that it will stop investing directly in NUC mini-computer business and reached an NUC cooperation agreement with Asustek, which will obtain a non-exclusive license for Intel NUC system product line design to enable it to manufacture and sell 10th to 13th generation NUC system products and continue to develop future products.

According to information provided by an Intel spokesman to foreign media CRN on Wednesday, the company may license the design of its NUC mini computer to other companies in the future, but has no plans at present. " A non-exclusive license means that Intel retains ownership of the technology and may license it to others. At present, Intel has no plans to license NUC system design to other companies. However, Intel will continue to support and enable our customers' own mini-computer designs. "

Intel is expected to reach a final agreement with Asustek on NUC licensing next month, and the two companies are working on plans to facilitate a smooth transition for NUC customers, the spokesman said.

A distribution executive told foreign media that this could happen if Asustek only licensed certain NUC designs to fill the gap in its existing mini-PC portfolio, which focuses on industrial Internet of things use cases.

"maybe Asustek doesn't want to try the rest of the NUC series," said Kent Tibbils, vice president of marketing at ASI, based in Fremont, Calif.

In addition, it is not clear whether Intel employees in the NUC business unit will move to Asustek's newly created NUC division because Intel declined to comment.

In the past week, however, several Intel NUC employees have posted on LinkedIn that they have lost their jobs, and some of them blame their departure on the withdrawal of the company's NUC business. The employees affected include marketing, product management, data science, software engineering and business management.

According to CTOnews.com, Intel has been slashing costs aggressively and has decided to withdraw from a number of non-core businesses, including NUC, since it announced plans to cut spending by billions of dollars by 2025 last fall.

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