ppn GPU+HBM2 sits on its own PCB on top of the CPU PCB ot top of the motherboard PCB, still long way from ideal solution but if they insist on it. Not a real integrated video. That is why they can't move all the chips close together but rather go for this strange GPU location, which either way is still on a separate PCB. Now if they produced this GPU on 10nm intel process it would be a different story, but no, they just bought a descrete GPU and soldered it next to the CPU and call it a day.

Are you proposing they stop putting CPU dice on substrates, and solder them directly to the motherboard? That would increase motherboard complexity and production costs, if it were possible at all.Also: no, the GPU and HBM2 are not on their own PCB on top of the substrate - the substrate links all three, with an EMIB interconnect embedded into the substrate for data transfer between the GPU and HBM. Look at the renders from the original announcement: www.anandtech.com/show/12003/intel-to-create-new-8th-generation-cpus-with-amd-radeon-graphics-with-hbm2-using-emib Sure, these are renders, but there's no reason for them to not be relatively visually accurate, and there is no visible distinction between the CPU and GPU substrates. If i were to guess, the gold outline seen here is some sort of guide for automated chip mounting systems, if not for cooler orientation or some other reason. Another argument from Intel for this is lower Z-height, which a second substrate would ruin. Not to mention that cooler mounting and manufacture would be greatly complicated with several different heights for the chips (just look at the issues surrounding the slight variations between different AMD Vega parts, which have far lower variance than a separate substrate would infer).And nobody has called this "integrated video". Intel specifically calls it a "discrete graphics chip".Lastly: the reason for the distance between the CPU and GPU is in all likelihood cooling: if this is a 30-50W+ GPU, sticking it right next to the 30-45W CPU would be downright silly. It's easier to fit more heatpipes over a more spread-out area, after all, and needlessly creating difficult-to-cool hotspots is just silly.