This is very good move by Intel. This will accelerate the mining in great extent. And this is obviously the result of Bitcoins popularity and greater reach. More of this will just make it better for Bitcoin. Thanks for sharing.
I hope they wouldn't only think of accelerating crypto mining, I also hope that they would also develop a miner which is more efficient to use and is electricity friendly(consumes more electricity). I think miners like these are what the community needs atm in order to make mining more feasible and thus might solve slow transaction problems today. More companies doing this indeed will not only make it better for btc and crypto as a whole, but it would entice investors(outsiders) to try mining cryptos for once.