AMD buying ATI?

[Bobo]

Here's an interesting development:
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/07/24/amd_ati_promise_unified_architecture_2008/

 

[Cromewell]

It would be even cooler if Intel bought Nvidia.

Will never happen and if it did, uncool. Very uncool. Intel has no need for nVidia, they already sell more graphics solutions (albeit integrated) and make chipsets. All I see happening here is nVidia focusing on Intel and a downgrade of their AMD partnership.

On one hand, this is good for AMD because they can provide complete solutions just like Intel. On the other hand, this merger doesn't make sense, AMD has been making good money just selling x86 processors (and they recently killed off the rest of their business operations). They can't allow ATi to use their fabs, they have enough supply problems without trying to share production.

 

[Jay Chou]

Intel bought nVidia is possible i think, there are always two supermen in one industry, especially for CPU(Intel vs AMD), GPU(nVidia vs ATI). so the A-A merge may break the current balance which has been there for some years, if Intel don't ally with nVidia, it may be attacked heavily by A-A...
As you can see that, Intel's graphics technology is not very good, its integrated chipset can not support Vista very well, good experience in Vista requires a good graphics card.

 

[PC eye]

And what if AMD merged with NVidia? That would be a different thought there to ponder on. The shareholders will make the final vote the AMD/ATI merger in 2008 if it happens at all. A move like this generally is to make more of a monopoly giant out of two smaller companies.

 

[way2evil]

so does this mean instead of buying a c2d i should wait on this?

 

[Geoff]

so does this mean instead of buying a c2d i should wait on this?

If you don't mind waiting 2-3 years for a new CPU.

 

[vanp1992]

AMD is STUPID dumbasses, if NvidiA focuses on intel, the consumers wont have much to buy from Nvidia Boards

I Found some Answers that AMD+ATI gave out to the public

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTEyMiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

[4W4K3]

AMD is STUPID dumbasses

How so? They just made what appears to be a financially secure move, and now have an incredible company under there belt. Granted, nothing ever happens as planned, but I can't see anything totally catastrophic happening here.

This paragraph seems to address the basic idea behind it all;

"AMD on the other hand has left its future in the hands of companies like VIA and NVIDIA hoping that their motherboard chipset development would lead the way for their K7 and K8 cores. For the most part AMD has been “lucky” with its chipset choices and partnerships, but even so AMD needs to be in control of its own AMD processor-based motherboard chipset development."

 

[PC eye]

Nothing so terrible is seen with that. It's not so much a takeover as it is a consolidation of resources and development. Both are great stand alones now working together. But as always you have to wait and see what comes out of it.