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AMD-ATI Merger on the Way?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the by-your-powers-combined-i-am-cpt-hardware dept.

miketronics writes "Forbes.com is reporting the possibility of a merger between industry heavyweights AMD and ATI. This is largely based on a 'prediction on recent checks in the PC food chain' by industry analyst Apjit Walia. A move like this might give AMD some leverage over Intel, who has been slashing prices lately to compete with a major surge in AMD popularity in both the home and server markets. Despite AMD's recent gains Intel still has a dominant market share and consumers have high hopes for their upcoming Conroe processors."

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  1. Uh oh... by mcpkaaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    There goes the amd64 stable keyword...

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  2. quick question by friedman101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    At what percentage of market share am I supposed to stop liking AMD?

    1. Re:quick question by glsunder · · Score: 3, Funny

      51%

  3. I think it's the As. by The+Lost+Supertone · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure the analyst just liked typing ATI and AMD together. I mean I imagine he thinks they do almost the exact same thing... they both begin with A right?

    1. Re:I think it's the As. by eln · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're being glib. There are more similarities between AMD and ATI than just the starting letter. For example, both are 3 letters long. As if that weren't enough, the middle letter in each one is a consonant! These firms were clearly made to be together.

  4. Re:What's with all the "Merge with nVidia instead" by geobeck · · Score: 2, Funny
    We already only have really 2 choices for CPUs, and two different choices for GPUs. I wish there were a lot more to choose from.

    Don't forget all of those Solaris/Matrox boxes filling the shelves at Best Buy.

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  5. Re:Why not Nvidia by cp.tar · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's forward thinking.

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  6. Re:Consumers Don't care by lostchicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty sure I wouldn't be able to either. I mean, the Katami, being a much earlier chip probably has about half the number of pins that the Conroe has and might be lighter, but the Conroe uses BGA, so it'd probably hurt less, being less spiky. In the end, though, Conroe, Katami or 6502, I'd mainly just be pissed that you hit me in the head with one.

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  7. I want to be an analyst! by RelliK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Being an analyst is awesome! Think about it: you make up wild speculation all day and people pay you for it. Next up: Amazon to buy RedHat and sell it on eBay!

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  8. Not an ATI fangirl, but I do like ATI... by PixieDust · · Score: 2, Funny

    I happen to like ATI quite a bit. I think a merger between AMD and ATI is a bit far fetched, though certianly some kind of close-knit partnership is definitely within the realm of possibility. I replaced a Geforce2 With a Radeon 7500 and have NEVER looked back. I had a very bad experience with nVidia, and went to ATI and have been very impressed with the performance, versatility, and overall capabilities of the cards that I've had. I run Windows primarily. I also run Linux. Both my laptop and Desktop have ATI cards in them. Under Linux the performance isn't the best, but I don't game in Linux either. Here's the key though: It's getting better. Compare the driver updates, fixes, patches, corrections, tweaks, etc. released by ATI in even just the last 6 months compared with nVidia. ATI may not be the best for a Linux system, but they're at least working on it (which is more than can be said for a LOT of companies that have hardware and/or software products which give lackluster performance, if any at all, under Linux). I prefer ATI because they're cheaper, and in my experience, perform better than nVidia cards. Also, ATI makes the card, AND the chipset. I like that in a video card. My thoughts