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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. Why not Nvidia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All I can think is why AMD ins't looking at nvidia instead? If I had my choice of companies to chose from, it wouldn't be ATI.

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

    There goes the amd64 stable keyword...

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

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

  4. this merger would throtle Intels sales because... by Brit_in_the_USA · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... Intel is very dependant on ATI at the moment to supply intel CPU compatible chip-sets/Motherboards to help Intel move it's stock pile of CPUs. As Intel has a chip-set shortage which means it can not shift CPU's as fast as it would likes. (almost every new CPU requires a new MB).

    *IF* AMD bought ATI they could immediately can the ATI Intel motherboard line and deliver a big blow to intel's profitability for the next quarter or two.

  5. Doesn't make sense by DeafDumbBlind · · Score: 5, Interesting

    AMD doesn't need ATI's tech or headaches. The best chipsets for AMD's systems currently come from Nvidia; why would AMD want to piss them off?
    Nvidia's founder worked at AMD in the 80s and the 2 companies have a pretty close relationship. I can see a merger with Nvidia making sense, but buying ATI would be a blunder.

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  6. What's with all the "Merge with nVidia instead" by OzPhIsH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't want ANY of these companies to merge. I want more houses out there designing chips, pushing the limits, and enabling us to have more and more powerful rigs at a cheaper price. I don't want less competition in the sector one bit. 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. What I don't want is to be locked into a specific video card chipset based on whether I have an Intel or AMD CPU.

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  7. Pump and dump... ATI up 9% on the rumor by DeafDumbBlind · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ecn?s=ATYT
    Looks like the analyst needed to justify his price upgrade so he started the rumor.

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  8. 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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