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ATI and AMD Seek Approval for Merger?
Krugerlive writes "The rumor of an ATI/AMD merger/buyout has been out now for sometime. However, this morning an Inquirer article has said that a merger deal has been struck and that the two companies will seek shareholder approval on Monday of next week. In the market, AMD is down as a result of lackluster earnings announced last evening, and ATI is up about 4% on unusually high volume." This is nothing but a rumour at the moment, a point that C|Net makes in examining the issue. From the article: "AMD has always boasted that it only wants to make processors, leaving networking and chipsets to others. AMD does produce some chipsets, but mostly just to get the market started. Neutrality has helped the company garner strong allies."
Right now, just as Intel's jumping ahead of ATI, too.
Maybe it's a sign. Maybe Intel jumped ahead of ATI because ATI sucks so much that just the anticipation of such a merger was enough to cause problems for AMD? Mabye Intel is so awesome because they already are talking to nvidia?
Of course, I've got a better combo in mind already: nVidia, period. They always talk about how they hate the x86 architecture, and wish you could just do everything on their hardware. Well, maybe they should try that... Wouldn't be the first time, after all, the nForce chipsets often required severe OS hacks to get anything working on them.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
Why must all anti-ATI comments end with "on Linux" ?
All you linux bedwetters need step into the real world. ATi, as far as my experience goes, has made solid GPU's. You represent a minority of ~5%, you do not rule the tech industry. Get over it.
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