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Intel Invests $218M in VMWare, Preparing for IPO

Posted by Zonk on from the hey-there-little-buddy dept.

RulerOf writes "TechNewsWorld is carrying an article detailing that Intel has made an investment in VMWare for $218.5 million in anticipation of VMWare's imminent IPO. With an expected value of $23-25 a share, VMWare's IPO shows a value of $950 million. This investment brings Intel to an approximately 13% ownership of the EMC subsidiary, and helps to strengthen ties between the two companies. According to the article, 'VMware's virtualization platform runs on Intel architecture and most deployments of the tools are on systems using Intel chips.'"

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  1. What does this hold for AMD by grc · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wonder what the impact of this investment will be for AMD. I would hope VMWare will still support AMDs hardware virtualization architecture, and not just Intels...

    1. Re:What does this hold for AMD by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, considering that VMWare has been rushing to put together a Mac VMWare long since Bootcamp came out...
      VMWare has always been targeting the Linux and Windows server markets. Abandoning AMD would be a shotgun to the foot.

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      "I think an etch-a-sketch with an ethernet port would beat IE7 in web standards compliance."
  2. Intel AMD by jshriverWVU · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I read this a day or so ago and it's interesting. Ignoring the whole money transaction the partnering is interesting. Intel is interested because they'll have an inside connection to designing their processors to be better adapted toward virtualization. On the flip side VMware will get to better turn their software to the architecture. It's a win-win situation.

    My only hope is that Intel doesn't skew it's architecture so much that it becomes incompatible and that AMD is left behind. Would be nice if AMD could partner up as well, or create a consortium for "next gen architecture and virtualization enhancements" kinda like how MMX, SSE etc came about for graphics.

  3. Re:What does this hold for AMD - crappy VMWare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    It will probably mean that future versions of VMWare will run really crappy on AMD processors.

    Just like when Intel intentionally rigged their C compiler to produce crappy code when it detects (BTW - in a non-standard, underhanded way) an AMD processor.

  4. Special command set by Weaselmancer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With Intel and VMware close partners, I'll bet VMware will have a say as to the next series of commands to be added to their x86 line.

    They would never abandon AMD, but they could say that VMware gets better performance on an Intel chipset with the new XYZ command extension set.

    It would be an excellent move, too. They wouldn't abandon any of the market, but it would tip the scales in favor of their new benefactor.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.