Amazon Considering Buying Texas Instrument's Chip Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 15, 2012 @03:00AM from the sale-on-graphing-calculators dept.

puddingebola writes "From the article, "Amazon is reportedly in 'advanced negotiations' to acquire Texas Instruments' OMAP chip division, bringing chip design for its Kindle tablets in-house, and helping TI refocus on embedded systems. The deal in discussion, Calcalist reports, follows TI's public distancing from its own phone and tablet chip business in the face of rising competition from Qualcomm, Samsung, and others, though Amazon taking charge of OMAP could leave rivals Barnes & Noble in a tricky situation.'"

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Re:Big Move by SJHillman · 2012-10-15 03:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

eBook readers are less of a fad and more of an intermediary step between books and tablets. I have a Nook Color, which further blurs the line between the two (it's more of a tablet optimized for reading books and magazines).
Re:Whats the point of an intermediary step? by Beorytis · 2012-10-15 05:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

Also...

Until tablets have a hell of a lot better battery life,
and a display that's as comfortable as e-ink

e-readers are not a fad.