Analyst Speculation: Would Nvidia acquire troubled AMD?

[GonePlaid]

A friend of mine just scared the living ghost out of me when he passed this along to me just now.

http://www.eetimes.com/rss/sho...SSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS

The day that happens is they day I truly cry. Not so much of Nvidia but if this did occur say goodbye to good ol' competition and the prices would soar.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

this has been discussed before and it will probably not happen anytime in the near future. i cannot speak for 5+ years, anything can happen in the tech world in 5 years.

any acquisition like that wouldn't be quiet and peaceful like the AMD/ATi purchase or nvidia/ageia.

 

[GonePlaid]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
this has been discussed before and it will probably not happen anytime in the near future. i cannot speak for 5+ years, anything can happen in the tech world in 5 years.

any acquisition like that wouldn't be quiet and peaceful like the AMD/ATi purchase or nvidia/ageia.

I can image. The Nvidia/amd news would create quite a stir not only in the tech arena but for stock holders too.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
this has been discussed before and it will probably not happen anytime in the near future. i cannot speak for 5+ years, anything can happen in the tech world in 5 years.

any acquisition like that wouldn't be quiet and peaceful like the AMD/ATi purchase or nvidia/ageia.

or the nvidia/uli(ali) purchase and then burying of

 

[drebo]

An nVidia purchase of AMD would never be approved, so you don't need to worry about it.

What's likely to happen is that AMD will be bought out by a private investment firm which will infuse money into it and get it back on its feet with a competitive product.

 

[GonePlaid]

Originally posted by: bob4432


or the nvidia/uli(ali) purchase and then burying of

Oh yeah, they said they were still going to support it too. Hah what a laugh that was. The motherboard I just replaced for my new system was an Asrock 939dual SATA2 ULI M1695 chipset. Very nice motherboard too. Support for it dropped because a few months after I had bought it, Nvidia went and bought ULI and well the rest is history.

 

[Roguestar]

NVidia buy AMD? Hah. I doubt NVidia would be terribly interested, although the competition commissions in the US and EU definitely would be interested in it if they were.

 

[Saicho]

Originally posted by: drebo
An nVidia purchase of AMD would never be approved, so you don't need to worry about it.

What's likely to happen is that AMD will be bought out by a private investment firm which will infuse money into it and get it back on its feet with a competitive product.

hmm?

AMD is struggling on two fronts now: nVIDIA and Intel. There's going to have to be a lot of money put in two win either. I think private investment firms have better places to put their money...

 

[Dman877]

Isn't AMD much larger than nvidia?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Any credibility eetimes had is now gone.

Regardless of all the problems AMD has had they are still a $6 bil/yr company. In the last 12 months they have spent more on R&D than they have in their history.

Regardless of all their problems AMD is still nearly 4 times the size of nvidia. AMD is most likely undervalued by as much as 50%. Could things get worse for AMD ??? .....

Sure.

But where they compete directly with nVidia - in chipsets and video cards - AMD is lookin' better and better

 

[palladium]

For the good of consumers, that better don't happen.

 

[Saicho]

Originally posted by: palladium
For the good of consumers, that better don't happen.

Agreed. Competition between them is wonderful. It makes all the products better and cheaper.