ATI\AMD Tin Foil Hat Theory

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
I have some thoughts but i dont want to hijack this guys thread.

However, for all of you saying the Nvidia is merely going to be bought by Intel; you are sorely mistaken. Nvidia is MUCH larger than ATI is. Not saying Intel couldn't afford it (They may be able to) but Nvidia will come at a MUCH MUCH higher price than ATI.

-Kevin

Much larger?

ATi Market Capital is 5.05 Billion

nVidia Market Capital is 7.67 Billion

Intel Market Capitcal is 105.29 Billion

AMD Market Capital is 8.97 Billion

It would be much easier for Intel to acquire nVidia than for AMD To have acquired ATi financially.

Wow talk about a huge disparity. I'm surprised investors haven't been throwing money hats at AMD the past few years since they've been kicking Intel's ass. You'd think investors would've wanted to see AMD's fab capacity expand as quickly as possible. What's IBM's market capital and how many fabs do they got?

IBM is roughly 120 Billion, just a tinge bigger than Intel. No idea on how many fabs, and AMD, which is doing decent, still does not have great profit margins.

I wonder why IBM isn't jumping into the desktop/notebook market? Seems they have the technology to do it. I wonder if Cell could be used on a PC with a modified copy of Windows?

Perhaps, but I do not believe IBM to be the best designer of microprocessors, at least, in the desktop realm. Their strength is through multi processor computers. Such as their current super computer.

On March 25, 2005, IBM's Blue Gene/L prototype became the fastest supercomputer in a single installation using its 65536 processors to run at 135.5 TFLOPS (1012 FLOPS). The Blue Gene/L prototype is a customized version of IBM's PowerPC architecture. The prototype was developed at IBM's Rochester, Minnesota facility, but production versions were rolled out to various sites, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). On October 28, 2005 the machine reached 280.6 TFLOPS with 131072 processors, but the LLNL system is expected to achieve at least 360 TFLOPS, and a future update will take it to 0.5 PFLOPS. Before this, a Blue Gene/L fitted with 32,768 processors managed seven hours of sustained calculating at a 70.7 teraflops?another first. [1] In November of 2005 IBM Blue Gene/L became the number 1 on TOP500's most powerful supercomputer list[2]. In June 2006 LLNL's 131,072-processor machine broke another record, sustaining 207.3 TFLOPS[3].

And I live about 45 minutes from their massive building in Rochester, Minnesota. Only a few stories tall, but the building is giant. Imagine something like a Home Depot, but 50 times largers. Pretty cool and impressive building, if I do say so myself