I know this is stupid

[maevinj]

Anybody else heard about this?
link

Kind of crazy. I hope this is the right forum to post this.

 

[Genx87]

It would make sense if you ask me, especially if Intel is really interested in competing in the GPU market.

Of course that would require me to shun Nvidia and buy ATI from now on

 

[Matt2]

Intel would be unstoppable.

/end thread

 

[Corporate Thug]

Nvidia shares rose $2.32 to $30.62 in afternoon Nasdaq...

:shocked:

 

[SpeedZealot369]

interesting. Intel makes a lot of money in the intergrated graphics don't they though?

 

[Matt2]

yeah but why settle for the low-end market when you can gobble up Nvidia (bigger than ATI, but a fraction the size of Intel) and have your paws in all sectors of the market.

 

[josh6079]

Where's Crusader?

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Nvidia shares rose $2.32 to $30.62 in afternoon Nasdaq...

:shocked:

That's what I got from the article.....I just have no money to invest.


This would be a swift kick to AMD's balls if it was true. However I would rather they all stayed seperate companies. We need more companies to buy from not less.

 

[videopho]

I'd bet this is true...
AMD has taken over ATI and now, this just starts making sense

 

[CKXP]

Some observers said that they doubt Intel would buy Nvidia because it's too expensive. The company has a stock market capitalization of about $10 billion, which means it would demand a far higher price than what AMD is paying for ATI.

it's not going to be cheap for Intel if this rumor is true...maybe this is why AMD+NVidia was a no-go.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: CKXP

Some observers said that they doubt Intel would buy Nvidia because it's too expensive. The company has a stock market capitalization of about $10 billion, which means it would demand a far higher price than what AMD is paying for ATI.

it's not going to be cheap for Intel if this rumor is true...maybe this is why AMD+NVidia was a no-go.

Expecting Intel shelling out ton of money.
Nvidia as a company ain't cheap except its 7900GTX, Opps I mean GTO is.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Ugh, I hope this merget doesn't happen. It's a lot better with 4 companies vs 2. Not only will this firmly divide many AT users into 2 camps, but it means that if either company slips up, the whole company pays for it and it could mean big problems longterm.

Eg. if AMD misses a product launch or 'ATI' botches the next gen of cards, it hurts the entire company.

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With that said, it seems pretty logical for Intel at this point. It would certainly bolster their chipset division and give them full right to support SLI on everything.

 

[Cookie Monster]

You people do realise, it could cost over 10 billion to buy NV. Twice the cost or even more when AMD bought ATi. Dont think intel would have the resources nor the effort.

But it could make sense, as the market is taking the industry to the realm of CPU + GPU.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
You people do realise, it could cost over 10 billion to buy NV. Twice the cost or even more when AMD bought ATi. Dont think intel would have the resources nor the effort.

But it could make sense, as the market is taking the industry to the realm of CPU + GPU.

Intel has way more than twice the money that AMD does; it would cost Intel less relative to the company than it cost AMD to buy ATI.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Ugh, I hope this merget doesn't happen. It's a lot better with 4 companies vs 2. Not only will this firmly divide many AT users into 2 camps, but it means that if either company slips up, the whole company pays for it and it could mean big problems longterm.

Eg. if AMD misses a product launch or 'ATI' botches the next gen of cards, it hurts the entire company.

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With that said, it seems pretty logical for Intel at this point. It would certainly bolster their chipset division and give them full right to support SLI on everything.

If this is true, and seeing the surge in Nvidia stock seems to indicate that there is more likely something to this than not, it would just cement the indication of where the future is. CPU and GPU combined. That is supposedly the direction DAMIT is going. Looks like "Intvidia" will as well.

GPU and CPU unified. The way of the future seems pretty clear.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
You people do realise, it could cost over 10 billion to buy NV. Twice the cost or even more when AMD bought ATi. Dont think intel would have the resources nor the effort.

But it could make sense, as the market is taking the industry to the realm of CPU + GPU.

Intel has way more than twice the money that AMD does; it would cost Intel less relative to the company than it cost AMD to buy ATI.

No matter how much more money Intel has than AMD, its still a big risky gamble. Buying NV doesnt automatically garauntee a bright future because theres so many things to sort out.

 

[Zebo]

I'm predicting doom for ATI and AMD. Not only are thier products slower they don't have the processes tech to compete with INTELNV 65nm then 45nm... ATI will always be hotter and one step behind while NVIDIA get to take advantge of intels fabs.

As far as money it's chump change for intel. They could gut NV and run it into ground and it would not effet them.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'm predicting doom for ATI and AMD. Not only are thier products slower they don't have the processes tech to compete with INTELNV 65nm then 45nm... ATI will always be hotter and one step behind while NVIDIA get to take advantge of intels fabs.

As far as money it's chump change for intel. They could gut NV and run it into ground and it would not effet them.

Nvidia's market cap is about 10 billion dollars. Intel's cap is near 120 billion. Almost 1/12th of any company is a little too much to run into the ground and not be effected by it.

EDIT: Also, lets not forget. Intel is spending about 9 billion dollars on 3 45nm fabs. So, in light of that, plus any nvidia aquisition which I'm guessing would cost 10 billion or so. Even for a company the sheer size of Intel would be in a whole world of hurt laying out 19+ billion dollars in such a short period of time.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Intel does not need nvidia. Intel already has a graphics department and pouring 10 billion into it will get it the fastest and greatest video card ever seen.

 

[Blurry]

Intel does not need nvidia. Intel already has a graphics department and pouring 10 billion into it will get it the fastest and greatest video card ever seen.

ROFL...i can imagine in 2008 Intel will come out with a 2 gig graphics card with mmx, hyperthreading, and most importantly, turbocache.

 

[shabby]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'm predicting doom for ATI and AMD. Not only are thier products slower they don't have the processes tech to compete with INTELNV 65nm then 45nm... ATI will always be hotter and one step behind while NVIDIA get to take advantge of intels fabs.

As far as money it's chump change for intel. They could gut NV and run it into ground and it would not effet them.

You make a good point, if intel gobbled up nvidia they would have access to intel's fab's. And since intel is always a step ahead then amd in the manufacturing process nvidia's gpu's would be smaller and faster then ati's.

 

[n7]

I hate this crap.

If we have Intel + nVidia vs. AMD + ATi...f*ck it, less competition is just not good. :frown:

I dunno, but the way the industry is heading scares me.

Too many buyouts...

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'm predicting doom for ATI and AMD. Not only are thier products slower they don't have the processes tech to compete with INTELNV 65nm then 45nm... ATI will always be hotter and one step behind while NVIDIA get to take advantge of intels fabs.

As far as money it's chump change for intel. They could gut NV and run it into ground and it would not effet them.

nonsense . . . 10 billion is not chump change for intel . . . if they DO gut nvidia and 'run it into the ground' it could signal their end

i don't think it makes much sense for either Intel or nvidia . . . nvidia doesn't bring much to intel - for $10B - what is intel lacking?

IF this really happens it could be the best possible news for AMD/ATi

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: Blurry

Intel does not need nvidia. Intel already has a graphics department and pouring 10 billion into it will get it the fastest and greatest video card ever seen.

ROFL...i can imagine in 2008 Intel will come out with a 2 gig graphics card with mmx, hyperthreading, and most importantly, turbocache.

NOW:
Don't give them ideas Blurry

2008:
Dammit Blurry

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'm predicting doom for ATI and AMD. Not only are thier products slower they don't have the processes tech to compete with INTELNV 65nm then 45nm... ATI will always be hotter and one step behind while NVIDIA get to take advantge of intels fabs.

As far as money it's chump change for intel. They could gut NV and run it into ground and it would not effet them.

nonsense . . . 10 billion is not chump change for intel . . . if they DO gut nvidia and 'run it into the ground' it could signal their end

i don't think it makes much sense for either Intel or nvidia . . . nvidia doesn't bring much to intel - for $10B - what is intel lacking?

IF this really happens it could be the best possible news for AMD/ATi

Yup. 10billion is 1/12th there worth. AMD had to "beg, borrow and steal" to aquire ATI and will be in the red for quite some time. I don't think this thing will actually happen. Intel could better spend 1/4 of that amount of money and mop the floor with NVidia/ATI in the highend graphics market if they wanted to. But I do not think that discrete graphics cores are where things are going ultimately.

However, if by any chance this does happen, somehow, I don't think it will be the best possible news for AMD. Call me curious though.