http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...ps-5-on-dell-takeover-rumor/?mod=yahoobarrons
Please tell me this isn't true.
Please tell me this isn't true.
That is the dumbest rumor I've heard in a long time.
DELL's revenue is probably 95% Intel-derived. Buying AMD would be truly the absolute last thing DELL would do at this time.
They'd go on record as supporting the clubbing of baby seals before they would even contemplate the merits of buying AMD, let alone actually formulating a proposal to do so.
AMD does represent takeover opportunity for the likes of Oracle (to complement their SUN purchase) and HP (or anyone that aspires to be more like Apple to take on Apple).
But DELL? What a waste of an opportunity to spin a splendid rumor. Weaksauce.
Riiiight... and you got the boot, along with a few others on the top.AMD not for sale, but will listen to offers - D. Meyer
Seagate makes harddrives.If this is true, this is the ending of AMD.
People will start jumpin the green ship and Intel... hmmmmmm
remember seagate merger with maxtor... disaster,, maxtor was building their hd,,and what not.. thx and gl,
I would think HP would be a (slightly) more logical candidate.
That is the dumbest rumor I've heard in a long time.
DELL's revenue is probably 95% Intel-derived. Buying AMD would be truly the absolute last thing DELL would do at this time.
They'd go on record as supporting the clubbing of baby seals before they would even contemplate the merits of buying AMD, let alone actually formulating a proposal to do so.
AMD does represent takeover opportunity for the likes of Oracle (to complement their SUN purchase) and HP (or anyone that aspires to be more like Apple to take on Apple).
But DELL? What a waste of an opportunity to spin a splendid rumor. Weaksauce.
Dell buy AMD? lulz
Nvidia gets Access To Unspecified Intel Microprocessor Patents. Denver?
Well remember how Cyrix died....
Ahhh... look out for gameing performance! otherwise its your downfall!Initially Cyrix tried to charge a premium for its extra performance, but the 6x86's math coprocessor was not as fast as that in the Intel Pentium. The main difference was not one of actual computing performance on the coprocessor, but a lack of instruction pipelining. Due to the increasing popularity of first-person 3D games, Cyrix was forced to lower its prices.
Dont get OEMs to sell your CPU... you lose....quickly gained a following among computer enthusiasts and independent computer shops, unlike AMD, its chips had yet to be used by a major OEM customer.
Make a bad CPU, get the software guys on your side, win big time with the gamers = sell alot of CPUs.Ironically, had the software been written in a more conventional way, then the 6x86 CPU would have vastly outperformed the Intel "equivalent" in Quake. The FPU process was only used to load registers to get around the slowness of execution the Intel parts exhibited with a conventional program technique. So by "optimizing" for Intel architectural shortcomings, competitor CPUs were disadvantaged. This boosted the popularity of Intel CPUs amongst the gaming community.
They profited by intregateing things, so they made them cheaper than their competitors (this is the only thing that Cyrix did, that was smart).In 1996 Cyrix released the MediaGX CPU, which integrated all of the major discrete components of a PC, including sound and video, onto one chip. Initially based on the old 5x86 technology and running at 120 or 133 MHz, its performance was widely criticized but its low price made it successful. The MediaGX led to Cyrix's first big win, when Compaq used it in its lowest-priced Presario 2100 and 2200 computer. This led to further MediaGX sales to Packard Bell and also seemed to give Cyrix legitimacy, as 6x86 sales to Packard Bell and eMachines quickly followed.
Lesson? Dont let IBM f*** you over...Cyrix had always been a fabless company but contracted the actual semiconductor manufacturing to an outside foundry. In the early days, Cyrix mostly used Texas Instruments production facilities.
Following a series of disagreements with Texas Instruments, and production difficulties at SGS Thomson, Cyrix turned to IBM Microelectronics.
As part of the manufacturing agreement between the two companies, IBM received the right to build and sell Cyrix-designed CPUs under the IBM name.
While some in the industry speculated this would lead to IBM using 6x86 CPUs extensively in its product line and improve Cyrix's reputation, IBM continued to mostly use Intel CPUs, and to a lesser extent, AMD CPUs, in the majority of its products and only used the Cyrix designs in a few budget models, mostly sold outside of the United States. IBM instead sold its 6x86 chips on the open market, competing directly against Cyrix and sometimes undercutting Cyrix's prices.
Intel dont fight fair... they had more money, and legal fees will make you go bankrupt.Cyrix's designs were completely independent. Focused on removing potential competitors, Intel spent many years in legal battles with Cyrix, consuming Cyrix financial resources, claiming that the Cyrix 486 violated Intel's patents, when in reality the design was proven independent.