So does anybody else think ATI will buy matrox?

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Martin

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Just like 3Dfx, matrox comes out with something that has a few nice features, but its too little too late.


I think ATI should step up and put them out fo their misery.

 
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no not likely. Matrox has much more than Parhelia and the G400/450/550 series. They are a major player in the 2D workstatuion market, and they won't be leaving that anytime soon.
 
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Martin

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Originally posted by: Athlon4all
no not likely. Matrox has much more than Parhelia and the G400/450/550 series. They are a major player in the 2D workstatuion market, and they won't be leaving that anytime soon.
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which presents a great opportunity for ATi to entire that market...it just makes sense...

 
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Rand

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Originally posted by: Athlon4all
no not likely. Matrox has much more than Parhelia and the G400/450/550 series. They are a major player in the 2D workstatuion market, and they won't be leaving that anytime soon.
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Actually they've been losing market-share for quite awhile in the mainstream 2D workstations, at this point their merely one of many competitors.
Matrox's largest market is probably that for medical imaging, air-traffic controller displays, financial market analysts etc.
Wherein such a market absolutely requires a single board capable of outputting to 4+ montiors at once at resolutions of 1600x1200 on the low end and sometimes significantly above that while retaining crystal clear image quality.
A diverse and solidly features driver support for multiple displays is needed, and excellent support for remote displays.

Matrox's only real competition at all in the market in Appian boards.

Matrox has a pretty tough stronghold in the Digital Video Editing and film making market also, and are extremely competitive in said market with a lot of influence.

With Matrox being a privately held corporation they don't need anywhere near the income that nVidia/ATi and the like need to stay competitive. Their a tightly owned and controlled company.
ATi would likely need to make one hell of an offer to entice Matrox to sell over, and I don't see that Matrox has many patents, nor enough much equipment and technology to make it worth the purchase for ATi.
Matrox does have a number of relatively highly regarded designers software developers however, but their are easier ways to entice them to leave then purchasing Matrox outright.
We've already seen a handful of high profile Matrox employees leave during the dry spell between the G400 architecture used in the G450/G500 and the latest Parhelia.

I just don't see that ATi has much to gain from Matrox. Matrox is unlikely to be the easy purchase 3dfx was for nVidia...Matrox isnt in the dire financial straights 3dfx was, nor do they have the stock holders to please that 3dfx did.

Besides, purchasing Matrox would likely cut all ties ATi has to Appian, and I don't think their about to do that. ATi has too many driver aspects and software applications that are based on designs licensed from Appian.
 
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