Will Intel will buy NVIDIA?

[WelshBloke]

Who knows how much they really even invested in Larrabee. It could have just been one of their hundreds of pet projects that they decided to publicize. Which they did get a ton of publicity out of.

I still say if Intel really was serious about this, they would just cut NVIDIA a check and license what they need. Or even throw them a x86 license in trade. No need to buy the whole company. This is the mistake AMD made and are being punished for. AMD has lost a lot of money on ATI. Not just the initial investment, but ATI has been operating at a net loss since the purchase. Fusion is still no where to be found and AMD still has not even talked about using their own foundries (which they were forced to sell to stay afloat) to make ATI chips.

Here's to hoping AMD recovers, Intel improves their IGP's (at least), Fermi gets launched and everyone has a good Christmas. ()

This is just me talking out my ass here but, I think the only reason Intel would buy NV would be to can Fermi.

Intel wants Larryb just to keep computing in the X86 area.
I personally dont think they really give a stuff about gaming GPU's or video cards in general.

They really do care about their CPU business and i think Intel would rather see NV with an X86 licence than a successful GPGPU business which sidesteps Intels domain.

 

[akugami]

You wait. 5 years from now, Intel will not be a Player. Unless they Buy Nvidia.

With all due respect, five years in the business world is a lifetime. Anything can happen in that time. ATI might annihilate nVidia and take 60-70% of the discrete GPU market. AMD/ATI might be on the brink of extinction and scooped up by nVidia. nVidia might be the dominant player in the fast growing portable device market and rival Intel in size. And last but not least, Intel could devastate ATI and nVidia and put out a successor to Larrabee that outperforms ATI and nVidia in GPGPU and rivals them as pure GPU's.

Making a guarantee such as "Intel will not be a major player in the GPU market in five years" just shows you are closing your mind to certain possibilities because there is only an outside chance of it happening. If anyone follows football, the New York Giants a couple of years back were suppose to be a formality to the New England Patriots becoming the first undefeated team in the new era of 16 game seasons. We all know how that turned out. Basically don't make sweeping predictions unless you know 100% that it will happen. Speculation is ok and we do it all the time.

 

[sandorski]

With all due respect, five years in the business world is a lifetime. Anything can happen in that time. ATI might annihilate nVidia and take 60-70% of the discrete GPU market. AMD/ATI might be on the brink of extinction and scooped up by nVidia. nVidia might be the dominant player in the fast growing portable device market and rival Intel in size. And last but not least, Intel could devastate ATI and nVidia and put out a successor to Larrabee that outperforms ATI and nVidia in GPGPU and rivals them as pure GPU's.

Making a guarantee such as "Intel will not be a major player in the GPU market in five years" just shows you are closing your mind to certain possibilities because there is only an outside chance of it happening. If anyone follows football, the New York Giants a couple of years back were suppose to be a formality to the New England Patriots becoming the first undefeated team in the new era of 16 game seasons. We all know how that turned out. Basically don't make sweeping predictions unless you know 100% that it will happen. Speculation is ok and we do it all the time.

We'll see.

 

[Idontcare]

This is just me talking out my ass here but, I think the only reason Intel would buy NV would be to can Fermi.

Intel wants Larryb just to keep computing in the X86 area.
I personally dont think they really give a stuff about gaming GPU's or video cards in general.

They really do care about their CPU business and i think Intel would rather see NV with an X86 licence than a successful GPGPU business which sidesteps Intels domain.

That's what they (together with HP via Compaq) did to DEC's alpha chip.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Just an observation from someone with some prominence:

http://jonpeddie.com/blogs/comments/intel-will-never-buy-nvidia/

Yep Thats pretty much what I said last week . If intel buys anyone it will be Imgination Tech . A company they already own 25% of .

 

[lavaheadache]

A.) I was talking first place in market share. B.) Checking stock the 5970 appears to be vaporware.

I'm pretty sure Ford has a higher market share than Ferrari. Only if i squint do i share the same kind of skewed vision as you.... You can write that one down

 

[T2k]

I'm pretty sure Ford has a higher market share than Ferrari. Only if i squint do i share the same kind of skewed vision as you.... You can write that one down

Don't bother arguing with a troll, all he wants is attention; he has yet to post one factually correct and meaningful, relevant sentence in this forum.