I'd be okay with this. Anything not Samsung, Intel, Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm, MediaTek etc. The one thing I'd hate is to see them combined into another chipmaker and less choices overall. I'd like to see someone else get into the chip business and innovate for their own purposes.
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Rumor: Microsoft is interested in buying AMD
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God, I would choke. I can already see exclusive Amiibos bundling with graphic cards.
Doesn't matter. AMD is being bankrupted by two competitors, it cannot sustain itself for much longer. Its perferable for them to be bought, then to end up with no competition in the market.
Krappadizzle
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BlastProcessing
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How much money is there in there in x86 going forward really? Competing with intel on their home turf doesn't sound that profitable.
I think Team Green will pull far further ahead at the post-M&A confusion.
x86 is poisoned chalice.
MS buying AMD is plausible, but I wouldn't bet on it, I have a hard time believing that Satya could tie such an acquisition into its productivitiy first strategy and its overall more agnostic stance on platforms.
To me, GAF is infamous for its business literacy. The one major thing that everyone who thinks buying AMD is as easy as buying their equity, likely roughly their market cap $1.6-ish B, is that the buyer also inherits all of AMD's debt which is roughly $3.0 B.
Considering the above, the acquirer, if on the smaller-side (e.g. Nintendo or Sony Vs. the likes of MS or Samsung) would have a drastically altered capital structure and future viability. So the point I'm getting across is, AMD would have to be purchased by a firm (not Nintendo or Sony) who is large / healthy enough not to be negatively encumbered by AMD's large amount of debt.
Cheers.
To me, GAF is infamous for its business literacy. The one major thing that everyone who thinks buying AMD is as easy as buying their equity, likely roughly their market cap $1.6-ish B, is that the buyer also inherits all of AMD's debt which is roughly $3.0 B.
Considering the above, the acquirer, if on the smaller-side (e.g. Nintendo or Sony Vs. the likes of MS or Samsung) would have a drastically altered capital structure and future viability. So the point I'm getting across is, AMD would have to be purchased by a firm (not Nintendo or Sony) who is large / healthy enough not to be negatively encumbered by AMD's large amount of debt.
Cheers.
Nobody wants x86 because its a legal minefield and everyone except Intel is more interested in improving their own ARM designs.
Next gen consoles will probably feature a Nvidia-ARM SoC or pure ARM IP design.
Nostremitus
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So... If Microsoft buys AMD and AMD DOES lose the x86 license... Does that mean Intel loses access to the 64bit instruction set (AMD created and owns it)?
No way AMD loses x86 regardless of who buys them if that's the case...
No way AMD loses x86 regardless of who buys them if that's the case...
TheDarkTriforce
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It would be awesome if Microsoft would buy AMD!
With AMD splitting the CPU and gpu departments into 2 companies it looks like someone will be buying part of AMD. If it is Microsoft I would bet they want the gpu part for future consoles as their relationship with Intel is of high importance and I would not be surprized if next gen consoles have arm CPU and AMD gpu setup
Makes sense actually.
Plus they actually might give Nvidia a run for their money.
How ever I can just see Nvidia sueing Microsoft constantly.
While im nervous about Microsofts intentions, MS owning AMDs GPU division would be a MASSIVE boost to all PC users
Imagine all of MSs technical expertise and money pumped into AMD
Nvidia would be running scared
I was reading up on the Intel AMD deal that was negotiated by the government and the gist I got out of it is that agreements can be broken if acquisition is made. At the time the government forced Intel to let AMD have a symbiotic relationship because they wanted to prevent Intel from killing off AMD and having a monopoly.
Obviously anyone capable of buying out AMD is in no position of weakness and doesn't need to be legally coddled.
What's Intel gonna do? Make a new operating system? Selling software isn't in Intel's genes. Their outlook is strictly focused on driving hardware technology forward.
CalamityPixel
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Go for it MS, I'm interested in seeing the aftermath. Hopefully it'll benefit AMD dedicated customers overall.
undu
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No, it would go horribly bad. Microsoft would most probably use it to force people into using its operating system if they use their GPUs. This includes not only desktop users, but scientific users.
The Artisan
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this was the last response i had in this thread. so...is the rumor more credible/likely now?
Not really. It's still just speculation until one of the parties involved confirms it.
The Artisan
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I mean, that was basically what the scenario was when mS buying mojang was just a rumor...and that turned out to be true.
Well just because a coin landed on heads 9 times in a row doesn't mean it has a higher chance of doing the same on the 10th toss.
The Artisan
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what do you mean? they already get cuts from the sales of all 8th gen consoles.
It's not much at all.
Dreadx_Jecht
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I remember reading an article saying that this rumor wasn't too likely.
I don't know how much money they get but they are getting bodied by Nvidia. There needs to be competition to prevent Nvidia from doing whatever they want.
Pocket change.