Rumor: Intel is considering the acquisition of AMD

[Soundchaser]

Sounds crazy, but this is what EETimes claims in this article: https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1334179

During the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, we picked up an intriguing rumor circulating among a few C-Level executives that Intel Corp. is pondering the acquisition of AMD.

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[Deleted member 36578]

That sounds way too crazy.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Would this mean that Intel would have an effective monopoly?

 

[Ben Walker]

Is that even legal?

 

[Dest]

That, I think, is the most far-fetched rumour I've heard in years.

 

[JD3Nine]

That would be kind of big, no?

 

[Transistor]

Never gonna happen.

 

[nekkid]

I'd imagine the EU (and other territories) would have something to say about this.

 

[Ze_Shoopuf]

that would be terrible.

 

[J75]

Fuck.....

 

[eonden]

Would this mean that Intel would have an effective monopoly?

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Yeah, main reason AMD was saved last time was because both Intel and NVidia prefered them as competition rather than probably anti monopoly lawsuits.

 

[Zutrax]

If that is true, there'd essentially be zero competition in the market for CPU's right?

 

[Deleted member 2791]

Is that even legal?

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it's not

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Surely not.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

That would be extremely super bad.

 

[Flandy]

wow

Spoiler

if true

 

[Buyao]

As much as I love Intel products, I don't want this to happen.

 

[Maple]

No way this would even be allowed.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

That sounds very illegal.

 

[JINX]

Yeah that ain't legal...

 

[Dinobot]

It's not legal.

Maybe just their GPU division? Maybe they'll invest in them for some exclusive gpu and intel cpu combos?

 

[GodofWine]

That sounds very illegal.

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Very cool..Very Legal

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Appley buys Nintendo, Intel buys AMD. In tomorrows news: MS buys Oracle.

 

[Deleted member 39587]

I'm sure they've been considering this for a while - won't happen tho (for obvious reasons).

 

[Evon]

EU would never allow it without splitting up Intel in some way.

 

[Rodjer]

Intel has a market cap 10x higher than AMD
200b vs 20b USD


This is not good if true

 

[NewDust]

If it's true, most likely just the GPU business from AMD.

 

[JediMPG]

If by some chance this happens. Would this effect consoles in a big way? Or is there a possibility that they would be able to still do their own thing? Would they have to go-to Nvidia? Apologies for such a silly question!

 

[Mitsurugi]

Isn't it illegal?

 

[T8SC]

This won't and more than likely in a legal sense, can't happen.

Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[GarthLordOfTheSith]

There's no way that would be allowed to occur v

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Is that even legal?

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I will make it legal.

 

[Dest]

it's not

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You sure? Don't see why it wouldn't be. There are other processor manufactures out there, just ones that target different markets. Even then, Linux is running on Qualcomm CPUs so AMD/Intel aren't even the only companies that support desktop operating systems at this point.

Also there's been the rumour over the last year or so that Apple would/will be breaking into the desktop CPU market for their products.

 

[Deleted member 198]

who is EETimes?

 

[Fire Bocchi]

this just smells like some poor attempt by some no name site to drive traffic to their site

 

[Aokiji]

they wouldnt even get past the regulators

 

[AlsoZ]

Even the article itself doesn't consider this more than an unsubstantiated rumor. You can always find some people who entertain the possibility because the chip market grew way beyond desktop CPUs, but that's about it.

 

[dex3108]

To be honest Intel GPU division is more-less assembled from ex AMD GPU division devs.

 

[Deleted member 4761]

What? :o

I choose you, Satya Nadella!
To the rescue!

 

[modiz]

oh damn, that would be crazy.
PS5 999$ incoming...
tbh this could very negatively effect pricing so i really dont like it....
why are people saying this move is illegal?

 

[Becks']

OMEGALUL. If it happens, 799$ next-gen.

 

[Rodjer]

why are people saying this move is illegal?

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Monopoly

 

[FancyPants]

Pure nonsense. It makes no sense to buy them at this point, and even if it did, Intel doesn't really have the cash for a $20-$30B aquisition (which is the current market cap of AMD. Intel have $3.4B in cash as of their Q3 report). Also, this would lead to a near monopoly in the desktop CPU space, which would be a huge no-go from the government.

The whole article is junk though, filled with speculation and "great topics for idle conversation". It's nothing. I expected more from EET.

 

[--R]

Fuck that noise.

 

[Chronos]

FTC would never allow it. They might be able to acquire the graphics division, but CPU no way.

 

[Bjones]

Ehh i don't think intel has the money honestly. AMD is a billion dollar a year company. Intel would have to pay out the ass for a hostile take over.

 

[Poutine]

Reading that article they seem to say that Intel actually is looking to "buy" their CEO more than anything else, Intel is currently without a CEO since the last guy resigned a couple of months ago.

 

[HylianSeven]

As just about everyone else has said, has to be illegal as all hell. Would be a straight up monopoly.

 

[Soundchaser]

who is EETimes?

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this just smells like some poor attempt by some no name site to drive traffic to their site

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It's one of the oldest electronics industry magazines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EE_Times

 

[asd202]

Would be terrible for PC users, gamers and game industry.