Will Intel eventually buy AMD?

[Madpacket]

With the trend of everything going low power, smart phones ever increasing in capability and "the Internet of Things" and in car computing supposed to be the next big thing the fight for dominance on the desktop and laptop is becoming less and less important.

Do you think maybe in a few years time Intel will get the go ahead to buy up AMD to better compete with the likes of Samsung, Qualcomm, Apple, LG etc?

Serious question. As much as I like AMD's products I see them kind of like BlackBerry now except in a more unfair fight which will die an inevitable slow death until someone scoops them up for their IP and patent portfolio.

What do you guys think?

 

[Phynaz]

Never.

 

[ninaholic37]

There was another thread about this about a month ago, or maybe it was about Apple buying AMD, or Qualcomm.... maybe all of them existed? lol.

I think the general opinion is that Intel don't see any need to buy AMD, and keeping AMD alive is the only way to avoid more lawsuits and new monopoly surveillance against Intel.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Sure, then they can release a 14nm AM3+ Overdrive Excavator based CPU.

 

[Maximilian]

Maybe? They would gain the x86-64 thing that AMD came up with, might boost their graphics division a little as well with the tech AMD got from ATI.

I dunno if the anti monopoly laws would really come into play that much, then again im no lawyer :|

 

[Madpacket]

There was another thread about this about a month ago, or maybe it was about Apple buying AMD, or Qualcomm.... maybe all of them existed? lol.

I think the general opinion is that Intel don't see any need to buy AMD, and keeping AMD alive is the only way to avoid more lawsuits and new monopoly surveillance against Intel.

The thing is if the market is shifting away from x86 to ARM then would antitrust issues really come into play? If the market is predominantly ARM based in most markets in a few years Intel would be the best company to benefit from AMD'S portfolio.

Intel is the only x86 shop capable of competing on a performance per watt metric against the onslaught of low nm ARM designs due to their manufacturing edge. If Intel could leverage AMD'S tech (HSA, Radeon graphics, , freesync, etc) and add that to help them compete against ARM tech like Cyclone, Mali, Power VR, Nvidia etc they would be in a much better position then the gurilla tablet pricing chipsets and low end graphics they're currently hawking.

Imagine what Kaveri could be like at 14nm?

I can understand the statement that Intel doesn't need AMD but as the markets shift they're going to need all the help they can get.

Anyways food for thought. A year ago I would have said "no way" but now I'm not so sure.

 

[Techhog]

Oh, another AM-DOOMED thread. FFS

No, it's not going to happen. Ugh.

 

[eternalone]

Well the real question is what will AMD when Skylake drops? I dont see anyone buying anything AMD even on the low end when Skylake pentiums and I3's drop. So what will AMD do until Zen comes out in 2016/2017. Thats really the question here.

 

[tsupersonic]

Yeah, no, not going to happen. Anti-trust laws would most likely block the takeover.

 

[Roland00Address]

The closest Intel will do is pay money for more direct access to AMD technology instead of cross listening patents (which both amd and intel do on a receproical basis) they just license the technology. Kinda like how Intel pays nvidia 1.5 billion over 5 years to cross license nvidia's tech.

And Nvidia is already allowing other firms to use their GPUs in their own non nvidia socs for nvidia is licensing their GPU tech similar to imagination GPUs. What does AMD have that nvidia does not or Intel does not already have?

 

[DigDog]

. Anti-trust laws would most likely block the takeover.

WHY would Intel anyway want to buy AMD. AMD is the perfect way to show that Intel's CPU are "better". Its a phantom competitor, and if AMD were near bankruptcy, i'd think Intel would probably slip them a fiver or something. Just to keep them alive.

The fat n ugly friend you bring with you to make you look better.

 

[SPBHM]

WHY would Intel anyway want to buy AMD. AMD is the perfect way to show that Intel's CPU are "better". Its a phantom competitor, and if AMD were near bankruptcy, i'd think Intel would probably slip them a fiver or something. Just to keep them alive.

The fat n ugly friend you bring with you to make you look better.

not allowing others to buy it?
GPUs?

but yes, I don't see it happening.

 

[Blain]

Will Intel eventually buy AMD?

What do you guys think?

no

 

[DrMrLordX]

The bigger question is: how would anyone who outright bought AMD deal with AMD's ties to Globalfoundies (WSA in particular)? I do not think a buyout would eliminate AMD's obligation to adhere to contractual agreements.

The likelihood of an Intel buyout seems low, but buyout rumours persist. Anyone who bought AMD would have to deal with that issue (at the very least).

 

[Idontcare]

Name one x86 competitor to Intel in the entire history of x86 that Intel has EVER bought.

 

[mrmt]

Maybe? They would gain the x86-64 thing that AMD came up with, might boost their graphics division a little as well with the tech AMD got from ATI.

Would it? The reverse Midas touch of AMD management is working wonders on their graphics division. They went from almost 50% of the dGPU market to 24% (and counting) since the introduction of GCN. At this rate soon there won't be much of their dGPU business to talk about in a few quarters down the road.

 

[Gikaseixas]

error error ... monopoly detected

 

[SPBHM]

Name one x86 competitor to Intel in the entire history of x86 that Intel has EVER bought.

I don't think any other x86 competitors were as big as AMD (and had nice GPUs)

 

[Puffnstuff]

Well if intel did buy amd it would be like a fairchild family reunion.

 

[ShintaiDK]

I don't think any other x86 competitors were as big as AMD (and had nice GPUs)

If you remove the consoles, how big is AMD?

 

[Smoblikat]

It makes more sense to let AMD live for now. If intel bought them, they would have an undeniable monopoly in the desktop/laptop processor industry and they would just be forced to split back up anyway.

 

[redzo]

AMD's profit and market share is too much on the lower side. Intel's only interest in a possible AMD acquisition would probably be targeted at getting them out of business, but I think that this will get them in too much trouble regarding market monopoly regulations. Intel does not need AMD. Intel does not need AMD gpu tech. They can develop their own. They just don't care: dgpu market is shrinking anyways. They can design more powerful hd graphics, but they have zero interest in doing that: intel hd's are doing good, nobody complains.

 

[Rakehellion]

If you remove the consoles, how big is AMD?

If you remove PC's, how big is Intel?

 

[ShintaiDK]

If you remove PC's, how big is Intel?

Consoles is a temporary market where you can lose everything over a single generation due to no legacy.

 

[Phynaz]

If you remove PC's, how big is Intel?

Still multiple times the size of AMD.