Rumor : Qualcomm to buy over Intel Core business
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StereoVsn
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Don't think they got that much $$$, but damn, wouldn't be ironic?Maybe AMD.
That would mean it keeps being an American company and it simplifies all the questions with ISA licencing.
StereoVsn
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In case of the only large US chipmaker? Don't think it would get approved.So a closealley is not allowed to buy important american companies?
Fabieter
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Maybe but that's crazy considering stuff like the 2015 linde buyout where Germany approved the buyout of their biggest company to an american company. But yea you are probably right.
LordOcidax
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What a turn around…
winjer
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ChuckeRearmed
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I think they R&D spending was inadequate - I think it was enormous yet the results were lacking. Basically chip Pentagon.
There have been rumors recently that people saw Global Foundries, Qualcomm, Intel jets at Florida and Mar-a-Lago...
Haint
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10's of billions on the factories is what's responsible for their stock price and valuation crashing overnight. It shows up as a $17 billion dollar loss on their balance sheet. Wallstreet only looks forward 1 or 2 years, these fabs won't pay out for like 4 or 5. The issues with the 13/14000K degradation and the terrible Core Ultra line certainly didn't help, but would have only led to a flat or marginal decline on their own. >90% of their predicament is the fab spending.
FF:Enhanced_Reality
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Im not sure America considers Europe or even the UK as close allies anymore. Certainly not after trump's conference where he talked about trade deficit and such.So a close
Although it would be ironic if they blocked a European company buying it after forcing the UK government to get involved with the ABK merger.
JohnnyFootball
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nvidia is the company that makes the most sense to buy Intel.
However, I would not be a fan of that merger and that would be too much control for a chip company to wield.
However, I would not be a fan of that merger and that would be too much control for a chip company to wield.
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Hudo
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get ready to pay $1000 for a CPU if Nvidia buys Intel.
JohnnyFootball
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Naw, I'll keep buying AMD
raduque
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for $950?
PaintTinJr
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No, they aren't agnostic enough, but of companies available they probably are in the top ten.
Historically, and for the purpose of foundry grants from the US government the most logical buyer - for the US government - would most likely be former x86 license holder IBM.
They are one of the most agnostic suppliers to other tech companies in the world, even more so now, and would have all the expertise from their own POWER arch or relationships with other companies to help if they were deficient in any way to get things back on track.
It is amazing how many companies rely on intel that wouldn't be suitable to buy them, such as HP, Lenovo, Dell to get the ball rolling,. you have to wonder if with Sony's connection to US contracts and how their company was formed by the US in Japan if Sony would be in with a shout to buy Intel, where Samsung clearly wouldn't.