Monday, July 24, 2006

AMD Buys ATI -- 10:11 am CST, Update by The Master

I shouldn't be shocked by this, there's been rumors flying for weeks, but it's been finally announced: AMD buys ATI. I'm split on this one myself. Companies that buy video manufacturers always seem to tank (remember Rendition?), but on the other hand this gives AMD a solid video solution to embed in their chipsets. I would expect ATI's drivers to improve measurably as well.

A.T. Hun comments: I'm torn on this one too. I wonder if NVIDIA will keep producing chipsets for AMD processors. I'm not a business expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I would think that AMD should stay as small and flexible as possible to keep up the battle with Intel. Conversely maybe this will give them an extra income stream so that they won't have to keep winning against Intel to survive. This much is sure: time will tell.

News for 07/24/2006

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