AMD stock value on the rise following buyout chatter

Shares in Advanced Micro Devices are on the rise following speculation that the semiconductor company could be headed for a buyout. Share value shot up roughly 8 percent yesterday afternoon, topping out at $4.46 before dropping slightly to close the…

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I remember when companies acquired other companies to expand their services, not to gain leverage or patents to use against other corporations.

I've never really cared for AMD processors although I must say I think they were much more competitive in previous years than they have been lately. I have been a bit of a fanboy of the Radeon GPU's although admittedly their quality fluctuates from series to series. So I'm not really concerned about the processor line although I think it is important for Intel to have a major contender so as to keep the prices in check and a reason to emphasize development. I guess in the end I'd rather see Qualcomm make a move because they are more specialized than Samsung who has a large range of products and may not give processors the attention or specialty they deserve.

Just as long as someone is out there applying pressure to INTEL, last I need is the 'arrogant dark side' running willy nilly with pricing. It's bad enough already. Every time I own an Intel processor I feel.. dirty.

And everytime you buy a new Intel processor you have to buy a new board to put it in. At least AMD has the decency to hold onto a socket for more than 1 CPU cycle.

Personally I've built more PCs with AMD than intel. AMD provides great performance for the price if you're building a computer for simple uses.

You know the industry is screwed up when a OEM vendor is capable of buying out the company that provides the necessary hardware to make their product function.

Intel does that because they move forward unlike AMD. There are always changes that REQUIRE a socket change. For example Intel didn't make LGA 1155 just because the felt like it, the change was needed due to the northbridge being integrated onto the CPU and changes to the IGP. It has nothing to do with decency. Look where sticking with AM3 got AMD, soon a buyout of their CPU division would be considered toxic. They're doing good on the GPU front but it appears that that's not going to keep them afloat.

Or for advanced gaming as well. $/buck Inhell simply can't touch em still.. though I do miss the K7/8 days

/facepalm says it all for the Inhell fanboi

No, it shouldn't be REQUIRED to change the CPU socket on every cpu release. Intel itself used to allow upgrades without having to change the motherboard, and this obligatory changes are just a way to sell more mobos.

Be careful, nobody wants a monopoly these days, if only Intel makes processors, the prices will surely rise o a point of absurdity. Intel is already much more expensive than should be, and I'd be glad to see AMD with a really competitive processor available, like in the Athlon days.

I miss the old days of AMD Desktop-sector asskickery.

The K7 was absolutely on top of the competition in every possible way. Athlon XP was very competitive, and the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 x2 were fantastic until the Core 2 line exploded onto the scene. Since then, they just haven't been able to compete with Intel's superior performance, except in the low-end market.

The idea of AMD disappearing is hearbreaking, but if anyone can turn AMD into a phoenix metaphor, it's Samsung.

Samsung is too involved on its lawsuits, and as someone said before, they could be buying AMD just for it's patents. But I (hopefully) could be wrong. It'd be amazing to have AMD competing head to head with Intel, like it does with nVidia.

Just as well the FM1 socket is designated for APU's then isn't it. From introduction to EOL in less than a year (paper launches notwithstanding)

With the exception of LGA1156 (P55 et al) there has been the option to upgrade the CPU in any Intel socket, whether it be later steppings/revision CPU's ( 6-core Gulftown 970, 980X, 990X for LGA1366 for example), or new architectures - Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge for LGA1155 and Sandy Bridge-E/Ivy Bridge-E for LGA2011 being the current platforms.

I'd also be inclined to look at the larger picture here - for example, Intel recently introduced PCI-E 3.0...and a lot of (non-Intel) desktop users said a collective "so what, the 2.0 spec isn't bandwidth saturated-why worry about 3.0 " - or words to that effect. For client (desktop) users that is exactly the case in 99.9% of scenario's....for servers where bandwidth becomes paramount, the greater throughput, lower overhead, and much lower latency makes PCI-E 3.0 a no brainer - especially for cloud computing and HPC
Which brings us to...
AMD's big marketing push - HSA and cloud computing. Using Opteron and PCI-E 2.0/Hypertransport...with AMD's adoption of PCI-E 3.0 likely around 2014...around the same time that Intel starts integrating PCI-E 4.0.

I just wish AMD could come back..people please buy AMD products.

Yes, we aren't even using PCI-E 2.0's full potential, specially with games( which mostly move the computer evolution) based on console counterparts, which are PCI-E 1.0 still. But, don't argue with a fan boy, you just can't win.

Gaming "moves computer evolution" WTF? You do realize that discrete desktop graphics sales are in the order of $3bn and the total revenue for computer hardware in 2012 is predicted to be in the order of $550-585bn? PC's might represent a sizeable percentage of overall sales/revenue- but only a fraction of PC owners are gamers.

I'm assuming that comprehension isn't your stong suit:

If that remains too many words, allow me to simplify:
Desktop = PCI-E 3.0 unneeded
Server/HPC= PCI-E 3.0 needed
I'll let Anandtech elucidate:

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Now read the last bolded section of the quote and note the AMD Heterogeneous system arch push. Connect the dots.

I fully agree.

Great, I'm so glad to hear this type of talk, especially since I'm within days of dropping $159.99 on a AMD FX-8120 8 Core processor!

Newegg has it for 149.99 and free shipping.

Wow you didn't even try. Resorting to labeling everyone who doesn't agree with you as a fanboy. So instead of presenting a logical argument we've gone straight to "I'm just going to insult everyone and run away".

I'd love to buy from somewhere like Newegg.com, but my statement goes in line with the fact that Fry's Electronics is going to be my supplier, when it comes to something that I'm up to....

http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/getting-ready-for-a-pc-build-need-some-advice.184021/

That link takes you to where I'm in the development stages of assembling drafts for my new computer. All the parts will be bought on the same day, at the same time with no worry about not having everything together I need on build day. The second to the last post in the topic area I feel is the final draft and come this Tuesday morning, I'll make the drive out to Fry's and pick it all up.

But thanks for the option here, maybe next time!