PXAbstraction
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Watching that would be the only good thing to come out of such a deal.
AMD says it will buy Intel, completing the strangest reversal in chip history
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PXAbstraction
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European and Chinese regulators wouldn't allow it. Trump would if the right bribes were thrown his way, as has already been repeatedly shown. He'd also get a nice return on investment for Intel's government bailout under the CHIPS Act.
I made the mistake of checking my RSS reader this morning before I was fully awake. Someone spent some real time on this article because it reads like it could be totally feasible, especially if you aren't a regular TechSpot reader. Especially because in the current climate of madness, not only would the Trump administration totally let this go through, but with the insane capital raises some AI companies are getting, I could totally see some sovreign wealth funds giving AMD enough cash to do this. I bought it for a bit and even posted it in my Discord (which has since rightly poked fun at me) and I'm normally immune to April Fool's Internet. So well done, you bastards.
I wasn't fully awake either, and the writing was bloody convincing. My eyes were wide because the idea was shocking.
GeforcerFX
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Just woke up was reading this trying to do the math in my head of how AMD could afford this or if they could get the regulators to allow it then it finally clicked that it's April 1st.
This wasn't believable at all, IMO.
Because Nvidia are the ones that have set on being involved with Intel, and it wouldn't surprise me if the jacket man would try to buy Intel.
Also because of the Chip act, Trump claims he's saved Intel.
If the US regulators did their jobs, direct influence from the govt to a chip company wouldn't be allowed, especially with the bribes from Nvidia.
IMO, given that AMD and Intel have an agreement to share x86 IP, this would make sense.
Don't forget, AMD has signed on to paying the Trump Admin some sort of tithing for its sales. That gives the Trump Admin some weight in both Intel and AMD.
If it were to go through, which I doubt it would, its likely, IMO, that anything Intel would be swallowed up by AMD, digested, and excreted into oblivion (having lived through acquisitions by tech companies I have worked for). That's almost certainly why it won't happen and the best justification for this being an April Fools joke by @Julio Franco
Don't forget, AMD has signed on to paying the Trump Admin some sort of tithing for its sales. That gives the Trump Admin some weight in both Intel and AMD.
If it were to go through, which I doubt it would, its likely, IMO, that anything Intel would be swallowed up by AMD, digested, and excreted into oblivion (having lived through acquisitions by tech companies I have worked for). That's almost certainly why it won't happen and the best justification for this being an April Fools joke by @Julio Franco
Fastturtle
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Have you forgotten that the US feds actually suggested AMD buy Intel?
I've seen multiple sites publish this news, and I know it's complete April Fools' BS, but...
People tend to forget that while Intel and AMD hold very special places in PC enthusiasts' hearts, the companies could never "unify x86 innovation" because it would contradict competition laws.
Also, their market cap is tiny compared to big hitters in the semiconductor industry...
People tend to forget that while Intel and AMD hold very special places in PC enthusiasts' hearts, the companies could never "unify x86 innovation" because it would contradict competition laws.
Also, their market cap is tiny compared to big hitters in the semiconductor industry...
It’s an April fools joke man and you fell for it that’s why they mentioned the date
It’s an April fools joke bro the article isn’t real
A week ago I'd read an article listing the bribes he's taken over the past year. It amounted to $1.4b; I'm glad to hear that someone is doing well in America. Maybe that's what they meant when they described his approach as "transactional politics".
As funny as an April fools joke this may be - Monopolies have existed in the past and some continue to exist in the present. Nevertheless there will always be an opportunity for competition, and that competition can literally destroy the opposition. Microsoft may not be around in 20-30 years as an operating system if it continues its path of neglect. Same can be said for any company operating today.
Cooe14
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... Come on guys! You can do better than this! The best April Fool's jokes have some level of believability and this scenario has literally NONE. 
This merger is literally legally IMPOSSIBLE as it would create an x86 CPU monopoly that controls about ≈85% of the world's laptop and ≈95% of the world's desktop & server CPU markets... The US government would NEVER allow this.
Next time pick something that could ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
This merger is literally legally IMPOSSIBLE as it would create an x86 CPU monopoly that controls about ≈85% of the world's laptop and ≈95% of the world's desktop & server CPU markets... The US government would NEVER allow this.
Next time pick something that could ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
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