Samsung may be eyeing up AMD and Acer Packard-Bell

[major_john]

Samsung may be eyeing up AMD and Acer Packard-Bell(Source:Inquirer)

We know that Acer is in acquisition mood, so this one could be a goer. But AMD and Samsung? It's not impossible, and would certainly give Intel a fit of the heebie jeebies.

But, like I said, these are just rumours in the channel so I wouldn't bet your last dollar on these ones.

[deathman20]

Intresting rumor. Not sure if I'd like an even bigger company while surely at least it would be more stable and have a larger bank account to help out which would be nice.

[vitaminc]

samsung for amd makes lots of sense, and its not the first day the rumor has been floating around.

but i just dont see why acer would buy packard bell; acer is already going strong in the euro market (correct me if i am wrong). makes sense for them to buy gateway to get into the US market, where their presence is less than asus.

[nemrod]

Could amd be buy? I have understand that it can't without loosing x86 licence...

[ted3]

If AMD want out of x86 business it would make sense.

[xenolith]

(Source:Inquirer)

Inq listening to the stoner from the mail room again?

[Shintai]

Could amd be buy? I have understand that it can't without loosing x86 licence...

Precisely. Buy AMD and no more x86.

I guess theinq was some low water in the hits and needed something to attract new.

[red]

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...g-hostile-bid/

Rumor also has Samsung being swallowed

[gdogg]

isn't it against the law to be a monopoly in the usa, so if samsung did purchase amd, and lost the x86 licence , wouldn't it be in intel's best interest to renew it to samsung, to avoid having major lawsuits?

[Shintai]

isn't it against the law to be a monopoly in the usa, so if samsung did purchase amd, and lost the x86 licence , wouldn't it be in intel's best interest to renew it to samsung, to avoid having major lawsuits?

Aint they already a monopoly in that way? And what about MS, they seem to go well in hand with US law. And its not like it would be hard to change the company base.

[BrowncoatGR]

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...g-hostile-bid/

Rumor also has Samsung being swallowed

Some people apparently don't quite understand just how big Samsung is

[[XC] leviathan18]

samsung isnt BIG is HUGEEEE

[Shintai]

samsung isnt BIG is HUGEEEE

Ye, 80billion$ revenue and 128000 employees.

Think MS+Intel with only 3/4th of the employees of the 2.

[dexman]

isn't it against the law to be a monopoly in the usa, so if samsung did purchase amd, and lost the x86 licence , wouldn't it be in intel's best interest to renew it to samsung, to avoid having major lawsuits?

you hit the nail. the whole thing amd can't be sold without losing x86 license is nonsense. intel would be forced to renew that licence again whether they like it or not.

[saaya]

why do they think samsung buying amd doesnt make sense?
x86 cpus and gpus is all they need to build an entire pc.

display check
dram check
graphics dram check
compact flash check
hdd check
optical drive check
gpu missing
x86 cpu missing
mainboard missing

who cares about mainboards?
thats as trivial as a pc case in the end...
if samsung has their own cpus and gpus they can basically create an entire samsung pc, everything in house.

[gillll]

after all intel and micron are good friends amd needs good memory firm to help her with the world growing demands for ram.

plus a thought: samsung is a ram developer herself we might see ram for intel and ram for amd cpu paths had already been split?

from samsung point of view as i see it amd got into troubles with the ati acquisition.
samsung is such a giant it is a very smart move of her in a world which stand on the multi core barrier
we can't afford to lose the 2nd cpu manufacturer in the world to Intel which had forced that.
if those stories are true.

[ted3]

you hit the nail. the whole thing amd can't be sold without losing x86 license is nonsense. intel would be forced to renew that licence again whether they like it or not.

If Samsung was US based i think so too. Do you really think Intel would have been forced to renew AMDs license that time if AMD was not US based?

[trans am]

why do they think samsung buying amd doesnt make sense?
x86 cpus and gpus is all they need to build an entire pc.

display check
dram check
graphics dram check
compact flash check
hdd check
optical drive check
gpu missing
x86 cpu missing
mainboard missing

who cares about mainboards?
thats as trivial as a pc case in the end...
if samsung has their own cpus and gpus they can basically create an entire samsung pc, everything in house.

You forgot cases, water blocks and psu's..maybe OCZ should place a bid?

[cky2k6]

interesting thing is i remember i think onepagebook had some "amd" ram, a good while ago, which was weird as hell back then, but now it could make sense if amd and samsung are apparently more tight than previously thought. and yeah, i have a feeling intel might be lenient with the amd x86 license, as long as amd still uses its own fabs.

[trans am]

Hypothetically, what would happen to AMD shareholders? Does this mean buy AMD stock?

[vitaminc]

Inq listening to the stoner from the mail room again?

except inq has more credible sources than anyone of us on the forums.

[gdogg]

except inq has more credible sources than anyone of us on the forums.

Not true at all, there is many members of these forums, with as credible and even more credible sources then the inq.

Some members of these forums are more important then many of us even know.

[dexman]

If Samsung was US based i think so too. Do you really think Intel would have been forced to renew AMDs license that time if AMD was not US based?

there are milions ways to get that license despite Samsung not being US based. If you buy a company it doesn't necessary mean that company cease to exist. it changes owners but still operates in US. i don't think company has to be US based to make US anti-monopoly agency react to market deformations.

[Cobalt]

It is also well known for making up random crap when the editors feel bored.

[vitaminc]

Not true at all, there is many members of these forums, with as credible and even more credible sources then the inq.

Some members of these forums are more important then many of us even know.

I guess I could be wrong then, judging from the WSJ article last week about whole food's CEO posting on Yahoo Finance forums. Hi Mr. Otellini.

Inq has been in business for long and got bought out by private equity group, so it must be really good at something. Rumors alone won't cut it.