TLB bug still present in B3 rev Phenoms

[Periander6]

with this in mind what would NVIDIA need to buy AMD? i mean there shouldnt be VGA monopoly concerns right?

What does nvidia need to keep the x86 license going?

Why would they want to buy AMD? The CPU part is nothing but a hole to throw money into forever and obviously they would have to sell off the ATI part, and anyone that would buy ATI could only be a stronger and better funded company than AMD making Nvdia's life on the GPU front only more difficult.

Besides, if AMD dies and takes ATI with it then any attempt to move into the GPU business by Intel would be very likely seen as an attempt to leverage their CPU monopoly to generate another monopoly, something that would generate huge regulatory headaches. Nvidia would be better insulated from competition on the GPU front if AMD dies. Again, why would Nvidia want to buy AMD?

Anyway, AMD's x86 licence has a clause in it making it non-transferrable. There are some questions as to whether such clauses are enforceable or not, but at a minimum it would be a huge legal battle with an uncertain outcome. Once again, buying AMD makes no sense for Nvidia.

[metro.cl]

Why would they want to buy AMD? The CPU part is nothing but a hole to throw money into forever and obviously they would have to sell off the ATI part, and anyone that would buy ATI could only be a stronger and better funded company than AMD making Nvdia's life on the GPU front only more difficult.

Besides, if AMD dies and takes ATI with it then any attempt to move into the GPU business by Intel would be very likely seen as an attempt to leverage their CPU monopoly to generate another monopoly, something that would generate huge regulatory headaches. Nvidia would be better insulated from competition on the GPU front if AMD dies. Again, why would Nvidia want to buy AMD?

Anyway, AMD's x86 licence has a clause in it making it non-transferrable. There are some questions as to whether such clauses are enforceable or not, but at a minimum it would be a huge legal battle with an uncertain outcome. Once again, buying AMD makes no sense for Nvidia.

For the x86 license, it is the cheapest way to get one and also to elminate competition on th GPU front.

NVIDIA is still evaluating to get a CPU working so this might be the best chance they can get. AMD is freaking cheap now.

[savantu]

For the x86 license, it is the cheapest way to get one and also to elminate competition on th GPU front.

NVIDIA is still evaluating to get a CPU working so this might be the best chance they can get. AMD is freaking cheap now.

Who's gonna pay those debts ?

[Periander6]

For the x86 license, it is the cheapest way to get one and also to elminate competition on th GPU front.

No, the cheapest way to get an x86 licence by far would be to buy Via, not AMD. Remember that anyone that buys AMD has to take on their 5+ Billion in debt on top of buying up the stock.

There is no way in hell, zero, that Nvidia would receive anti-trust clearance to purchase ATI. To buy AMD they would have to sell off the ATI division to have any chance whatsoever for approval, and anyone other than AMD owning ATI would make ATI stronger.

The idea of Nvida buying AMD is a fantasy that won't happen, not before AMD goes into C11 at the very least.