Analyst Expects NVIDIA to Acquire AMD Despite Chances of Losing x86 License.

[Shintai]

and without that x86 license, intel would be a monopoly aka antitrust party.

Monopoly and antitrust party is not the same. Also there are ALOT of monopolies and they work fine. Some need some regulation now and then.

Antitrust is a whole other matter than being a monopoly.

Also Intel is already a monopoly with almost 80% of the market.

Forgot MS? They have 95% of the OS market, not even to talk about other segments.

Its an illusion to think Intel would be hurt in any way to only have VIA or maybe no competitor. The only thing that will happen is a forced regulation on price if they get too greedy. Or if they start to make nVidia GFX cards incompatible without a way for nVidia to make it so.