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Seems pretty incredible AMD sold the keys to the kingdom for 1/4th the x86 market for 300millionish. I'm sure the shenanegans where they get pushed out of chin
by throwaway2048 8y ago
Seems pretty incredible AMD sold the keys to the kingdom for 1/4th the x86 market for 300millionish.
I'm sure the shenanegans where they get pushed out of china are going to occur after a few years, just like they happened to tons of tech companies before them after they got raided for IP with joint partnerships...
They never had much penetration into China to begin with, maybe they consider it worth it to cut down Intel's influence.
Seems super dangerous if china starts exporting the chips however.
- spacenick88 8y agoAfaik they get per unit royalties too
- freyir 8y agoWe'll see how that works out for them.
- castratikron 8y agoI'm sure they pay that. https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626683457/judge-orders-chinese-wind-turbine-maker-to-pay-59-million-for-stealing-trade-sec https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626683457/judge-orders-chines...
- outworlder 8y agoUntil China comes up with a completely "unrelated" chip which does not have to pay royalties. Because, you see, it's a completely unrelated design. Even the name will be different. There is prior history on this. Companies used to the level of IP enforcement in the USA are in for a big surprise.
- slededit 8y agoShows how far AMD has come. They were close to bankruptcy at the time this deal was made. I doubt they would have made the same deal today, but it was life and death issue at the time.