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So AMD handed over their most valuable IP for basically nothing. Just another example that doing business in China is a pyrrhic victory.
by solotronics 7y ago
So AMD handed over their most valuable IP for basically nothing. Just another example that doing business in China is a pyrrhic victory.
- bgee 7y ago> So AMD handed over their most valuable IP for basically nothing. Can you elaborate on how you get this conclusion? From the article "agreed to license its x86 and SoC IP for chip development in a deal worth $293 million (plus royalties)", that's at least 5% of AMD's 2018 revenue (out of 6 billion).
- DeonPenny 7y agoWhich is very little for everything given away
- pizzazzaro 7y agoHey, its not like you can actually find a Hygon cpu in the western hemisphere. And when we consider that the partnership also deferred costs at the foundry, it seems somewhat plausible. Although, now they went with S. Korean Samsung...