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Long time ago Nvidia tried to make it's own x86 CPU but was threatened with lawsuits by Intel. Now Nvidia can buy Intel for a song.
by DeathArrow 2y ago
Long time ago Nvidia tried to make it's own x86 CPU but was threatened with lawsuits by Intel. Now Nvidia can buy Intel for a song.
- h2odragon 2y agoJust buy the patents and stuff. You wouldn't want to infect a working company with the Intel disease. I wonder how bad "worked as a manager at Intel" poisons a resume.
- result2vino 2y agoCertainly less than the HN sewing circle (yourself included) would think. People that actually know what they’re doing tend to make more informed and nuanced decisions than beating on their chest and yelling “Intel bad!”
- h2odragon 2y agoI have Nothing against anyone who does the best they can in a bad situation. Observing Intel, my feeling has been that "best you can" has been "bail out" since just after the PPro. The company has worked hard to waste a whole generation of talent and possibility. It took immense effort. Anyone who looks at that performance and says "I was proud to be part of that" is not someone who will be happy working beside me, anyway.
- FredPret 2y agoI don’t know - there are a couple of companies that are a red flag on a resume. Some companies get results, and some specialize in Powerpoint and politics. It all comes down to the managers in charge. Would you hire a VP/manager that spent too much time at IBM or similar? How long can you work there without getting infected?
- eigenspace 2y agoThere's no way in hell Nvidia could buy Intel. There's more in this world than just money.
- Kwpolska 2y agoTo boards, investors, and other parasites, money is the only thing that matters.
- eigenspace 2y agoSure, but in reality money will only get them so far. Regulators will not allow Nvidia to buy Intel.
- dubcanada 2y agoThat's a really silly thing to say, in the sake of "buying" a company, nothing matters more then money lol
- eigenspace 2y agoMaybe at small scales, but at larger scales, absolutely not. Among big strategically important companies, the barrier to acquisitions is not money, but regulatory approval, and I think there's no way regulators around the world will allow Nvidia to buy Intel.
- jumping_frog 2y agoIs there an example of a company which could have gotten a new lease of life after acquition was denied a regulatory approval and then the company failed?
- ywvcbk 2y agoIntel is not on the brink of bankruptcy, though. Unless things change drastically Nvidia would have a much harder time trying to buy them than they did with ARM.
- ywvcbk 2y agoWe unless you have enough money to actually bribe the FTC and the European Commission (and equivalent in China and UK) then no, there are things that matter about as much or more than money.
- AbstractH24 2y agoI was recently looking at Intel’s performance during the dotcom bubble and then burst If Google is the new Microsoft, is AMD the new Intel?