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Why would the US govt allow a merge with AMD? Sure they won't allow Intel to be bought by a foreign company, but surely everyone would much rather see Intel be
by KeplerBoy 2y ago
Why would the US govt allow a merge with AMD?
Sure they won't allow Intel to be bought by a foreign company, but surely everyone would much rather see Intel being bought by literally any other company than AMD and Nvidia.
- CuriousCosmic 2y agoMaybe they'll sell Intel to Northrop Grumman /hj
- Cumpiler69 2y agoBoeing should buy Intel the way they bought McDonald Douglass. It's gonna be a success, trust me.
- CuriousCosmic 2y agoHey I mean two negatives make a positive right? Can't possibly go any worse than it already is.
- hedora 2y agoProbably should add GMC in there. I heard they’re building a iOS / android replacement. Think of the vertical integration! I’m picturing a boot-looping cargo plane full of hummers dropping like a stone — doesn’t get much more vertically integrated than that. Think of all the layers they can eliminate.
- ahartmetz 2y ago"Vertical velocity" is the new buzzword in professional businessing
- bee_rider 2y agoNvidia makes a lot more sense than AMD; it is better for the market (preserving some competition in x86), and at least Intel does something Nvidia doesn’t.
- adventured 2y agoChina and the EU would never allow an Nvidia Intel merger, not under any scenario the US would find acceptable. They'll barely allow Nvidia to acquire anybody at this point, no matter how small. See recent EU response to Run:ai. Intel would be considered 100x worse.
- FredPret 2y agoWhy would China and the EU have input on a US merger?
- tiahura 2y agoDo they want to sell pentiums in China or EU?
- maeil 2y agoIf this is a rhetorical question, just make your point instead. If not, look up e.g. Microsoft 's purchase of Activision, both US companies.
- Cumpiler69 2y agoBecause Intel, AMD, etc have offices in EU and China, for sales, distribution and also R&D. If you intend to operate in those markets you need to comply with local regulations.
- adra 2y agoThe same reason as anything else. If the merger goes ahead with opposition from foreign markets, those markets can impose import tariffs or outright bans. Smaller markets may be ones these combined companies are willing to piss off, but not Europe. Their opposition is defacto a deal killer.
- corimaith 2y agoThey literally don't any serious homegrown alternative though, they'd be effectively forfeiting the AI race
- etempleton 2y agoWhat other US companies are equipped and interested in running a giant chip design/fab? NVIDIA and AMD are likely the only two candidates.
- KeplerBoy 2y agoThere are also options like Texas Instruments or Microchip. Of course far more unlikely than either nvidia or amd, but definitely options.
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- esskay 2y agoI do not at all think it will happen, nor does it make any sense at all but the rumours of Apple seemingly being interested in buying out Intel dont seem to be going away. I can see them wanting certain parts of the business (GPU mainly) but on a whole it doesn't make a lot of sense. I don't see Intel as a single entity being valuable to any US business really. You're essentially buying last years fall line, theres very little use for Intel's fabs without a huge amount being spent on them to get them up to modern standards. It'll all come down to IP and people that'll be the true value.
- etempleton 2y agoApple is interesting. They certainly have the money and I think the idea of fabricating their own chips appeals to Apple, but at then end of the day I don't really think it makes sense. Apple won't want to fab for others or design chips for others. The only way it happens is if it is kept separate kind of like the Beats acquisition. Apple lends some chip designs to Intel and Apple starts fabricating their chips on Intel fabs, but otherwise the companies operate independently.
- JonChesterfield 2y agoApple is the obvious one. Essentially the only place with both the capital to do it and the extreme vertical integration enthusiasm. AMD hopefully still remembers running a fab.
- raverbashing 2y agoThat would be a hard call One of the reasons where Intel "let" AMD compete in the x86 space is US Gov requirements for being able to source chips from two vendors at least