AMD & ATI Merger Rumors

21 Jul, 2006 at 8:17pm ET Article published in Tech

This would certainly qualify as a blockbuster event.

According to an extraordinarily reliable source, AMD and ATI will on Monday pitch their shareholders with the proposition that the two companies merge.

Imagine what the computer world would look like should this rumored merger actually take place.

Hat Tip: Leonardo

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

21 Jul 2006 ~ 8:34pm GHoosdum It might look like this:
21 Jul 2006 ~ 8:57pm primesuspect or this:
21 Jul 2006 ~ 9:06pm airbornflght I figured I would see an AMD/Nvidia before ATI/AMD, I mean, Nvidia is AMD's main chipset developer, unless AMD is just gobbling up ATI to clear the market.
21 Jul 2006 ~ 9:46pm GrayFox

airbornflght wrote:

I figured I would see an AMD/Nvidia before ATI/AMD, I mean, Nvidia is AMD's main chipset developer, unless AMD is just gobbling up ATI to clear the market.

Nvidia is worth more, AMD doesn't have enough money to buy them.

Anyways ati's curent lineup of chipsets are quite good and there much more popular on the intel front. (There even used on some intel desktop boards)

If this happens expect ati's videocard prices to drop down since they can use amd's fabs to make there chips.
21 Jul 2006 ~ 10:26pm profdlp

GrayFox wrote:

...If this happens expect ati's videocard prices to drop down since they can use amd's fabs to make there chips.

Good point - and it might work both ways.

Another snippet from the article:

AMD will be glad to get its hands on ATI's very profitable handheld division. The firm needs good chipsets and will also benefit from a great consumer digital chip segment. It will also like the integrated graphics business and will now get a piece of this action.
22 Jul 2006 ~ 1:39am Leonardo

if this happens expect ati's videocard prices to drop down since they can use amd's fabs to make there chips.

AMD has no excess production capacity. They've even contracted with Chartered to produce some of their chips as they transition the Dresden fab for 65nm.
22 Jul 2006 ~ 2:20am Komete I thought a few weeks back when these rumors circulated they turned out to be bogous. So now it's back on?
22 Jul 2006 ~ 2:23am EMT Well it makes sense--I mean, they both start with A...
22 Jul 2006 ~ 5:53am Thrax

Komete wrote:

I thought a few weeks back when these rumors circulated they turned out to be bogous. So now it's back on?

It was a "We can neither confirm nor deny..." thing.
24 Jul 2006 ~ 3:52am TheLostSwede If it was 100% truth, i would have expected both the AMD and ATI stock exchange to be put on hold by now. These rumours can make the 2 shares go jo-jo.