AMD won’t buy ATI

Mathew Everett 7 Jun, 2006 at 1:45pm ET Article published in Tech

Last week the rumor that AMD would be buying ATI has been shattered by both camps. Fuad Abazovic from the Inquirer has confirmed at Computex 2006 that if anyone is to buy out ATI it would be anyone but AMD. He is thinking a more bluish company might be in the running. ATI has not stated they were not for sale yet.

Two companies are hardly compatible and a chap confirmed that if anyone is out to get ATI it is definitely not an AMD. You have to think more blue I think as Intel has the money for it. They are not in talks either but Intel could pull out the cash.

Intel rather likes to use ATI’s patents as the companies like to cooperate together.

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

7 Jun 2006 ~ 1:52pm GHoosdum Plus, the under-the-table warnings from nVidia about future chipset support possibly drying up didn't really help the deal's chances much either.
7 Jun 2006 ~ 8:18pm Jengo

GHoosdum wrote:

Plus, the under-the-table warnings from nVidia about future chipset support possibly drying up didn't really help the deal's chances much either.

lol
11 Jun 2006 ~ 2:32pm danball1976

GHoosdum wrote:

Plus, the under-the-table warnings from nVidia about future chipset support possibly drying up didn't really help the deal's chances much either.

Perhaps AMD should buy nVidia
11 Jun 2006 ~ 3:25pm Linc

danball1976 wrote:

Perhaps AMD should buy nVidia

Ryan Shrout @ PC Per has suggested as such, but there aren't any rumors of this even being considered right now. I'm not sure they have the capital.
11 Jun 2006 ~ 3:59pm Enverex I would have thought it would be more likely nVidia buying AMD than the other way around...
14 Jun 2006 ~ 1:22pm Sledgehammer70 That would never happen from what I can see, But It would straight draw a line in the sand! and really piss of Fan boys around the world...