INTEL ACQUIRES NVIDIA!!!!!

Where did you read this. List the source.

Sorry ppl i forgot
here's the link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/po [...] -7910.html

Old news. This article was written yesterday, and there was no announcement. Change the heading of this thread. Misleading.

mpilchfamily is right, rumors. I see no need for Intel to buy nvidia.

This, as with the multiple other identical threads, are pointless. Stop spinning your wheels with speculation and wasting everyones time with titles that are all caps and completely midleading. fyi - nvidia is over $10 billion now after their stock jump, thatd be a tough swallow for even Intel.

hey hey, what happened to capitalism?

I know it would never happen just because laws and people wouldn't allow it, but if I was Intel and there was nothing blocking me, taking over AMD would be first on my list, shrug.

Either way, the tech world is still consolidating. Asus + Gigabyte, AMD + Intel, HP + Voodoo, Dell + Alienware. Any bets on whats next?

mpilchfamily, you really need to learn more about business. Firstly, intel buying nvidia would allow them access to all of nvidia's patents that they would need to produce high end gpus. Secondly, even if intel has heaps of money, this doesn't mean that you can buy the expertise and knowledge to build high end gpus. This is a very specialized industry, and those who have developed this knowledge and expertise over many years are already working for companies like ATI and nvidia. Buying the company itself means you can not only save money as you don't have to buy people out of their existing contracts, but you also get all of the intellectual property the company has developed and which does not come with the employees.

Secondly, you say that if Intel bought AMD, the progress of CPUs would almost grind to a halt. No way this would happen. Sure, without competition, prices will likely be higher, and progress may also be slowed to some extent as it isn't a competitive market. However, without AMD as a competitor, Intel would still need to constantly improve their chips in order for people to buy them. If the chips don't improve making people want them, they don't sell new chips and their revenues plummet.

We saw what happened as a result of capitalism back around the turn of the (2nd to last) century. Sweat shops, child labor, human body parts in packaged meat...

Listen, I'm no red, but unbridled Capitalism is dangerous to human beings.

BTW: I agree, buying out AMD would be a wise move for Intel. But it would be a horrible thing for us consumers. Intel could slow down ther R&D, and increase their prices. What would we, as consumers, do to prevent this? Nothing! They would be the only game in town.

Remember, Capitalims ONLY works with competion.

This is what I think of your thread.

Look at the American auto industry. Complacent and sloppy slow product development bit them in the a-s. Toyota/ Lexus swept into the luxo market 16 years ago and they completely dominate the market now. US makers (even cadillac) make laughable products and are playing a catch up game that's going to take years to close. Even german marques had to get out of their design complacency (ie: shift in Mercedes design with the advent of the 1990 LS400).
Competition breeds innovation, creativity in an effort to edge of and anticipate competition. It swings both ways, equalizes from time to time.\

CPU and tech industry is economic warfare of the most intense type. We all know that war always breeds advancement and innovation.