Reuters: AMD to be bought out?

It was reported on slashdot as well. From what I read at slashdot, everything is mere speculation.

I think an AMD buyout is very probable at this point. Given how the rumors have consistently become fact here lately. I was actually surprised that AMD didn't get bought out back in 2002 when their market cap went down to about $700 million. I just knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that an IBM or nVidia buyout was imminent.

If this does happen, lets all hope and pray that AMD doesn't end up like Cyrix.
As I recall, Cyrix was acquired by IBM and then sold off to National Semiconductor, and was eventually sold again to VIA. All the while becoming less and less competitive. At least I think that is how it all went down. Please correct me if I am in error.

Yeah. Stock +5% = lots of shares exchanging hands. There is definately something on the go here. Either:
Someone is building up their stock of AMD for a buyout, or,
Speculators believe the purchase rumour is more than rumour and are buying as a result.

Coach, this is kinda gay. I know there's no such thing as bad publicity but.........

I guess you're used to people who talk but never actually do anything.

Anyway to ID the companys behind those block trades or can you only see the brokers involved?

That would make sense. Maybe they can get the PS4's working right.

I wonder if AMD execs are using rumors to drum up stock so that they can sell off their tanking stock shares.

He he, maybe they just benchmarked Barcelona and said "oh crap!" and now they want to dump shares before the stock falls through the bottom.

Anyway, I doubt this can be taken seriously, but it was enough for investors to get excited.

Sony has to many problems atm to buy anything I would think...and IBM isnt ready to go toe to toe with Intel on so many markets all at once...however something I hadnt thought of before...Nvidia has said they want to design an x86 processor...they have the lowest ongoing debts of any tech firm i have recently looked into...if they bought AMD and then sold the ati division to someone with the cash,intel, they could almost buy AMD for nothing at all,cancel the amd name, and whoops, suddenly Nvidia has the x86 license they have been seeking and been unable to find...

Man can you think of the DRM built into the CPU and GPU?

Root kits at the CPU level anyone? 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

I dont see that AMDTI has the cash do this atm ... thats precisely what their problem is ... cash.

Except that AMD left 2006 with $1.5B in cash and cash equivalents.

What about MS? They:
-Have enough cash to buy AMDTI 10x over.
-They already make hardware.
-They would love to offer DRMed hardware to partner their DRM infested software.
-Expanding their software monopoly into a hardware/software monopoly would be very lucrative.

The Inq was quick to float the Intel tax bill story, but has yet to pick up on the buy out rumor.... thus it must be true ..

LOL, the INQ not carrying a story as evidence the story is true. That amuzes me greatly.

This rueters article isn't so much about the rumor as it is explaining that things are actually happening because the the rumor. People saw AMD stock go up, rueters is just explaining why it went up, not reporting on the rumor itself so much.

They have plenty of cash to buy whatever they maybe a couple of small counties too, However, Microsoft/AMD/ATI wouldn't happen because being a software monopoly already they have to tread very lighly around hardware issues for fear of government intervention on anti-trust grounds.

1st - Sony Blue Ray... non-event. HDDVD looks to be the front runner for the format wars.

In terms of AMD stock.... a few investment tips:

"where there's smoke, there's often fire."

Or

"Dead cat bounce"

Or

"Never catch a falling knife"

Or

"Bottom Fish"

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You decide which philosophy fits your view. However, the company is hemorrhaging cash.

Best case scenario, they launch a new line and slash expenses (or at least have ZOG... zero overhead growth).

Worst case... total recapitalization of debt and stock. AKA - Chapter 13 Bankruptcy... eliminating the debt, but wiping out all current stockholders.

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Disclosure - I do not discretely own any AMD or Intel stock... other than normal 401K mutual fund holdings. I am also not a stock advisor.

or better yet they swallow the competition and gain the x86 license.

mmm the kill two birds with one stone trick.

so that would make it NvidAMDTI

That would make sense. Maybe they can get the PS4's working right.

More likely Sony would screw up K10 and try to charge $3000. per chip

****CONSPIRACY THEORY FOLLOWS*****

What if this private equity firm was pulling the strings of AMD management. They get AMD to buy ATI knowing the likely short term collapse in the stock price. The stock tanks then they step in and get 2 for the price of one and then give the AMD execs a nice little bonus in their Swiss accounts.

Plausible?

not impossible, but improbable. If this were true it would be the scandal to end all scandals --- nope, I see the ATI acquisition as a technically necessary move on AMD's part, the rationale is too sane to be a business/conspiracy manuever.

Sure it's plausible but I don't think they can cover it up well enough. I know you were kind of 1/2 joking, so it's not a shot against you. If it were true someone would slip or some underpaid engineer would give them up.

Nvidia wants ATI to exist, much as ford wanted chrystler to exist, coke helped out pepsi in the 70s, and others have done. You can duople with processors and graphics all you want, but in every sence of the word... theres a third...Intel is the giant rideing the back of the graphic card world...and ibm still makes processors...if ATI stops existing then Intel has only one competitor...and its much easier to steamroll one company then two. When small companies take on big ones...it is often in their best interest to not be the only company going up against the giant...ask david if he wouldnt have prefered another man at his side when goliath started chargeing

Hope it won't be by a private equity group. That'd put bean counters in charge of AMD, and the ATI division could turn into nVidia: rushing products to the market, even if they're unfinished or buggy (the 6800 Ultra comes to mind here: it had a lot of broken features, if I recall correctly).