Intel to pay AMD $1.25B!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmm, no other links? Sounds cheap to me, if all the accusations are true in the PDF alone.

And, most important of all, if true, all you who said jennyh was wrong, well youre screwed heheh

AMD shares just shot through the roof.

They got off lightly cash wise imo. It will be interesting to see the details of everything else however.

Jenny does not have time to comment given that she is still dancing out the shock

1.25 billion seems like an aweful small amount given the state of things if it were just a cash deal.. I can't wait to have a close look at the new cross-license agreements.

Anyway, this is good news for the industry. I'm a bit shocked that intel effectively admitted their guilt without a judge forcing them though.. lol

Have to admit tho, fazers was right, or half right heheh
The AMD side of this issue is like a dead pony as of now.
But they still have to face the courts, cant stop the states or the FTC

The stock could hit $7.20 by today

This is nice considering Ive been accused by as few here as accused Intel already, while trying to point out how easy this is to interperet.
Once that Genie came out the bottle, Intel knew it was game over.

This, and seeing what AMD has coming is surely good news for all. Maybe from now on, we will have better growth perf wise, itd be great to see

More Cash to AMD now if they did that, but in the long term, this new cross-licensing deal may prove to be the better option, i forsee good things to come with GloFo

Yes I agree, I'd much rather see AMD stay with globalfoundries instead of selling out.

Perhaps the money they have accepted here is so they can do just that while paying their share.

Im sure theyve weighed their options, like having the notes due, which would have put them in a lessor position in borrowing again, until final litagation findings anyways

that and maybe a little of it goes to R&D...

Now with this NY case, will this seek substantial compensation or will it be miniscule? I read JDJ's link the other day, but didnt have time to read all of it...

My guess here... Intel/AMD announce a settlement which causes AMD stock to fly and Intel stock to linger/halt (lets face it, Intel has the $$$ and they were probably prepared for a worse hit, so they should not see much financial trouble out of this)

Then! when Intel pays AMD and they actually get the $$$, this will ensure the paranoid population and AMD shares will once again fly (although not as much as today)

another factor could be the NY case filed by Cuomo, but how much of a factor will be the question...

That is the question. How impacting it is is contingent on its affected size overall. Since NY represents only a portion of the entire peoples, tho may be more agressive than say the FTC, it wont be that large, but the FTC case could be a knee breaker

Meyer, whose firm recently came out with the most advanced GPUs currently available on the market, said it wasn't necessarily the technology behind the products that really mattered, rather it was the "user experience."
The CEO proudly declared his team had pulled together and was "working as a single company towards the promise of fusion," hitting or exceeding all the targets the firm set for itself along the way. "I feel very good about the execution," he said.

"Increasingly it's the graphics processors and the tight incorporation of the GPU and the CPU that will really make a difference moving forward," Meyer continued, adding that although he felt good progress had been made in 2009, there was still much work to be done in order to produce truly "compelling offerings."

Later, speaking exclusively to HEXUS, Meyer spoke of his excitement for 2010 and 2011, which he agreed was a "magic year" for the firm. "That's where it really all kicks off," he told us, adding "we've got good stuff."

http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21138

I acknowledge Intels shameless actions against AMD, thats bad, but whats worse is what we were left with as consumers.
All those who did buy AMD products have been let down, by illegal activities, and an overall lessoned cpu market. Thats what bugs me the most.
Now, as has been said, the market will be free to move, and maybe we will see some great things ahead

do not get me wrong, i am no AMD fanboy by any means, i do like Intel's Core 2 architecture and some chipsets they came out with (hence my sig) But i do like AMD as a whole a little better. As of late, they are quickly getting their act together in both departments as well as making me $$$.

That said... I can see it now. All Intel Fanboys are neked in the shower, fetus-position, crying... EINHORN's a MAN?!?!

I will say this, having to face alot of lawyer costs, appeals etc, even so, this speaks mountains of confidence AMD has currently and going forwards.
Makes for a better tomorrow in this industry

And Michael Jackson was innocent also, and his decision to settle out of court never tainted his image either?
Anyone can settle out of court this way ya know, I guess Intel just didnt have the monies to continue?
This, if anything, only brings a harsher finding by the FTC.

As for the private vs the public sector, it depends. The honus on that is completely up to the FTC, the NY AG and the judges involved.
It has to be proved as well as Intels guilt.
It just isnt a "right" of the government to do so, no matter what the comments of the EU weve read, Im sure theyre setup the same.
Thats why theres 3 branches in the US, to prevent a government attack in matters like these, it still has to go thru the courts

Yea, eveyone is by now, at the time, there were only 3 links. Things like this move fast.
So, Intels guilty, markets are free, AMD has a nice roadmap ahead, so does Intel, and maybe thingsll move forwards at a better pace

...and the sky turns blue, and the birds sing, and your woman comes back, and the dog comes back, and your pickup truck starts running again. (just like playing a country~western record backwards...) <laugh>

Methinks thou dost underestimate the depths of corporate (and government, for that matter) depravity.

My vote? They're all a bunch of thieves, and this is just one battle. It'll be something else later, for sure.

I wish that would happen, but highly unlikely. the general public (and investors) are panicy, paranoid & evil when it comes to their $$$. Of course at first, they all flock to it, but it'll slow down towards the end of the day. As to why, i'm not sure. This, coupled with AMD's future roadmap should all but guarantee success with AMD, but again, people are people... the person (sungular) is smart, but people (plural) are chaotic.

Even after AMD's quarterly results were better than expected, their stock plummited. People thought that it was the highest AMD would be for a while and they all sold. Me? I stayed. Still have the same option i bought @ $5.27 a share and i plan to stick with it...

I think the amount was a moot point to AMD. This was an apology wrapped in cash to them lol

I dont think so, if Nvidia had suddenly found free access to x86 their stock would have shot through the roof as well.