Wednesday, January 10th 2007

NVIDIA almost became part of AMD

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Jimmy 2004
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One of the biggest technology mergers of 2006 was between AMD and ATI, but this was very nearly not the case. According to the Inquirer, a senior source claims that AMD was inch close to acquiring NVIDA instead, before changing its decision. Apparently AMD had decided to buy one of the two graphics processor giants by late 2005, but the NVIDA deal was called off and ATI chosen instead. Why AMD chose ATI over NVIDIA is not yet 100% clear given that NVIDIA would have been a good choice considering its nForce chipsets, but the largest semiconductor takeover ever could have turned out very differently.
Source: The Inquirer

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18 Comments on NVIDIA almost became part of AMD

#1
L|NK|N
Why not just buy both companies. Its only money.:rolleyes:
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#2
kakazza
Ok, I totally trust theINQ on that. Cause it's the most reliable source out there. :laugh:

But I guess it could be right. Not that I care as long as there is an improvement.
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#3
jocksteeluk
[517th]LiNKiNWhy not just buy both companies. Its only money.:rolleyes:
i very much doubt for competition reason this would have been alowed to happen
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#4
hat
Enthusiast
I wonder if Intel will merge with nVidia...
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#5
RickyG512
i like nvidia's chipsets but ATI makes much better graphic cards

is ATI's new conroe chipset better than 680i
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#6
Deleted member 3
hatI wonder if Intel will merge with nVidia...
They won't. Intel is a lot larger, if anything Intel would suck up NV. Though that's not going to happen either. Though them working close together is likely, specially now. Then again Intel might also go in bed with PowerVR and tell NV to go screw themselves. They already use some PowerVR stuff so it wouldn't be unexpected.
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#7
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
That would have been pretty good too I guess. I mean, the nforce chipsets are wonders and with AMD having acquired them, it would have been even more bad ass.
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#8
evil bill
hatI wonder if Intel will merge with nVidia...
Its sometimes easy to forget that Intel are already the No.1 Graphics chipset producer, albeit their product is in the Integrated Video sector. They wouldn't have been allowed to purchase either NVIDIA or ATI.
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#9
karolpl2004
[517th]LiNKiNWhy not just buy both companies. Its only money.:rolleyes:
haha exactly
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#10
Zubasa
There will be loads of lawsuit against that lol.
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#11
Greek
AMD an NVIDIA wud make great combination, shame it didnt happen :(
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#12
Zubasa
GreekAMD an NVIDIA wud make great combination, shame it didnt happen :(
That will be a problem for me, AMD is my favorite company while nVidia is one of my least favorite (except M$). :p
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#13
tkpenalty
ZubasaThat will be a problem for me, AMD is my favorite company while nVidia is one of my least favorite (except M$). :p
AMD saw the weakness of nvidia; products were never future proof.

Thats why they went ATI. AMD decided to make the god's midrange card - X1950PRO.

Intel's GMA are pretty decent IMO, they can at least play most games to an extent. Nvidia have really lost their touch... 7800GTX was a cool thing before... *glazed eyes*... but then they get dodgy and invent the GX2...
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#14
Zubasa
tkpenaltyAMD saw the weakness of nvidia; products were never future proof.

Thats why they went ATI. AMD decided to make the god's midrange card - X1950PRO.

Intel's GMA are pretty decent IMO, they can at least play most games to an extent. Nvidia have really lost their touch... 7800GTX was a cool thing before... *glazed eyes*... but then they get dodgy and invent the GX2...
The funny thing is that Sony is dumb enough to use outdated GPU on their PS3 :nutkick:
Never expected Sony to be smart but they are dumber then I expected. :respect:

I guess nVidia manage to get rid of their dead stock :laugh:
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#15
Deleted member 3
ZubasaThe funny thing is that Sony is dumb enough to use outdated GPU on their PS3 :nutkick:
Never expected Sony to be smart but they are dumber then I expected. :respect:

I guess nVidia manage to get rid of their dead stock :laugh:
Consoles are more efficient than PCs, they need less hardware to achieve the same result. And since older chips are cheaper it makes sense to use older hardware.
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#16
Casheti
It's a shame. I really wish they'd have left ATi alone.
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