Friday, January 17th 2025
Report: Intel Could Face Acquisition, Units to Remain Together
Multiple sources say an unidentified corporation is exploring the complete acquisition of Intel Corporation, according to tech publication SemiAccurate. The report points to an internal memo shared among a small group of top executives at the unnamed firm. A high-level insider confirmed the memo's legitimacy last week, reinforcing speculation that a purchase of Intel may be under serious consideration. SemiAccurate's report indicates that the prospective buyer has enough financial resources to acquire Intel outright, considering the company's current market valuation. Notably, this potential buyer has not been publicly identified in previous discussions about Intel's future, suggesting that planning has occurred behind closed doors. The memo's limited circulation hints that executives treat the proposal cautiously rather than engaging in casual exploratory talks.
Any attempt to purchase Intel would require extensive regulatory review, given the company's role in producing semiconductors for both commercial and government applications. Regulators would likely evaluate issues related to national security, supply chain stability, and competitive impact in the global chip market. While neither Intel nor the unidentified acquirer has issued an official statement on the rumor, we are watching for any signals of formal negotiations. Intel has long been a strategic source of the US semiconductor sector, and its potential ownership change would have to be domestic. If a deal does materialize, it would stand among the largest transactions in the technology field.
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SemiAccurate
Any attempt to purchase Intel would require extensive regulatory review, given the company's role in producing semiconductors for both commercial and government applications. Regulators would likely evaluate issues related to national security, supply chain stability, and competitive impact in the global chip market. While neither Intel nor the unidentified acquirer has issued an official statement on the rumor, we are watching for any signals of formal negotiations. Intel has long been a strategic source of the US semiconductor sector, and its potential ownership change would have to be domestic. If a deal does materialize, it would stand among the largest transactions in the technology field.
61 Comments on Report: Intel Could Face Acquisition, Units to Remain Together
That was stopped when they created the new consortium with AMD, but i think that they will still proceed with the plan, since its possible that modern systems are not really using those registers anymore.
PS the terms used might be wrong but the concept and end goal is the same.
Intel probably has 100’s of legal agreements with dozens of entities that will be resolved in such an acquisition. This happens anytime a company buys another. The x86 ownership/license is no more significant than say the term to supply years of product stock for service replacements. The lawyers from all involved parties rework and change these terms to make the acquisition go through.
No I think you really never been involved in a company buy out and you just don’t want Intel to disappear. I get it but larger companies have been acquired/merged which required so many agreements, terms, licenses, etc to be reworked.
It’s okay. Life will go on but Intel won’t. There is no magic that exists here that can stop that.
Regarding this issue, are there any ISA extensions that AMD developed and Intel uses, and may still be encumbered by patents in 2025/2026?
The answer to my question above might be FMA3/FMA4 if it was originally developed by AMD, or even co-developed by both (the Wikipedia article does not make it clear).
What the buyer would lose would be the automatic access to AMD64, which is now x86-64.
I'm not sure why this is hard for people to understand.No it isnt. The server market is in no way threatened by cellphones, which would then make your statement "Although, it would be under pressure to explain why the PC industry was getting so far behind cellphones." incorrect.
The consumer market, arguably, IS, and the difference between the income from consumer hardware and professional server hardware is massive.
Distinction and context are important.