AMD to Acquire Graphics Chip Maker ATI .. @ MSNBC

SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it will pay $5.4 billion to acquire top graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc., as Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in the market for personal-computer microprocessors attempts to expand its product portfolio.

Under terms approved unanimously by both companies' boards of directors, Sunnyvale-based AMD will pay $4.2 billion in cash and 57 million AMD shares to acquire all of ATI's outstanding stock, according to a news release.

MSNBC also wrote:
The deal also put competitive pressure on Nvidia Corp., the other dominant maker of graphics chips. Santa Clara-based Nvidia has competed against Intel in selling chipsets and graphics chips while counting on AMD for sales of those products.

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If you own a PC, chances are roughly 50% that you have an ATI Radeon ..


If you don't have an ATI card then the remaining 50% are likely to be from nVidia ... there are, of course, Value-Added-Retailer (VAR) versions of these cards under different names

and .. last, but not least ... there are ON-BOARD graphics solutions built into motherboards by these folks as well


AMD is INTEL's rival in the CPU market



(who knows what is in a MAC? .. hampster technology?) ...





If you don't play computer games, you aren't likely to know what card or CPU you have .. ;o)

Boy...ever since 3dfx went belly up six years ago...(and I STILL utilize a Voodoo5 on one of my piles)...Graphics Processing Companies have been growing to epic proportions...

during its heyday 3dfx seemed like it would be around forever .. and then it was gone in a matter of a year or two ... I almost considered investing in it, but felt I had missed the mark ....

sure glad I felt that way

3dfx had some great concepts... My V5 5500 dual processor AGP does a great job...maybe not so with more modern game technology/hardware requirements...but utilizing it for older games AND graphic design applications is very good...3dfx also had a very well-ordained R & D team, being that after 3dfx's demise, many were recruited by ATI to make it what it has become...The 3dfx disaster came as a result of poor management, and a few very greedy CEOs...(Thanx guys)

nVidia GeForce 6800 GT / AMD Athlon 64 3500+

I like giving to both!! 8~D

This should make for some fun!!

uh… I'll check home later, but here @ work I've got an nVidia GeForce 6600.

*swats Beanie Boy*

ok… home… nVidia GeForce MX

*raises eyebrow* got any more smart comments there?

I have an AMD 64 3000+ and run an nVIDIA 6800 OC XT. I love the AMD and the nVIDIA card and would hate to have to switch to ATI down the line.

Mac's are now running Intel chips...they finally sold their souls.

AMD Athlon® Processor; VAR Radeon 9600 128MB VRAM Video Card