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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by Joeri on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:24AM (#20798213)
Intel has been in this situation before and found their way out from it. They may pull another rabbit out of a hat like they did with the core architecture, or they could always just buy AMD.
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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by zaarn on Monday August 26, 2019 @07:18AM (#20798861)
Buying AMD will make regulatory offices fairly angry. The EU is just waiting for the chance to beat up Intel over their market dominance and anti-competitive shenanigans over the years.
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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by dreich on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:32AM (#20798232)
They cannot buy AMD.
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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by wjnc on Monday August 26, 2019 @05:18AM (#20798382)
Given the financial positions involved they could easily afford to (market cap order of 30 vs 200 billion USD, Intel free cash flow per quarter of 5-15 billion). Regulatory authorities probably wouldn't let them, but that is another argument to make.
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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by FartyMcFarter on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:38AM (#20799314)
It's the same argument - it's just not going to happen, regardless of monetary considerations.
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Re:Zen 2 Missives – AMD now delivering efficiencies that are... by Zardoz84 on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:24AM (#20799223)
It would be monopoly.
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