e-techblog.com » AMD http://e-techblog.com Infuse Your Life With Technology News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:12:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AMD proposes purchase of ATI for $5.4 billion http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/ http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:57:47 +0000 e-tech http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/ Looks like Intel’s rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
has just up the stakes with it’s propose purchase of Canadian company ATI Technologies Inc for $5.4 billion.

This is the excerpt from AMD & ATI’s site:

On July 24, 2006, AMD and ATI announced a plan to join forces, in a transaction that will combine AMD’s technology leadership in microprocessors with ATI’s strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics. The result is a processing powerhouse: a new competitor, better equipped to drive growth, innovation and choice for its customers in commercial and mobile computing segments and in rapidly-growing consumer electronics segments. The transaction, valued at US $5.4 billion, is expected to close in Q4 2006 subject to approval by ATI shareholders, court approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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Popular Voice-over-protocol service,Skype, has been subpoenaed by AMD over it’s deal with Intel,
as part of the chipmaker’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against rival Intel.

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A user running an Intel chip can include up to 10 other individuals on a conference call, while those with an AMD process can only connect with 5 people. Skype said the limitation was due to limitations with AMD technology, a claim AMD disputes.

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