Qualcomm wants to buy Intel (?)

[Aaron44126]

https://www.neowin.net/news/qualcomm-has-reportedly-made-an-offer-to-acquire-intel/
 

I just saw this reported on like 5 different sites. Reportedly, Qualcomm has extended an acquisition offer to Intel.

 

No indication that it will actually go through … yet. But Intel hasn’t exactly been on a good luck streak recently…

[nforce4max]

Wouldn't surprised given how things have been this decade with the crazy events being off the charts.

[Papusan]

 

Qualcomm buying Intel makes no sense because of AMD's ace in the hole

Reports say Qualcomm wants to buy Intel's struggling chip business, but doing so would threaten the longstanding x86 patent licensing agreements between Intel and AMD.

 

In short... Qualcomm buying Intel smells like a story intended to move financial markets more than an actual possibility.

[Mr. Fox]

I don't see this happening. Just wait until AMD makes their next mistake and there will be a new crisis ripe for blowing out of proportion and ready for media exacerbation.

[kojack]

I think I know why they want to buy intel so bad. 

 

REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets | Windows Central

 

This may have something to do with it. 

[Mr. Fox]

2 hours ago, kojack said:

I think I know why they want to buy intel so bad. 

 

REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets | Windows Central

 

This may have something to do with it. 

Maybe that will help rid us of one of the companies responsible for producing pathetic mobile rubbish. I would love to see a bunch of that kind of garbage going belly up with the snap of a finger... here today, gone tomorrow.

[kojack]

9 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Maybe that will help rid us of one of the companies responsible for producing pathetic mobile rubbish. I would love to see a bunch of that kind of garbage going belly up with the snap of a finger... here today, gone tomorrow.

Imagine what Qualcomm could do with intel's foundries, IP etc. I think it would be the best thing intel could do. 

[Mr. Fox]

2 hours ago, kojack said:

Imagine what Qualcomm could do with intel's foundries, IP etc. I think it would be the best thing intel could do. 

I doubt that I would find the outcome to be personally acceptable or satisfying. I suspect I would find what they produce to be unacceptable as an overclocking enthusiast. To me personally, that is the only element of technology that matters and I don't care about advances in mobile computing device capabilities, IoT or intelligent electronics, AI, etc. It would mean the death of what matters to me and others that share my interests because they don't know or care about things that I know and care about and they are primarily focused on things that do not matter to me. While it is true the world doesn't revolve around what we want, we also don't have to care about what the normies want and self-serving interests are always front and center for all parties involved.

[kojack]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I doubt that I would find the outcome to be personally acceptable or satisfying. I suspect I would find what they produce to be unacceptable as an overclocking enthusiast. To me personally, that is the only element of technology that matters and I don't care about advances in mobile computing device capabilities, IoT or intelligent electronics, AI, etc. It would mean the death of what matters to me and others that share my interests because they don't know or care about things that I know and care about and they are primarily focused on things that do not matter to me. While it is true the world doesn't revolve around what we want, we also don't have to care about what the normies want and self-serving interests are always front and center for all parties involved.

As far as I know the Ampere cpus are fully oc'able.  If they get out to the mainstream intel and amd better get hoppin'.  They are 128core arm beasts.

[Mr. Fox]

37 minutes ago, kojack said:

As far as I know the Ampere cpus are fully oc'able.  If they get out to the mainstream intel and amd better get hoppin'.  They are 128core arm beasts.

If and when there is a need to find out it will be interesting to see how well they overclock and if they will be able to handle the abuse, or prone to sudden and catastrophic failure. I know very little about it and don't have any interest at the current time simply because there is no need for me to. I don't know if everything x86 software-wise functions or if you would need to start from ground zero there. One of the things holding Linux back is the lack of familiar and useful software everyone is comfortable using and want to continue using. The fact that Linux is better operating system doesn't help it in terms of universal acceptance for that reason more than any other probably. In much the same way, many crApple users continue using inferior products merely because they are infatuated with the software ecosystem. Most people do not embrace change, and more often than not change occurs purely for the sake of change (or to enhance profit, or to enable a product development group to fabricate a justification their existence,) and not because change is actually needed or because anything of meaningful value is actually being offered to end users.

[nforce4max]

More speculation regarding the sale/merger of Intel.

 

 

[Aaron44126]

I'm still skeptical myself too, but I keep seeing more and more bad news about Intel, so I do wonder if they will be able to turn it around.  Just today, news about AMD's market share spiking up in the face of the 13th/14th gen CPU crashing issues.  If Intel can't reverse their current downward trajectory, they may well end up being acquired eventually.

 

The most interesting thing to me is what the landscape is going to look like in another year or so once the Microsoft/Qualcomm ARM exclusivity agreement expires.  In addition to Microsoft's (and others') general work making the ARM version of Windows 11 less painful to use, NVIDIA is going to enter the space, making ARM SOCs for Windows consumer systems, with a launch probably in fall 2025.  Yet another option for people buying midrange systems.  Intel might remain king of the high end, but they can't live off of that alone.

[raptorddd]

is he right.?

 

 

[raptorddd]

arrow lake fixes for perfrmance coming soon will this help intel or doesnt matte at the end. they said this launch was bad for intel.

 

 

[nforce4max]

 

 

[Aaron44126]

52 minutes ago, nforce4max said:

 

Eh, I don't see any real chance that Apple would buy Intel.  What would they even do with that?  They seem to be doing well enough on their own since they cut ties.

[kojack]

Yes, I agree. there is zero percent chance apple buys intel. There is a 90 percent chance qualcomm buys it.