CNN: AMD + ATI = Pure goodness

[Mercutio]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/technology/amd_atitech.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest

 

[Adcadet]

would this be a good thing for a consumer?

 

[LunarMist]

Nothing seems to be good for the consumer any more...

 

[Tannin]

Sounds like a nightmare to me. HTF am I supposed to believe that the current standout best combination for performance and reliability (AMD CPU & Nvidia graphics) won't get crippled "by accident".

Serious conflict of interest there, AMD, please don't do it!

 

[P5-133XL]

I see this as a good thing. I believe it will give ATI access to smaller geometry production facilities faster than the current method of subcontracting the graphics chipset. If AMD does it right, on-board graphics technology will leap-frog Nvidia and Intel. Further direct access to smaller geometry production facilities for High performance ATI products should be producing higher speeds at lower power than Nvidia. This is a win-win scenario.

Now that is the optimists viewpoint. The possibility that AMD/ATI will screw it up royally is definately out there.

 

[Mercutio]

It's official: $5.4 Billion for ATI.

 

[Mercutio]

Apparently Intel is ending its use of ATI-integrated GPUs in its higher-end integrated motherboards but will continue to support Crossfire. Did anyone not see that coming?

 

[sechs]

I guess Intel is going to have to go back to making their own chipsets.

 

[ddrueding]

I guess Intel is going to have to go back to making their own chipsets.

Not a bad thing, IMHO. IIRC, they were never the performance leader, but set reliability standards that others strived for.

 

[Bozo]

Intel was also using ATI north and south bridge chipsets.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121031


Guess that will come to an end too.

Bozo :joker:

 

[sechs]

Not a bad thing, IMHO. IIRC, they were never the performance leader, but set reliability standards that others strived for.

As of late, I don't think that they were the reasonable-shipping-time leader either. This is why they were using ATi chipsets.