there goes AMD >:-}
At 08:42 AM 7/22/2006, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2006-07-22T000756Z_01_N21314930_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-ATI-AMD-COL.XML&archived=False>http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2006-07-22T000756Z_01_N21314930_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-ATI-AMD-COL.XML&archived=False > >By Jessica Hall > >PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD.N: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/stocks/FinanceQuote.aspx?symbol=AMD.N>Quote), the >No. 2 supplier of computer processors, is close to a deal to buy graphics chip >maker ATI Technologies Inc. (ATYT.O: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/stocks/FinanceQuote.aspx?symbol=ATYT.O>Quote) >(ATY.TO: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/stocks/FinanceQuote.aspx?symbol=ATY.TO>Quote) for >$5.5 billion, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. > >Such a deal would shake up the processor industry, which is witnessing a >tooth-and-nail fight for market share between AMD and larger rival Intel Corp. >(INTC.O: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/stocks/FinanceQuote.aspx?symbol=INTC.O>Quote). >AMD would gain one of two major graphics chips makers, the other being Nvidia >Corp. > >(NVDA.O: ><http://ca.today.reuters.com/stocks/FinanceQuote.aspx?symbol=NVDA.O>Quote). > >Markham, Ontario-based ATI is also a big supplier of chipsets -- the cluster >of secondary chips and interfaces that surround a computer's processor -- for >AMD and Intel products. > >Unless talks break down, a deal could be announced as early as Monday, the >source said. > >ATI and AMD both declined to comment. > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
