Exclusive: Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff (again)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/us-amd-split-idUSKBN0OZ2KP20150619

AMD has asked a consulting firm to help it review its options and draw up scenarios on how a break-up or spin-off would work, the people said this week, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.

One option under consideration is separating AMD's graphics and licensing business from its server business, which sells processors that power data centers, one of the people said.
 
Good! Bring back ATi and maybe someone can invest heavily in it and make it competitive again.
 

That would be an ideal fit for ATi if it goes independent again. AMD is pretty much irrelevant these days and the only division worthwhile is their graphics (ATi). I suspect though that like GloFlo, ATi would have a very close relationship with AMD even after a break up, at least for a few years anyway.
 
If they combined with Samsung it would be awesome! Let Intel keep the x86 license. Make only x64 chips. Or better yet something new.


they can't do that too many legacy business software, in all fields still run on x86, it sucks but that's the truth.

And Also Samsung probably will not even want to work on desktop processors, its really not their thing.

ATi being independent would probably be best. But with 20% marketshare, might not be the best time to look for the sale of it, they won't get much out of it. Spinning it off will just lower the money they are bleeding.
 
ATI + Intel. AMD + Samsung.

Bet Samsung can negotiate a permanent x86 license out of that. But in truth Samsung would probably be more interested in all of it for it's patents portfolio. Full sale to Samsung would be the best outcome. F the x86 license. Let Intel split.
 
I would hate to see amd sold overseas... but at this point in the game unless they hired the [H] as the consultation firm they are going to continue down the drain hopefully samsung picks them up and decides to expand their chip fab to desktop and laptop processors amd really does have the right idea with APUs. Then again they could let intel buy out the portfolio and then just die...as be intel can make the designs work.
 
They probably hired someone like FTI, business consultants, I've worked with FTI in the past, they have experts in all fields that are sent in to itemize and see how to make a company healthy again,
 
They probably hired someone like FTI, business consultants, I've worked with FTI in the past, they have experts in all fields that are sent in to itemize and see how to make a company healthy again,

They're sending in the Bobs?
 
Would probably be one of the best moves they've done in years if they did split. ATI had a very well respected and known brand that thank god AMD changed the name in retrospect when they merged the GPU brand with their own before they completely shit on the brand.

Two separate divisions would mostly be a good thing at this point. AMD has perfected the APU far ahead of where Intel will ever go at their rate and will always have the ability to work closely with a separate division. The GPU division needs to be on its own to thrive against Nvidia at this point. The GPU division has single handily kept AMD afloat financially since the merger and it has cost them a lot over the past 7 years.

Whether this will actually happen though is another story. AMD does a lot of talk lately and often has shown very little in return. I think it's safe to say people would want to see the TRUE ATI go back to its roots and not just in name. AMD I think has hindered that process greatly.
 
Well if you like reading into things, AMD naming their latest flagship card "Fury" is... well, interesting.

:D
 
I gotta say the timing of the Reuters article in the OP is pretty lame. Casting the company in a negative light on the verge of their biggest product push and launch in years. Regardless of personal preference of GPU brand in this brand war, fucksake let AMD fight with both fists.

Sometimes I hate the internet.
 
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if there is a buyout the x86 license is gone, AMD will be gone for ever, unless an agreement with Intel can be made. Qualcomm is in a good position, if they just want to work on x64 server chips only and graphics, but I don't see this being good for graphics because its a market they are not in the desktop market.
 
if there is a buyout the x86 license is gone, AMD will be gone for ever, unless an agreement with Intel can be made. Qualcomm is in a good position, if they just want to work on x64 server chips only and graphics, but I don't see this being good for graphics because its a market they are not in the desktop market.

Qualcomm is the perfect suitor. They could give less than a darn about the desktop or x86 so no legacy ties there. They would love to have more engineers working on ARM servers and HSA. Qualcomm headlines the HSA Foundation. Why not buy the inventor of it? Get all of the patents and technology.

As far as the PC is concerned it doesn't matter if AMD is in business. There will always be another company to fill the void or the PC culture will migrate to something else. Technology doesn't slowdown. Ask Xerox, IBM, NeXT Step, etc.
 
If I'm an AMD shareholder I want Lisa Su out on her ass TODAY.
 
$500+ GPUs represent how much revenue for a company like AMD?
Doubt they care very much about it.

The 300 series on the other hand... Failures from $100 to $429.
 
if there is a buyout the x86 license is gone, AMD will be gone for ever, unless an agreement with Intel can be made. Qualcomm is in a good position, if they just want to work on x64 server chips only and graphics, but I don't see this being good for graphics because its a market they are not in the desktop market.

Not true, Intel would have to allow a transfer. Otherwise Intel could stand to lose access to x64, which they would obviously not want to let happen.
 
If I'm an AMD shareholder I want Lisa Su out on her ass TODAY.

Why? What do you expect her to have done in ~8 months?
People really need to stop talking about topics they have no knowledge of.
 
Why? What do you expect her to have done in ~8 months?
People really need to stop talking about topics they have no knowledge of.
Today is national "Hate AMD Day". Logic goes out the window.
This will continue until AMD does something to redeem themselves.

I say keep it up. The more pressure we put on AMD, the more likely we are to get a response.
 
Why? What do you expect her to have done in ~8 months?
People really need to stop talking about topics they have no knowledge of.

8 months is enough time to realize your product isn't ready.
 
8 months is enough time to realize your product isn't ready.

People have already called it a flop, a 2900XT, and 12 months too late... even though it is matching the GM200 at 4k and is within 3 months of GM200's release.
You expect it to magically be improved by vast amounts by holding off the release a few more months?
 
Well I'm pretty sure they knew what they had a long time ago, like when the 750 ti came out.... but by then it was too late.
 
People have already called it a flop, a 2900XT, and 12 months too late... even though it is matching the GM200 at 4k and is within 3 months of GM200's release.
You expect it to magically be improved by vast amounts by holding off the release a few more months?

But AMD fan boys told me that drivers would be able to travel to the delta quadrant, and bring back a Borg Cube to power my GTA V in 4k with 2XMSAA.
 
But AMD fan boys told me that drivers would be able to travel to the delta quadrant, and bring back a Borg Cube to power my GTA V in 4k with 2XMSAA.

Quite possibly it can. But delaying the launch a few months doesn't really change the overall placement of the card.

You are never going to launch a perfect product and/or perfect software. It is always a question of "good enough."
 
As Cagey mentioned, Qualcomm was the potential buyer and it was for AMD's server division, so you likely would not see any changes in the other areas. Also, AMD has said the Rueters report is not true.
 
As Cagey mentioned, Qualcomm was the potential buyer and it was for AMD's server division, so you likely would not see any changes in the other areas. Also, AMD has said the Rueters report is not true.

Also Qualcomm bought ATI Radeon mobile division in 2009 for 65 million and named the subsequent product Adreno which is a play on Radeon. That's how close they are. The fact they are working together on the HSA Foundation reaffirms that they still are close.

Here is an article on the history of Qualcomm graphics from PCPER.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Qualcomm-History-and-its-GPU-Revolution
 
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