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Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by 0x000xca0xfe »

Onavo wrote: post #36
Animats wrote: post #6

That's Qualcomm proposing to take over Intel!

Pray that doesn't happen, Qualcomm's software and driver story is generally known as "go fuck yourself" and "my way or the highway".

Maybe they want to improve? They seem to be willing to upstream Linux drivers for their laptop chips.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by s1artibartfast »

tester756 wrote: post #29
bdcravens wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't the two disconnected? The revenue lost is a result of advertisers not wanting to be connected to Musk's politics. Downsizing isn't what caused that.

You can't tell easily without informations from inside.

I think it is fairly easy to tell when advertisers publicly pulled out and gave a very explicit explanation.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

Dalewyn wrote: post #38
chasil wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AMD developed the 64-bit instruction set, so perhaps they could keep it. I'm sure there would be plenty of lawfare, though.

Intel and AMD literally cannot manufacture x86 CPUs without the other, their cross-licensing and dependencies go both ways beyond amd64. If Qualcomm somehow actually convinces Intel to sell, that means Intel is immediately out of business because all they (could) make are x86 CPUs. AMD would likewise become a zombie overnight with only their Radeon GPUs remaining on their catalog. It's far more likely for AMD to come…

Highly likely that anti-trust regulators would make licensing of x86 a requirement for letting the deal go through.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by ryoshu »

bdcravens wrote: post #27
ryoshu wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let go of 80% of workers and 84% of revenue. Brilliant.

Aren't the two disconnected? The revenue lost is a result of advertisers not wanting to be connected to Musk's politics. Downsizing isn't what caused that.

Musk got rid of the people who owned the relationships with the brands and agencies that drove the ad revenue. Burning those relationships plus getting rid of content moderators made sure advertisers were very skeptical of being on the platform. Then there's the GARM lawsuit causing that tiny org to shut down, suing another non-profit for point out brand safety issues, etc.

It was Musk's actions.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by russellbeattie »

This is like Oracle buying Sun. Qualcomm is a famously litigious company. They'd decimate the workforce and rely on Intel's patent portfolio to make the takeover worth it

No idea who might be infringing on what, but I'm quite sure Qualcomm's lawyers would quickly figure out which companies they'll put the squeeze on. Or just throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks. AMD, Apple (think Rosetta), TSMC, cloud providers, etc.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by bdcravens »

ryoshu wrote: post #44
bdcravens wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't the two disconnected? The revenue lost is a result of advertisers not wanting to be connected to Musk's politics. Downsizing isn't what caused that.

Musk got rid of the people who owned the relationships with the brands and agencies that drove the ad revenue. Burning those relationships plus getting rid of content moderators made sure advertisers were very skeptical of being on the platform. Then there's the GARM lawsuit causing that tiny org to shut down, suing another non-profit for point out brand safety issues, etc. It was Musk's actions.

I thought the advertisers pulling out was more a direct result of the tweets he posted or liked. Perhaps those relationships were strained already due to what you've pointed out, but I don't know that those employees could have made a difference in relation to those posts.

Re: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days

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Post by buzzerbetrayed »

ryoshu wrote: post #44
bdcravens wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't the two disconnected? The revenue lost is a result of advertisers not wanting to be connected to Musk's politics. Downsizing isn't what caused that.

Musk got rid of the people who owned the relationships with the brands and agencies that drove the ad revenue. Burning those relationships plus getting rid of content moderators made sure advertisers were very skeptical of being on the platform. Then there's the GARM lawsuit causing that tiny org to shut down, suing another non-profit for point out brand safety issues, etc. It was Musk's actions.

Congrats. You completely fabricated a history to fit your world view.
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