God forbid Sony collapses, what do you want to happen to the Playstation business?

[VanceIX]

fatslob-:O said:

VanceIX said:

AMD isn't a direct competitor to Intel the way Samsung can be.

Also, I was referring to your comment about Samsung buying AMD out for their graphics. They would only do such a thing if they had to compete in the graphical department.

Samsung sells fridges, ovens, microwaves, TVs, computers, cameras, Chromebooks, tanks, and a lot more. And guess what? They're not the best in any of those categories. 

You do realize that it is illegal to have a monopoly, right ? 

Considering how cheap AMD is I'm pretty sure samsung can easily write a check to buy them and they could compete in the graphics market with Nvidia but it would be mostly to their own benefit as samsung doesn't have to license Qualcomm's technology anymore in their designs. Another good thing is that now AMD's graphics division would also have a leg up on Nvidia as samsung has the superior chip manufacturing technology to support them too. 

You don't have to be the best in all of those. All samsung needs to be is good enough to have a sizable market share and they are the best in the mobile space as evidenced by having the most market share in phones I think. 

I know it's illegal to have a monopoly, that's why I said companies can't just buy up their competition.

AMD wouldn't sell out to Samsung simply because they are doing great all on their own. It really isn't hard to outsource the manufacturing process. 

And AMD would not come cheap, and the government will almost certainly step in to break such a deal up.