| VanceIX said: I know they aren't competing, but you still mention that Samsung should buy them, which would mean that Samsung wants to enter the graphics field. And if Samsung ever decided to enter the graphics field (as in your scenario), they would either compete with AMD or buy them out. AMD's net worth is 4 billion dollars, not three. If someone wanted to buy AMD, they wouldn't get it for 4 billion dollars. They would have to pay a lot more. AMD could easily sell for as high as 10 billion dollars. The reason is that AMD is in a very strategic position right now. The consoles are all dependent on AMD for their hardware, and AMD has a duopoly on the graphics market with Nvidea. Remember how Facebook bought WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars, and Oculus Rift for 6 billion? AMD is much more essential and in a better position than either of those. |
Another benefit of samsung buying AMD is that they would immediately put AMD's CPU engineering team out of misery. AMD doesn't need such a lame ass CPU team ruining them further.
What's your source ? According to the new york stock exchange AMD's market capitalization is 3 billion dollars. AMD would only be worth 5 billion dollars at best since they have a history of being a liability.
