I LOVE Samsung.

Don't care who AMD is so go ahead, whatever to help crush iPhone.......and the very very few Apple Tv's that actually still exist.

http://corporate.findlaw.com/contracts/operations/patent-cross-license-agreement-advanced-micro-devices-inc-and.html

Under point 3, stated multiple times even.

Edit: also check points 6 and 7

The x86 license doesn't transfer to new ownership.

Because AMD competes with both Intel and Nvidia by offering competing products at lower prices, so their profit margins are low. Why would Samsung care for those sectors when they can go for the server market which offers them bigger margins?

And while AMD could sell their products at a higher price to increase their profits, the AMD brand doesn't have a good reputation when it comes to CPUs, and in the GPU front Nvidia has very loyal customers that aren't shy to spent a bit more for their cards, unlike AMD loyals that take the better price/performance of their products to their hearts.

Good news choego

I wonder if this will affect Nintendo's NX project. Assuming it is tied with AMD when AMD was dropping hints. Because if a buyout does happen I'm kinda thinking that Nintendo might wanna go have a chat with Nvidia.

Is that confirmation that Samsung is working on a console or something else?

Couldn't Samsung just buy AMD, but keep it running as AMD?

If not they could always provide Samsung a way to be dominant stakeholder, giving them control of the company but technically it would still be AMD.

AMD's continued existence in the tech industry is crucial to keep things competitive, if this allows them to keep going and keep GPUs competitive then I'm all for it.

Hmm, I believe I wrote something about Samsung in the UNITY thread, this makes me kinda worried, Samsung have gained massive power in consumer electronics and computer tech.