As had been predicted, chip makers AMD and ATI are getting it on with a proposed $5.4bn deal that will see one eat the other up. The buyout - if approved - would almost certainly see AMD crack its knuckles in an attempt to take on Intel for the heavyweight crown in the PC industry.
The Associated Press says that:
The new offerings would broaden AMD's package of products as it takes on Intel, the world's biggest chip maker that has long supplied a wider portfolio. In addition to supplying microprocessors, Intel, the world's biggest chip maker, sells so-called chipsets, which connect a microprocessor to a PC's other core components. It also sells graphics chips, which power images rendered by computer games and internet video.
It would mean that AMD could shift processors, graphics and chipsets - pretty much the whole shebang. But can anyone ever lever Intel out of the No1 spot?
