As you may have discovered over on Technology Blog, microprocessor manufacturer AMD is set to purchase graphics chipset whiz ATI in a deal worth USD 5.4 billion. The love-in will allow AMD to compete with Intel on more fronts and will also give it access to ATI's other areas of interest including cell phones and HD TVs.
What does this mean for gamers? Well, a more powerful AMD will offer a more convincing competitor to the Intel monopoly, perhaps helping to assuage Mark Rein's fears that Intel is killing PC gaming with its under-powered Integrated Graphics chip. Also, as ABC News points out, the new set-up may provide a challenge for ATI's big rival, NVidia, which currently installs graphics chipsets into AMD-powered PCs.
