Comment on Qualcomm approached Intel about acquisition, report claims

randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Korkki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What makes you think that consolidation of markets isn’t how the free market operates as it matures? As if the X86 market was any way competitive and healthy before when there are literally two companies sharing critical patents with each other and gatekeeping the competition out.

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  • TheWilliamist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are three, I think VIA still has a foot in the game. There were quite a few companies that clean roomed, licensed or extended the x86 platform back in the day. My first machine had a NEC V20 in it and I had 386 machines with AMD, Centaur, and VIA chips…

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    • Korkki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      be that as it may, my point still stands. Nobody is realistically getting into that market.

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      • TheWilliamist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not disagreeing, just pointing out there is a third…

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  • DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What makes you think the other commenter wants chip makers to operate in a free market?

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• stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This can go exactly Two ways.

  1. The Us government says it is national interest to keep chip manufacturing owned by Americans.

  2. The Us government says we understand this will create a monopoly but we won’t stawp, due to the rise of Chinese chip manufacturing.

  But make no mistake this is not intel’s or Qualcomm’s decision and it has nothing to do with what either company needs it is entirely up to the Us government.

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t see how 1 is relevant, since both Intel and Qualcomm are American companies

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