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AMD might Sell ATI and split-up as separate companies

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/22/2015 08:36 AM | source: | 52 comment(s)
AMD might Sell ATI and split-up as separate companies

It is not the first time we heard about this, last year was investigation this too, this time around it sounds a little more serious, as it was reported by Reuters. AMD looking at options to improve its business model, and currently is investigating if their GPU graphics segment should be split off and sold, away from the company.

I feel the GPU segment is currently probably their only profitable segment, so I do not see that happening anytime fast. That combined with the patents ATI holds and the technology embedded in their APUs, that is going to be a tough thing to do.

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The deliberations are preliminary and no decision has been made, the people said. The review highlights Chief Executive Lisa Su's determination to consider every possible option to turn the company around.

AMD has asked a consulting firm to help it review its options and draw up scenarios on how a break-up or spin-off would work, the people said this week, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.

One option under consideration is separating AMD's graphics and licensing business from its server business, which sells processors that power data centers, one of the people said.

AMD had explored such a move in the past and decided against it, the people said. Su, however, who took over as CEO last October, judged that there is merit for the company to at least consider such a possibility again, the people added. There is no certainty that a split or spin-off will occur, the people cautioned.

A spokeswoman for AMD declined to comment.

AMD, which has a market capitalization of around $2 billion, has competed with much larger Intel since the 1980s, and at times has made inroads with its PC and server chips. AMD has an extensive cross-licensing agreement with Intel, an issue AMD would have to study carefully in the case of a break-up.

In the last few years, AMD has been caught somewhat flat-footed by new competitors designing low-cost and power-efficient chips. AMD shares have fallen 40 percent over the last 12 months.

The Sunnyvale, California-based company, which said in October it would cut 7 percent of its workforce, is now shifting its focus to gaming consoles and low-power servers to combat falling laptop sales.

While large rivals such as Intel have deeper pockets to fund research on new products, AMD faces declining cash flows and has a more modest balance sheet.

AMD's net loss widened to $180 million, or 23 cents per share, in the quarter that ended March 28, from $20 million, or 3 cents per share, a year earlier. It also missed on revenue expectations. It is forecasting a return to profitability in the second half of the year.







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#5101675 Posted on: 06/20/2015 06:39 PM
Wonder what would have happened to ATI if they had not been bought? Think they would have gone under?


Just the opposite, they might have done OK if they held on to their mobile GPU line Imageon (now Adreno) and licensed out the tech, instead AMD sold it off for freaking peanuts ($65 million) to Qualcomm.

Look at it this way. On July 21 2006, the day AMD acquired ATI, Nvidia Market Cap was $6.2 Billion, and ATI was $4.2 Billion; AMD's was $8.84 billion. Compare that to today, where the entire AMD (combined) Market Cap is $2.01 billion, and Nvidia's is $11.77 billion.

There's only so much you can blame Intel and Nvidia before you realize AMD were just plain incompetent and had bad plans that never matured in the market place. The APU vision very much killed AMD.

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#5101685 Posted on: 06/20/2015 06:52 PM
I think this would be a good move for AMD, as of right now money wise they are spread too thin across two segments of the industry to remain competitive. If AMD were to only concentrate on CPU's and APU's then I could see them becoming a decent competitor against Intel again, which would be awesome. AMD made some bad mistakes back in 2006, and they've been paying for it ever since in the CPU segment.

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#5101694 Posted on: 06/20/2015 07:02 PM
Thanks for the thoughts Chillin.

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#5101696 Posted on: 06/20/2015 07:03 PM
I'm curious as to how that would affect their APU's, since that seems like what they are focusing on (and they don't do a bad job with it either), if you split off the CPU and GPU business to different companies, how does AMD make APU's? Maybe they'll market their own graphics, similar to Intel?

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#5101841 Posted on: 06/20/2015 11:08 PM
Once again something Reuters has gotten wrong.

... “While we normally would not comment on such a matter, we can confirm that we have no such project in the works at this time. We remain committed to the long-term strategy we laid out for the company in May at our Financial Analyst Day.”...

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/208659-reuters-claims-amd-mulling-breakup-or-spinoff-company-denies-rumors

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