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AMD negotiations with private-equity firm Silver Lake Stall
A few weeks ago we already reported that AMD was in talks to sell about a 25 percent stake to private-equity firm Silver Lake Management. These negotiations now have stalled reports Bloomberg
The two sides, which met over the summer, have put the discussions on hold after failing to agree on a price and strategy, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. AMD is also considering other strategic options, another person said.
AMD is losing market share to Intel in processors for personal computers and servers. It’s trying to branch out into custom chips in an initiative that has so far failed to bring in enough revenue to make up for the orders it’s losing in a declining PC market. The company currently has a market value of about $1.3 billion.
A spokesman for Sunnyvale, California-based AMD declined to comment, as did a representative for Silver Lake. The chipmaker, which last reported an annual profit in 2011, is on course to report a 28 percent sales decline this year, according to the consensus of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would lead to its lowest annual revenue in more than a decade.
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#5166532 Posted on: 10/01/2015 12:40 AM
If Amd will go out of the market and go private will be much better,analyst says.
http://www.vrworld.com/2015/06/20/amd-to-go-private-split-into-amd-and-ati-again/
If Amd will go out of the market and go private will be much better,analyst says.
http://www.vrworld.com/2015/06/20/amd-to-go-private-split-into-amd-and-ati-again/
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#5166556 Posted on: 10/01/2015 01:56 AM
If Amd will go out of the market and go private will be much better,analyst says.
http://www.vrworld.com/2015/06/20/amd-to-go-private-split-into-amd-and-ati-again/
Did you look at the date on the article? It's ancient and has proven wrong with time.
In any case, AMD or the parts that were ATI are worthless at this point split apart. AMD has no major CPU's or profits to speak of, and "ATI" would have almost no market share and products that cost more to make and perform less than the competition.
What good would it do if they split at this point? They are both barely worth some of their patents and their Mkt Cap reflects this. Not blasting AMD, just calling it as I see it.
If Amd will go out of the market and go private will be much better,analyst says.
http://www.vrworld.com/2015/06/20/amd-to-go-private-split-into-amd-and-ati-again/
Did you look at the date on the article? It's ancient and has proven wrong with time.
In any case, AMD or the parts that were ATI are worthless at this point split apart. AMD has no major CPU's or profits to speak of, and "ATI" would have almost no market share and products that cost more to make and perform less than the competition.
What good would it do if they split at this point? They are both barely worth some of their patents and their Mkt Cap reflects this. Not blasting AMD, just calling it as I see it.
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#5166581 Posted on: 10/01/2015 03:55 AM
Dell went private and that was the smart decision.
Dell went private and that was the smart decision.
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#5166610 Posted on: 10/01/2015 06:50 AM
Not entirely. intel does 20~25% better on CPU side, AMD 35~50% on GPU side.
But I still consider 15W mode on FX-8800p perversion. It has to allow 35W (If user wants it. at least 25W). When I saw 35W benches from test platform, they did impress me.
When I looked for alternative, since OEMs did break FX cpu. I found 13,3'' intel i5-5257u (iris) 28W. It is again ~20% stronger on CPU side than even 35W FX-8800p, but loses those 40~50% on GPU.
And to tell truth i5-5257u CPU part is strong enough to deliver desktop like i3 performance (since it is i3). And at that point GPU is more important to me, because CPU is already overkill for 13,3''.
To topic: I hate those people who make all this FUD. Because while it temporarily raise AMD stock value... After effect of despair/disappointment pushes it even lower than it was before. This kind of fake news brings down stock value more effectively than AMD releasing quarterly 'damage report'.
Actually if the review I read earlier is true, Carrizo is like really, really good. It ties 15w Intel i3 Broadwell parts in performance and it's on 28nm vs Intel's 14nm. Looks like Fox was right about it.
Not entirely. intel does 20~25% better on CPU side, AMD 35~50% on GPU side.
But I still consider 15W mode on FX-8800p perversion. It has to allow 35W (If user wants it. at least 25W). When I saw 35W benches from test platform, they did impress me.
When I looked for alternative, since OEMs did break FX cpu. I found 13,3'' intel i5-5257u (iris) 28W. It is again ~20% stronger on CPU side than even 35W FX-8800p, but loses those 40~50% on GPU.
And to tell truth i5-5257u CPU part is strong enough to deliver desktop like i3 performance (since it is i3). And at that point GPU is more important to me, because CPU is already overkill for 13,3''.
To topic: I hate those people who make all this FUD. Because while it temporarily raise AMD stock value... After effect of despair/disappointment pushes it even lower than it was before. This kind of fake news brings down stock value more effectively than AMD releasing quarterly 'damage report'.
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You're right. I have some of these on display at work and they're pretty good. Once AMD hits 14nm it'll be kicking and screaming. I have an A10 on display that matches Haswell i5 performance in x86 and beats it in graphics no problem. Skylake though got an almost two times increase in GPU performance.. pity the x86 side of things got sweet **** all of a boost.. but then there aren't many that need faster than i7-5500 performance from a laptop anyway. Intel just has an "unfair" advantage being on a considerably smaller process. Until AMD hits 14nm I generally recommend Intel processors as I can usually find something for the customer that's better than what AMD has at the same price.