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[Alvaro Kuolas <kuolas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> -- Bryan
>
> P.S.  Rumor has it that AMD is going to buy ATI.  I don't think people
> realize how _significant_ of a move that is.  If AMD creates a direct
> system interconnect HTX GPU -- instead of the uber-proprietary hack of
> using a peripheral bus and with Intel IP to do all sorts of non-sense in
> software so it acts like its on the system interconnect -- then I think
> you'll see a 100% GPL driver for ATI HTX cards on AMD HTX systems.
> That's still in the future, but it could very well happen -- especially
> for chipset-integrated video (bringing commodity Xgl to the masses)!
>
>
>   
It's a rumor. I heard that Intel would buy ATI (since they do a lot of 
business... and motherboards).
AMD will never piss off their partners, or buy their partners. That 
would be a mistake bigger than OSX's Dashboard (they killed Konfabulator).

Ask yourself why AMD don't make MOBOs or chipsets for them?

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