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Qualcomm Reportedly Taps Intel With An Acquisition Offer (wccftech.com)
submitted 2 months ago by avieshek to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't recall Qualcomm trying to buy ARM. That was Nvidia. (though, yes, it likely would also have been prevented if it had tried)

But they'd probably have a better (but still slim) chance of getting a purchase of Intel through. That'd be a more horizontal acquisition than a vertical one as Qualcomm doesn't make x86 chips so they can at least argue it wouldn't be anti-competitive.

[โ€“] GreenEngineering3475 1 points 2 months ago

I don't recall Qualcomm trying to buy ARM.

Thanks for correcting me.

That'd be a more horizontal acquisition than a vertical one as Qualcomm doesn't make x86 chips so they can at least argue it wouldn't be anti-competitive.

Not sure if AMD and Nvidia, will see it that way, and they will probably lobby to stop the deal.