Qualcomm has apparently approached Intel with a takeover proposal, which could result in a company that can make x86 and Arm gaming CPUs. [WSJ as news source]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/qualcomm-takeover-rumor

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heartfelthumburger@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I highly doubt this'll happen

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Reminds me of the endless "AMD getting bought out???" posts back when their stock price was $2.30 a share lol.

Intel has absolutely massive amounts of IP and physical assets. They'd more likely spin off their fabs before being bought out.

lemming741@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I thought AMD spinning off their fabs was the beginning of the end. Clearly I was wrong.

hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Arm gaming sounds like a wild thing rn ngl

heartfelthumburger@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

Oh yes I'd love for arm to become more common. Since arm is somewhat more open compared to x86, we could see some fierce competition between the different chip manufacturers.

cristo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

This would be huge geopolitically