c/technology · by mesamunefire@piefed.social · 240d

Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in Intel under September agreement

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/29/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-in-intel-under-september-agreement.html

Oh good, even when you are buying their competition, you are still buying NVIDIA.

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ignirtoq@feddit.online · 66 pts · 240d (2 replies)

U.S. ‌antitrust agencies ⁠had cleared Nvidia’s investment in Intel, according to a notice ‍posted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission earlier in December.

Are they even giving reasons anymore? Or is the "antitrust agency" just a guy napping in a corner they periodically wake up just to give a thumbs up?

errer@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 240d

It’s called antitrust now cause it’s the opposite of trust

ozoned@piefed.social · 7 pts · 240d

Nah. Guy in the corner napping died 40 years ago, but they taped a sheet of paper on him saying "No Issues. Approved"

vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 53 pts · 240d (4 replies)

So the net of obligation, ownership and mutually assured destruction continues to tighten?

At some point this is going to explode .. right?

thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 29 pts · 240d

i was reading earlier that this is looking more and more like ENRON style accounting and acquisition. That ended badly but it didn't happen on a scale that NVIDIA is currently treading

CandyPants@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 240d

Oh god yes....

The talking heads are going to point out how obvious it should have been at this time too.

kikutwo@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 240d (1 reply)

Why would it? Computers going away soon?

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 240d

Computers don’t need NVIDIA. NVIDIA needs computers.

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 7 pts · 240d

At first glance I had read the headline like this:

Nvidia takes $ ... Intel

:-)

fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 240d

At what point does the NASDAQ just become a circle instead of companies that own each other.

ozoned@piefed.social · 4 pts · 240d (1 reply)

How are they going to blame the poor for this implosion?

Taldan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d

Why would they blame the poor? The need the poor to be their excuse for getting a bailout. Not sure how they'll sell it yet, but somehow all the AI companies will get bailouts to "help the poor" through our upcoming difficult economic times

robocall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 240d

I support everyone too