With NVidia stock so low, a raid would be very easy. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=NVDA:US
MS has 48 billion tucked away from the failed Yahoo bid, so $6 b would be chump change.
Intel could buy it like AMD did ATI, and get GPU computing to boot, situating itself to take advantage of future GPU processing trends.
Then there's Apple with its i-pod funds, and the licensee apparently of the graphics code to NVidia.
Wonder who's going to move fastest?
Instinct-that which uses the other 90% of the brain conscious thought does not.
I'm surprised it's still worth so much, after the recent stock drop.
-Microsoft has no use for a hardware designer. They have enough monopoly/antitrust problems already without entering more markets.
-Intel is designing Larabee to compete; I doubt they're about to pull a U-turn there. Ditto on monopoly concerns.
-Apple doesn't have money. Not sure where you got that idea! They aren't even designing their own CPUs any more, so I can't see them wanting to suddently start building GPUs.
I don't think AMD / ATI will purchase nVidia. It would require approval due to monopoly type situation.
Microsoft is a possibility, but very doubtful. A software company would have nothing to gain by manufacturing hardware.
Intel is a maybe. While they do have their own GPU product coming out, it is going to an integrated solution.
It would allow Intel to be able to see a complete package. CPU + GPU.
The problem with Intel is they have figured out how to revive the company and turn a profit, why would they take on another company with the same problem.
If it was 2 years later, I could see Intel doing something like this. At that point, they would have enough market share and capital to risk a merger.
