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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Jul 2006 17:07 UTC, submitted by Michael Bazaillion

As rumoured about for weeks now, with the strongest rumours appearing a few days ago, AMD has bought ATI. "AMD, the world's second-biggest semiconductor maker, agreed to buy ATI for USD 5.4 billion, adding computer-graphics chips to its product lineup. ATI shares surged. AMD Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz is making the biggest purchase in the company's history to help escalate his challenge to Intel, which dominates the market for semiconductors. "

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RE[2]: Here's hoping

by sbenitezb on Mon 24th Jul 2006 20:08 UTC

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2005-07-22

I don't think it's possible. They have licensed IP from their parterns, so opening specs may be subject to the IP's licenses.

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RE[3]: Here's hoping

by Tweek on Tue 25th Jul 2006 01:56 in reply to "RE[2]: Here's hoping"

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2006-01-12

oh please, that is a nonexcuse.

"Hey company we licensed stuff from, we want to open source our driver... you have no control over this to begin with, but even if you try to fight it, we cancel our agreement and go license from your competitor"

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