Intel has purchased part of the large wireless chip maker Infineon Technologies AG, buying the company behind the chips used in the Apple iPhone.
The company has fallen far behind in the growing smartphone processor market since their technology uses too much power, draining the phone battery too quickly.
With the acquisition today, for $1.4 billion in cash, Intel now has the wireless-chip ... [ read the full article ]
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Holy crap Intel is in the buying mood, they already bought McAfee, which I think was dumb, now a company that puts chips in a low performance device.
Am I missing something here? Intel is one of THE leaders in chips (CPU's, Wi-fi chips and what not), why not just make your own, for cheaper and better. I really don't see the point in buying all these companies unless their paying for royalties or patents, even then, they are still capable of coming up with something new. With all this money spent, especially the amount of money they spent on 45 & 32nm CPU's, this can only mean one thing, Prices are going to get STEEP.
Originally posted by mike.m: Holy crap Intel is in the buying mood, they already bought McAfee, which I think was dumb, now a company that puts chips in a low performance device.
Am I missing something here? Intel is one of THE leaders in chips (CPU's, Wi-fi chips and what not), why not just make your own, for cheaper and better. I really don't see the point in buying all these companies unless their paying for royalties or patents, even then, they are still capable of coming up with something new. With all this money spent, especially the amount of money they spent on 45 & 32nm CPU's, this can only mean one thing, Prices are going to get STEEP.
They already said their next gen chips would be suitable for smartphones. Guess they just got impatient?
I thought Infineon chips are just ARM processors built with old manufacturing tech. Maybe Intel does not want the embarrassment of using ARM architecture in their chips, so they bought up a company that is already doing it.
...Or maybe Intel is just trying to buy up every terrible company they can find...yeah, that seems more likely given the McAfee purchase.
Quote:...Or maybe Intel is just trying to buy up every terrible company they can find...yeah, that seems more likely given the McAfee purchase
Actually they have been aggressive to take out competitor advantages.. They seemed to be ticked having lost that lawsuit with AMD, it cost them a lot so now its time to make sure every other feeble chipset creator is out of the market, and owned by Intel to be used or tossed. If Intel could afford to buy AMD they would, just to shut it down.
Ok, I can understand them wanting to buy the whole industry (sort of)...but then how does McAfee fit into the puzzle? They don't make chips and they can't make software.
