Master Chief
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AMD + ATI novo episodio - agora foi!
24-07-06, 12:44
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O que começou com um boato agora se confirma e deixa um ponto de interrogação na cabeça de quase todo o planeta, estamos falando da compra da ATI pela AMD que foi confirmada a pouco. Os boatos que começaram a algumas semanas atrás nunca pareciam ser sérios, afinal são duas das maiores empresas do mundo da informática, e uma negociação desse porte envolve não apenas muito dinheiro, mas muitos riscos, afinal no caso da ATI a empresa tinha em um de seus principais parceiros a Intel, justamente a principal concorrente da AMD, pelo menos era isso que todos nós pensávamos, justamente devido a ATI ter mais apoio da Intel do que a Nvidia.
O acordo foi fechado por $4.2 bilhões de dólares em dinheiro, 57 milhões de ações da AMD baseados no levantamento de 21 de julho de 2006, onde o total da compra é de nada menos que $5.4 bilhões de dólares. A ATI falou que os diretores da compania aprovaram por unanimidade o acordo. Todos agora estão na expectativa de como funcionará as coisas daqui para frente quando falamos de AMD e ATI, e isso apenas o tempo irá nos dizer agora. Clicando em "leia mais" temos o release completo sobre esse assunto. NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--AMD (NYSE:AMD) and ATI (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) today announced plans to join forces in a transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion. The combination will create a processing powerhouse by bringing AMD's technology leadership in microprocessors together with ATI's strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics. The result: A new and more formidable company, determined to drive growth, innovation and choice for its customers, particularly in the commercial and mobile computing segments and in the rapidly-growing consumer electronics market. Combining technologies, people, and complementary strengths, AMD plans to deliver in 2007 customer-centric platforms for the benefit of customers who want to collaborate in the development of differentiated solutions. AMD's acquisition of ATI will position the new company to deliver innovations that fulfill the increasing demand for more integrated solutions in key market segments while also continuing to develop "best-of-breed" discrete products that empower customers to choose the combination of technologies that best serves their needs. In 2008 and beyond, AMD aims to move beyond current technological configurations to transform processing technologies, with silicon-specific platforms that integrate microprocessors and graphics processors to address the growing need for general-purpose, media-centric, data-centric and graphic-centric performance. Thus, the combined company intends to empower its customers to create their own unique products and solutions within an open-innovation ecosystem free from artificial barriers to customer success. "ATI shares our passion and complements our strengths: technology leadership and customer centric innovation," said AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz. "Bringing these two great companies together will allow us to transcend what we have accomplished as individual businesses and reinvent our industry as the technology leader and partner of choice. We believe AMD and ATI will drive growth and innovation for the entire industry, enabling our partners to create differentiated solutions and empowering our customers to choose what is best for them." "This combination means accelerated growth for ATI, and broader horizons for our employees," said Dave Orton, President and CEO of ATI. "All of our product lines will benefit. Joining with AMD will enable us to innovate aggressively on the PC platform, and continue to invest significantly in our consumer business to stay in front of our markets." "Windows Vista will deliver incredible advances in the user experience as a result of advancements in graphics integration and performance," said Jim Allchin, Co-President of Microsoft's Platforms & Services Division. "We're excited by the potential of what AMD and ATI can deliver together to enhance the Windows Vista experience for our customers even further." Under the terms of the transaction, AMD will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of ATI for a combination of $4.2 billion in cash and 57 million shares of AMD common stock, based on the number of shares of ATI common stock outstanding on July 21, 2006. All outstanding options and RSUs of ATI will be assumed. Based upon the closing price of AMD common stock on July 21, 2006 of $18.26 a share, the consideration for each outstanding share of ATI common stock would be $20.47, comprised of $16.40 of cash and 0.2229 shares of AMD common stock. AMD anticipates it will finance the cash portion of the transaction with a combination of cash and new debt. AMD has obtained a $2.5 billion term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. which, together with combined existing cash, cash equivalents, and short term investments balances of approximately $3.0 billion, provides full funding for the transaction. ATI has received an opinion from its financial advisors that the transaction from a financial point of view is fair to its shareholders. The transaction was unanimously approved by the board of directors of each company. The transaction is subject to ATI shareholder approval, Canadian court supervision of a Plan of Arrangement, and other regulatory approvals including merger notification filings in the United States, Canada and other jurisdictions, as well as customary closing conditions. In the event that the transaction does not close, ATI has agreed to pay AMD a termination fee of $162.0 million under circumstances specified in the acquisition agreement. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2006. A Compelling Financial Opportunity AMD expects that the transaction will be slightly accretive to earnings in 2007, and meaningfully accretive in 2008, before the inclusion of ATI acquisition-related charges, based upon AMD's plans to deliver more integrated and advanced platform solutions and thereby improve its position in commercial clients, mobile computing, gaming, media and emerging markets. AMD anticipates that it will reduce operating expenses by approximately $75 million for the combined company by the end of 2007. The combined company would have achieved approximately $7.3 billion(1) in total consolidated sales during the last four quarters with a workforce of approximately 15,000 employees. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company will maintain sales, design and manufacturing centers worldwide and major business centers in Silicon Valley, Austin, Texas and Markham, Ontario - all valued centers of innovation for the combined company. AMD's current executive team will be complemented by the addition of ATI President and CEO Dave Orton. Orton will serve as an executive vice president of the ATI business division, reporting to the AMD Office of the CEO, comprised of Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz and President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer. In addition, under the terms of the acquisition agreement, two ATI directors will join AMD's board of directors upon closing of the transaction. The collective roster of AMD and ATI's strong customer relationships represents a "who's who" of the computing and consumer electronics industries. Drawing upon a shared culture of customer-centric innovation and engineering excellence, the combined company will be well positioned to meet customer demand for more innovative solutions, system-level engineering and faster time-to-market. |
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Master Chief
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24-07-06, 12:46
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Conference Call
The companies will host a financial analyst and press conference call today at 8 a.m. EDT (5 a.m. PDT). The call can be accessed at 612-326-1027 (U.S.). Audio of the conference call will be available live and also http://www.amd.com/announcement. For those unable to listen to the live call, a telephone replay will be available beginning July 24, 2006 at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT through July 30, 2006. That call can be accessed by dialing 800-475-6701 (U.S.) or 320-365-3844 (international) with conference call ID 837580. Fonte: http://www.adrenaline.com.br/noticia..._ati_e_da_amd/ |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 13:14
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detalhe interessante, um dos grandes clientes da ATI para chipsets era a propria INTEL, n sei c as parcerias serao mantidas por contratos previamente assinados, mas eh o mais obvio pq uma recisao contratual desse porte vai gerar mto prejuizo... em resumo, eu naum compraria placas INTEL com chipset ATI fabricadas a partir desta data =DDDDD
e, do jeito q a intel eh, capaz de tentar comprar a nvidia =DDD soh pra rivalizar (bem dificil isso acontecer, pra naum dizer impossivel) |
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24-07-06, 13:32
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eu sou AMD & ATI user \o//
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 13:40
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tomara que saia coisa boa dai, pq a amd ta levando uma piaba feia dos core 2 da intel ahiuoehaoiu |
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Forever Young
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24-07-06, 13:52
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AMD and NVIDIA user
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24-07-06, 13:57
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amo muito tudo isso!
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#NPNÃO
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24-07-06, 13:58
#8
intel + nvidia aqui
reply atoa :O |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 14:00
#9
Teremos um Athlon Radeon no futuro
hahahahah tb tenho AMD + ATI |
Master Chief
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24-07-06, 14:02
#10
AMD + ATI tbm
egyauega |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 14:04
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 14:11
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pcchips + trident aqui
reply atoa |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 16:24
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AMD + Nvidia aqui
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 16:40
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Prefiro nVidia
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PHD em Dota 2
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24-07-06, 16:45
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AMD + ATI ftw!
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24-07-06, 16:58
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Ewok
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24-07-06, 17:01
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🌀 Trooper
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24-07-06, 17:12
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Pessoalmente não acho que ATI e Intel andem de mãos dadas. Eu acho que a Intel anda mais de mãos dadas com a nVidia. Se anda com a ATI, é do mesmo paralelo que pegar uma mulher mais ou menos: Fingir que pega geral.
Eu acho que a união será muito benéfica pq teremos uma guerra de Good vs Evil mais acirrada. Faltaria agora a Abit ser comprada * Feliz a beça por possuir AMD + ATI |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 17:34
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Intel + nvidia
hmmmm, aahnn... eh isso. |
Forever Young
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24-07-06, 17:42
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to felizaum assim |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 17:54
#21
AMD + ATI
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24-07-06, 18:01
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to.. ahm.. alegrinho pq posso joga bf2 assim |
#NPNÃO
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24-07-06, 18:23
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oehaoe
caralho.. todo topic que o roger pode falar que tem uma 7900, ele fala, agora não ta nem se aguentando, e coloca foto cria outro user roger.. "7900gt" :~ |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 18:39
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Intel + ATI... me fudi? PORRA
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 19:38
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Putz, fiquei orfão, me recuso a comprar produtos AMD.
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Forever Young
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24-07-06, 20:56
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 21:28
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entao realmente teremos um Athlon Radeon
auehuahe |
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24-07-06, 21:30
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"deixa um ponto de interrogação na cabeça de quase todo o planeta"
você é meio sem noção, né? |
Trooper
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24-07-06, 22:57
#29
tá roger, mas me diz uma coisa
quanto tu pagou essa vga? 1200 no minimo é o meu chute! |
Forever Young
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24-07-06, 23:15
#30
qto eu paguei?? bem menos que isso
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Trooper
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24-07-06, 23:32
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isso! conta pra gente
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Ewok
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28-07-06, 21:02
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Pit
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28-07-06, 22:14
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puta placa animal. axo q eu dormiria abraçado com a caixa todo dia. |
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Trooper
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29-07-06, 11:19
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Alguem viu a entrevista com o "algumcargoimportante da ATI" (não lembro qual cargo o veio era), só sei que ele falou que vão começar a fabricar componentes das placas ATI no Brasil, o que vai proporcionar uma queda de no minimo 30% nos preços.
Droga, eu queria ter visto a entrevista toda, mas minha conexão tava um lixo (geralmente ela ja não é muito boa) e o video falhava toda hora picando as falas todas, se alguem tiver visto, cita as partes principais por favor?! |
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