Replies to post #80301 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Tenchu]

Paul, > If they'd done that, Intel could've just paid ATi more to do it for them instead. The purchase eliminated that option.

LOL, then I guess AMD should also buy nVidia ...

Tenchu

[wbmw]

Re: If they'd done that, Intel could've just paid ATi more to do it for them instead. The purchase eliminated that option.

You get around that problem by constructing the JV legal agreement such that AMD gets full exclusivity to the technology developed by the JV. By the time Intel finds out about AMD doing a Fusion processor, the JV is already signed and in effect.

At any rate, the point is clear. Any joint venture done by AMD and ATI would have cost AMD far less than the $5.3B purchase price, plus $1B in restructuring charges necessary to go through with the buyout.

[The Duke of URL]

There is this thingy called interference with a contractual relationship which would fit nicely as count 98 in the new Amended AMD complaint.

Aside from that you are pretty much correct.