News Focus
News Focus
icon url

wbmw

11/28/12 4:18 PM

#114173 RE: Andy Grave #114170

Intel couldn't afford it.


Market cap is $17B, and market premium would be huge. Might require about $30B or so to buy it outright. Intel doesn't have that in cash, but they could probably raise the capital. Would make the McAfee take-over seem minor, and it would take 30-40 years to make it back in revenues. It would be a horrible investment.
icon url

chipguy

11/28/12 9:02 PM

#114188 RE: Andy Grave #114170

Intel probably could afford it but the price is completely
unreasonable. It would exceed even AMD's purchase of
ATI in overpayment stupidity. A CEO who'd consider it
probably couldn't get hired even by HP let alone Intel.