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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlayerOfDValley" data-source="post: 17757894" data-attributes="member: 386204">Then EEtimes says First on my list of potential candidates; Qualcomm, a veritable mobile chip giant, and Intel’s nemesis. Qualcomm already acquired AMD’s handheld GPU assets (ex-ATI Imageon) back in 2008 for $65M, though it can be argued the firm hasn’t really made the best of its purchase, with Adreno still trailing rivals like graphics powerhouse, Nvidia. Of course, Qualcomm already has its own successful in-house CPU design team for Snapdragon and no near-term plans to enter the enterprise or server space. What AMD would give Qualcomm, however, is some increased leverage with manufacturing partners like TSMC and Globalfoundries, and with the firm seemingly looking to spread its eggs across multiple baskets for 28-nm, buying AMD might be a price worth paying.</blockquote>

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