r/pcmasterrace • u/AaronDotCom • May 03 '24

TIL AMD almost bought Nvidia before settling with ATI in 2006 News/Article

https://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/02/22/amd-talked-with-nvidia-about-acquisition-before-grabbing-ati/?sh=7ced24a87a79
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u/zeehkaev May 03 '24 edited May 05 '24

Both immensely successful companies. Thanks God it went that way, who knows what could've happened with nvidia under AMD, probably a monopoly and poorer products from both.

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u/clark1785 5800X3D RX6950XT 32GB RAM DDR4 3600 May 04 '24

no because Jensen would have been CEO of Nvidia if they did accept

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u/[deleted] May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24

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u/clark1785 5800X3D RX6950XT 32GB RAM DDR4 3600 May 04 '24

Thats what I mean for it to work Jensen would have been the CEO, which is counter to the above post