Microsoft Has Acquisition Deal With Nvidia
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Sound more like MS has a deny anyone else from acquiring nVidia agreement...
Only if they assume Microsoft will even exercise the option to block such an attempt. They may not even care.
If they chose nV for xbox720 I'm pretty sure they'd just buy 'em.
I'm wondering who the third party is.
I'm wondering who the third party is.
If this deal was signed before xbox1, I wonder what kind of deal MS negotiated with IBM.
And consider the AMD buyout, can we assume that there were no such agreement with ATI?
It was only a matter of time till NV sold out, but I expected IBM or Apple as primary candidates. MS doesnt gain that much, but I can see why they would want NV:
1) Total control of Tegra soc for Win8 and forward. They essentially following Apple footsteps.
2) NV GPU's for consoles.
3) Company pushing DX also makes GPU's... This could get underhanded.
1) Total control of Tegra soc for Win8 and forward. They essentially following Apple footsteps.
2) NV GPU's for consoles.
3) Company pushing DX also makes GPU's... This could get underhanded.
I know , i just would think tha this deal would have been better done with AMD.
In fact MS buying AMD would be a smart use of all that cash they have. Way better than skype
no not really
buying NV or AMD makes about as much sense for MS as buying Ford or GM. The NV thing was just a way to protect their xbox graphics deal, I expect they didn't need it with AMD because that deal was structured much differently.
Even with their first refusal clause I expect all that would happen is a company would have to negotiate with MS to make the buy, if MS ever wanted to own Nvidia I expect they'd just buy them.
buying NV or AMD makes about as much sense for MS as buying Ford or GM. The NV thing was just a way to protect their xbox graphics deal, I expect they didn't need it with AMD because that deal was structured much differently.
Even with their first refusal clause I expect all that would happen is a company would have to negotiate with MS to make the buy, if MS ever wanted to own Nvidia I expect they'd just buy them.
It would seem nice, but anyone purchasing AMD voids their x86 license, thus making it less attractive target. However AMD and Intel after trial last year renegotiated their cross-patent contract, not sure if that clause is still active.
So lets say for instance i offer nv 1billion for 30% of their shares,
does this give ms the right to say ok we will also offer 1billion? and whats the exclusive bit does that mean no one can come along and say I offer 1.1billion
or if I offer nv 1billion can ms just say to nv no you cant sell ?
does this give ms the right to say ok we will also offer 1billion? and whats the exclusive bit does that mean no one can come along and say I offer 1.1billion
or if I offer nv 1billion can ms just say to nv no you cant sell ?
Pretty sure it just means that MS can match any offer that takes in more than 30% of NV's shares. I assume the exclusive part is that NV can't have a similar agreement with someone else.