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Microsoft may be interested in buying struggling chip vendor AMD
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Microsoftay be interested in buying AMD, according to a new report citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Microsoft has a lot to gain by acquiring AMD's APU business, given the Redmond giant's ambitions in the console gaming segment. Both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 use AMD's Jaguar-architecture APU, and if Microsoft were to buy AMD, Sony will have to shell out a significant amount of money to Microsoft on each PlayStation sold. The vendor can side with other chip manufacturers, but that
will mean designing a new APU from scratch.
大概翻译，就是微软有意买下amd，而这世代的游戏主机都是使用APU，因此如果微软真的买下来的话，Sony就必须付钱给微软来买PS4的APU
Microsoft isn't the only company rumored to be mulling an acquisition of AMD. Qualcomm's name has also been suggested, with the mobile chip vendor said to be interested in AMD's server business. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf recently stated that the vendor was looking to bolster its efforts in the server segment through a merger or acquisition, with AMD the only likely contender that Qualcomm can acquire at this stage.
Samsung was also mentioned as a vendor that would be interested in leveraging AMD's CPU and GPU IP to challenge the likes of Qualcomm and Intel. AMD's current market valuation of $2 billion is low enough that all three organizations listed above can acquire it using their cash reserves. Microsoft has $93 billion in cash, Qualcomm has over $12 billion and Samsung has $66 billion in its cash reserves. However, given the nature of AMD's licensing portfolio, there will be significant regulatory hurdles
before any deal goes through.
大概翻译，微软不是第一个传出要买amd的买家，之前的买家还有高通与三星，而AMD的市值大概是20亿美元，买家们则是微软有930亿的现金，高通则预估超过120亿，三星则是660亿美元
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