AMD’s first target: Nvidia. But Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang (see our January 7, 2008 cover story on Nvidia “Shoot to Kill“) insisted on being chief executive of the combined company, according to a former AMD employee (Nvidia declined to comment for this story).
Ruiz opted instead to acquire Nvidia rival ATI in July of 2006 for $5.4 billion. AMD’s acquisition ran into early trouble, however, as Nvidia unleashed a fussilade of strong products, gobbling up market share as AMD struggled to integrate its newly acquired graphics business.
AMD considering buying NVIDIA
Posted on Thursday, February 23 2012 @ 17:14 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck