IBM is going to buy AMD, sooner or later.
That's how Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice is being widely quoted on the web, though the Austin American Statesman article that mentions Eunice's views actually says the analyst won't be surprised if it happens.
A minor semantic point, but one that shifts Eunice's comment away from all-out prediction to something a little more arse-covering.
Eunice's reasoning, according to the paper, centres on the tightening ties between the two companies. IBM is selling a server based on AMD's 64-bit Opteron chip, and the two firms are jointly developing new 65nm and 45nm fabrication processes.
To which we can add the ongoing industry rumours that IBM is building a fab for AMD.
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