While most of the analysts are covering Microsoft-Yahoo! saga, rumours are ripe that either IBM or Nvidia might try to buy AMD. Personally i would be disappointed if any one of the above happens. If MSFT has its way with Yahoo! then instead of the current Google monopoly, we might end up with a duopoly with MSFT-YAHOO and GOOG which is equally bad. I think both Microsoft and Yahoo have enough R&D budget and talent to take on Google; the more the number of players the better it is for the industry and the job market  Similarly, even though AMD’s current market cap of less than 4 billion dollars (3.76 billion to be exact) is very attractive for a buyout, AMD looks to be better on its own. IBM sold their PC business to Lenovo to leave the x86 market space. Nvidia seems to be gaining market share due to the blunders committed by AMD-ATI and not due to any earth shattering innovations from their side. What do you think?

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