You want to talk strategy, and smack talk ? Below is a fabulous example of how the state of things exist in this business of technology. I have mentioned before, the term "a perfect storm", which is what is happening in front of us. In the old days, complete confidentiality until death do us part. Now once the fatted calf has been brought down, the vultures openly circle and the Hyenas move in for the kill. Great find Disco ! I am not going to say it but I get what your are reaching for.
Both Qualcomm and AMD stand to benefit, should an acquisition take place. Companies like MediaTek, who possess a fraction of Qualcomm’s market cap, would lose their grip on sector share. Together, the two companies could bring serious competition to market behemoth Intel, shaking up the tech industry landscape.
Such a move would also take advantage of Intel’s state of transition failure and its failure to break into the tablet or mobile market. While Intel might control raw performance in the short run for a stagnating PC division, such an alliance would make both companies a significant force in the semiconductor market, which would see them go head to head with Nvidia's current Tegra lineup which focuses on a high-powered GPU coupled with a lower-end CPU.