Buying MIPS would bring AMD nothing much, say analysts
Sylvie Barak, EETimes
4/17/2012 11:11 AM EDT
A rumor doing the rounds on a couple of tech sites claims Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) might have set its sights on buying MIPS Technologies Inc.
One of the pioneers of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture, MIPS is deeply entrenched in the embedded space, and a premium player when it comes to controllers in embedded products. But so what?
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