{"id":12395,"date":"2010-04-01T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T10:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12395"},"modified":"2010-04-01T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T10:58:38","slug":"will-apple-acquire-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/01\/will-apple-acquire-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Apple acquire Intel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>CyberNet News report that <a href=\"http:\/\/cybernetnews.com\/apple-acquire-intel\/\">Apple is in the acquisition talks with Intel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Several sources are reporting this morning that Apple is in discussions with Intel to acquire the chip manufacturer for upwards of $12 billion. Over the last 22 years Apple has acquired 25 different companies, but this single transaction will likely beat the sum of all the others combined.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I find these news interesting, because I remember reading some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/42686\/Will-Intel-buy-Apple\">speculations on Intel buying Apple<\/a> just a few days ago.\u00a0 On the other hand, there was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/blog\/450000245\/post\/240017824.html\">discussion on whether Apple should buy AMD<\/a> a few years after that.\u00a0 One way or the other, someone will buy someone.\u00a0 And judging by how things go now and not five years ago, I guess Apple is in the better positions to buy.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, have a look at stock prices and market capitalization for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=apple\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=intel\">Intel<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=AMD\">AMD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: And one should not forget that it is the April 1st today, so everything is possible.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>CyberNet News report that Apple is in the acquisition talks with Intel. Several sources are reporting this morning that Apple is in discussions with Intel to acquire the chip manufacturer for upwards of $12 billion. Over the last 22 years Apple has acquired 25 different companies, but this single transaction will likely beat the sum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/01\/will-apple-acquire-intel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Will Apple acquire Intel?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[2305,2190,1968,2304],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-12395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-amd","tag-apple","tag-business","tag-intel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29240,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/21\/the-millions-silicon-valley-spends-on-security-for-execs\/","url_meta":{"origin":12395,"position":0},"title":"The Millions Silicon Valley Spends on Security for Execs","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There's plenty of talk about security when it comes to giant technical companies, like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. 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