Let's get together and put in a bid for AMD!

Seriously though, how much would it cost to buy AMD now? With the right people involved it could be saved.

What's your thoughts?

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I think that next year they'll gain back some of the market, especially if the products they have in plan ( Zen and Artic Islands) perform as "advertised"/spec sheets suggest they will.

You again, still have to BUY THE COMPANY. Buying shares does not = owning a company. AMD will still sell for roughly a billion and some dollars if they were to make the sale.

Question is if it's actually a good idea to buy up some AMD shares what do you guys think? I'm all for it

I'm tempted, especially if they go really low...

Let's Kickstart it!

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share price is very low but at this rate and steady losses i dont see the company bouncing back unless nvidia or intel really sits on their balls

AMD have a market cap is $1.455 billion...

Hey, if Shenmue 3 can get $6 million...

Sure it does, if you buy all of them. The thing is, there's often shareholders that don't want to sell. That's why when a major corporation acquires or merges with another corporation, they often do what's called a stock swap. They essentially buy a majority stake in the company they want to obtain, then trade shares of their company to the outstanding stockholders for shares in the company they want to buy. Once you own all the outstanding shares, you own the company (and can make it part of your existing company, or create a new one), and usually for a lower price than an asset purchase (buying a company by obtaining it's assets from the original owner). That's exactly how the Comcast/Time Warner merger was going to work for example.

Of course, a stock swap is only really possible when it's one publicly traded company acquiring another. Private companies or private citizens often have to go the asset purchase route, or have to settle for being the majority shareholder in a company (buying at least 51% of the outstanding shares).

So, for us to buy it (lol), we'd probably need to raise something on the order of $5 billion (which is roughly the asset valuation of AMD). Hang on, I'll start going through my couch cushions ; )

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AMD technologies are in both PS4 and XBONE consoles (as awful as they are).
With the release of the new models, such as the PS4 'Slim', being rumored to be unveiled next year, stock prices may well go up with the increased sales of the new models.
Although I'm not sure exactly how the business model works Shrugs They may have been payed upon signing the contract, at which point they've blown all the cash on mantle. Or possibly by sales of their processing units by numbers.

Either way, they still hold some market share and won't just go away. Though they might not innovate all that much and eventually diminish into closure. So it might be a worthy investment to grab some stocks whilst their low.

I'm not a fan of AMD at all. But I believe competition is imperative in the market. Otherwise we'll keep getting slightly more efficient processors from Intel and Nvidia every now and again.
Sigh All hail quad core... for another 10 years...

I will pitch in... Any rich uncles around?

Interesting fact:

(I'm assuming because AMD is in two markets) In 2014, AMD had revenues $1.37 billion higher than Nvidia. Additionally, they had a $36 million lead on profits.

Obviously, it's now 2015 and not 2014, but they aren't doing as poorly as many people feel.

Edit: Don't peek at Intels numbers. Geeze that company knows how to make money.

If AMD dies, Nvida stuff will be priced as pure gold ingots! I go and buy some stocks...

No such luck. An engineer, a couple factory workers and a possible meth dealer... but no rich ones. I have a bunch of old baseball cards from the 90's, but I only give it 50/50 odds there's a billion dollar card in there though. Maybe we could all get together and create a virus that takes the rounded off remainders from bank transactions and pushes it all into our "Buy AMD Fund". Then all we'd have to do is introduce it to the Comcast corporate servers, and let it do it's work. We'd be funded in a week! It's a perfect plan, nothing could possibly go wrong...

@Felix_Bank They are really low.. :)

I got 5 bucks, first order of business is going to be releasing a 5ghz/1ghz APU with HBM on die, duct tape will make it work.

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Rust and DuctTape that's the AMD way. We call this a cpu our consumers call it a hot plate

Buy 4x R9 Fury X.......

/s

This gives a better idea of buying a company.

"The quickest way for a company to be acquired is the "One Step"
method. In this case, the bidder simply calls for a shareholder vote. If
the shareholders approve the terms of the offer, the deal can go
forward (excepting any legal or other impediments to the deal).

In the "Two-Step" method, which is the case with Dell, the bidder
issues a "tender offer" which you mentioned, where the current
shareholders can agree to sell their shares to the bidder, usually at a
premium. If the bidder secures the acceptance of 90% of the shares, they
can immediately go forward with what is called a "short form" merger,
and can effect the merger without ever calling for a shareholder meeting
or vote. Any stockholders that hold out and do not want to sell are
"squeezed out" once the merger has been effected, but retain the right
to redeem their outstanding shares at the valuation of the tender offer.

In the case you mentioned, if shareholders controlling 25% of the
shares (not necessarily 25% of the shareholders) were to oppose the
tender offer, there would be serveral alternatives. If the bidder did
not have at least 51% of the shares secured, they would likely either
increase the valuation of the tender offer, or choose to abandon the
takeover. If the bidder had 51% or more of the shares secured, but not
90%, they could issue a proxy statement, call for a shareholder meeting
and a vote to effect the merger. Or, they could increase the tender
offer in order to try to secure 90% of the shares in order to effect the
short form merger. If the bidder is able to secure even 51% of the
shares, either through the proxy or by way of a controlling interest
along with a consortium of other shareholders, they are able to effect
the merger and squeeze out the remaining shareholders at the price of
the tender offer (majority rules!).

Some states' laws specify additional circumstances under which the
bidder can force the current shareholders to exchange their shares for
cash or converted shares, but not Delaware, where Dell is incorporate.

There are also several special cases. With a "top-up" provision, if
the company's board/management is in favor of the merger, they can
simply issue more and more shares until the bidder has acquired 90% of
the total outstanding shares needed for the "short form" merger. Top-up
provisions are very common in cases of a tender offer.

If the board/management opposes the merger, this is considered a
"hostile" takover, and they can effect "poison pill" measures which have
the opposite effect of a "top-up" and dilute the bidders percent of
outstanding shares. However, if the bidder can secure 51% of the shares,
they can simply vote to replace the current board, who can then replace
the current management, such that the new board and management will put
into place whatever provisions are amenable to the bidder.

In the case of a short form merger or a vote to effect a merger, the
shareholders who do not wish to sell have the right to sell at the
tender price, or they can oppose the deal on legal grounds by arguing
that the valuation of the tender offer is materially unfair. However,
there are very few cases which I'm aware of where this type of challenge
has been successful. However, they do not have the power to stop the
merger, which has been agreed to by the majority of the shareholders.

This is similar to how when the president is elected, the minority
voters can't stop the new president from being inaugurated, or how you
can be affected if you own a condo and the condo owners' association
votes to change the rules in a way you don't like. Tough luck for you if
you don't like it!"

Edit: Best Place I could find a detailed explanation on the process.