Originally Posted By: kludger
Any rumors about AMD spawning off the GPU division to it's own company?

I just read that Nvidia had record profits this quarter and can't help but think that the AMD GPU part of the company would do much better without being dragged down by the AMD CPU part of the company.

I'm sure doing too many things with little money limits their ability to do R&D, as well as quality of their drivers and the time they are able to spend on optimization (one area where Nvidia excels at).

ATI did pretty well competing with Nvidia before being acquired by AMD, can't help but think they could be really profitable if split out instead of being strapped to the rollercoaster that has been AMD.

Reference: http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/37006-nvidia-announced-record-year-and-q4-revenue



Already happened:

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/10/amd-forms-radeon-graphics-division/