Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

That said, Cloudera is now probably affordable if Intel wants to acquire...watch this space!

Intel literally bought their way in by paying 2X per share what other investors in a funding round immediately preceding Intel by literally about a month paid. So $350+M for the "privilege" to be a minority investor.

Not sure what the point of such an approach could ever have been - other than vanity investment for DB and BK. Ridiculous waste of money, like the many vanity investments BK seems to like (Basis, etc.) Shareholders and BOD should be aghast at the ease at which this company throws money away.

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You sure have a boner for Cloudera OP. Looks like you are looking forward for it to be buried 6 feet under like past Intel acquisitions.

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Well, you have to define 'successful'.

All of the silicon acquisitions, particularly in the 1999-2001 range, died either a mercifully quick or painfully slow death as Intel tried to assimilate both the silicon and the teams they acquired. None of that stuff, even in derivative form, is around today.

Altera is still WIP. They were largely left alone to continue their cash flow, and their decline seems abated, for now. I do not hold out much hope for integration with Xeon, but if they can transition this year to newer processes, they'll be OK as an FPGA division. For now.

Infineon - probably positive, if it led to an Apple win, even for a short time.

McAfee is debatable. They were also never integrated into Intel, socially, organizationally or technically. Their own culture survived, and they are out, with little hit to their bottom or top line numbers (no growth, but no loss). Intel will still reap benefits from their position in the spin-off. I'd call it a push.

WindRiver was a disaster. Also never really integrated, and it's a mess. Some good people there.

Other SW acquisitions are hard to tell. Cloudera is off to a bad start as an investment - others here are suggesting Intel just buy them outright to hedge their initial investment. Whamcloud, Mashery, Aepona, so many others - these just make me cringe.

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Has Intel ever done a successful acquisition?

I don't think so.

Ever.

That's pretty bad for a company that's nearly 50 years old.

Not a single one - baffling stupidity at the top.

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