alt Hacker NewsLegit feels like Nvidia just buying out competition to maintain their position and power in the industry. I sincerely hope they fall flat on their face.
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piskov • yesterday at 10:03 PM
Stuff like tinygrad will change this. Geohot already made nvidia run on macs via thunderbolt.
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cmrdporcupine • today at 2:20 AM
That's unfortunately what most acquisitions are.
_zoltan_ • yesterday at 10:22 PM
which is exactly what a business should do.
it's not like Nvidia doesn't invest a ton into R&D, but hey, they have the cash, why not use it? like a good business.
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> Legit feels like Nvidia just buying out competition to maintain their position and power
Well, I mean, isn't that exactly what they should be doing? (I'm not talking about whether or not it benefits society; this is more along the lines of how they're incentivized.)
Put yourself in their shoes. If you had all that cash, and you're hearing people talk of an "AI Bubble" on a daily basis, and you want to try and ensure that you ride the wave without ever crashing... the only rational thing to do is use the money to try and cover all your bases. This means buying competitors and it also means diversifying a little bit.