Intel Acquires Creative's ZiiLabs (3DLabs)

[schmidtbag]

I don't get it - is buying out ZiiLabs really more cost effective than intel just doing the work themselves? This is my problem with companies like intel and microsoft - they're filthy rich and have a pointlessly large staff yet they can't make a product to compete on their own? Seriously, while intel's latest IGPs are decent, it took way too long for a company that powerful to get something just considered adequate.

As for Creative, them doing poorly is 100% their fault. It was naiive of them to expect integrated audio to never be good enough. They had PLENTY of chances to get their products to be integrated in motherboards but I've only heard of maybe 3 motherboards that ever used their products. Audio is one of those things where it's almost as good as it can get - there could be a point where there won't be any new audio controllers, just revisions of the same controller to be cheaper and more power efficient. It won't take long for integrated audio to be better or as good as some of Creative's best cards.

[tuke81]

http://www.creative.com/corporate/pressroom/releases/welcome.asp?pid=13300

So intel does not acquire whole ziilabs, ziilabs will still be creative's after the deal. Ziilabs makes arm devises, which I don't think that intel is interested about. Maybe more like graphics portfolio patents and engineers.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Acquires Creative's ZiiLabs (3DLabs)

It's been announced this morning that Intel is acquiring ZiiLabs, the subsidiary of Creative Labs that previously was 3DLabs. Intel is gaining "certain engineering resources and assets" plus licensing rights to certain ZiiLabs patents and other technologies surrounding the GPU...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTIzMjk