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Originally Posted by rdjack21
I would be surprised if any patents are included at all considering that they are just looking to purchase the OMAP processors.
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But the processor themselves will be useless without at least some IP coverage in the deal. TI has extensive cross-licensing deals in place with other telecom and semiconductor vendors, Amazon doesn't. And OMAP itself is mostly IP anyway; the CPU core is just another licensed ARM design.
More, though: we don't know *what* they are supposed to be buying. It could be the design alone or the design and staff or the whole operation including the aging facilities. Its just a sketchy rumor.
But if Amazon is spending "billions", they'll likely be getting "billions" worth of value. And the aging foundries aren't necessarily part of the deal. TI can still use them for their other products while Amazon could contract out for manufacturing separately as Microsoft and Apple do.
What is in the deal--if it is more than a rumor--will tell us what Amazon is up to.
And since Amazon is so secretive, reading the tea leaves is the only way to even guess what they intend to do.