Hopefully it will mean they stand in a better position to compete against the industry leaders (Nvidia and Intel) and therefore bring out more competitive products, I just hope it doesn't mean a loss in compatibly between the aforementioned competing businesses.
A quote from their press release:
press releaseAMD?s acquisition of ATI will position the new company to deliver innovations that fulfil the increasing demand for more integrated solutions in key market segments while also continuing to develop ?best-of-breed? discrete products that empower customers to choose the combination of technologies that best serves their needs.
In 2008 and beyond, AMD aims to move beyond current technological configurations to transform processing technologies, with silicon-specific platforms that integrate microprocessors and graphics processors to address the growing need for general-purpose, media-centric, data-centric and graphic-centric performance.
Thus, the combined company intends to empower its customers to create their own unique products and solutions within an open-innovation ecosystem free from artificial barriers to customer success.
