What happens to PS4 and XBone if AMD goes belly up?

[dougdangger]

Serious question guys.  With AMD in the red and their stocks around $1.60 per share things aren't looking good.  If they go belly up would it mean the end of the current gen consoles?  Since AMD owns the patents and designs and they're the ones manufacturing the hardware, if they go bye bye would that mean no more PS4/XBone?

[spartaman64]

microsoft and sony can probably buy the plants and keep on making them

[Picky Peep]

Then it'll be the reign of the Nvidia Shield... unfortunately.

[seabass9990]

my guess is that sony and microsoft would somehow buy the patents to the tech and source them out to someone else. or we could be looking at a new console launch already

[Swndlr]

The world joins PCMR?

/kappa

[Dabombinable]

We would probably see Intel modifying one of their current processors for them (think original Xbox-modified Pentium III) and Nvidia making a custom GPU for them (think original Xbox).PS might end up going the super computer route again like the PS3.

[Textosterone]

(sorry off topic) but Donald Trump is my hero.

[dougdangger]

(sorry off topic) but Donald Trump is my hero.

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[Textosterone]

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Im being serious kek

[dougdangger]

my guess is that sony and microsoft would somehow buy the patents to the tech and source them out to someone else. or we could be looking at a new console launch already

Very good point but wouldn't sony and microsoft try to outbid one another or buy the patents/technology separately?

 

So if Microsoft buys AMD then Sony will be at their mercy unless they're willing to scrub off the PS4 and start over.

[Agent181]

my guess is that sony and microsoft would somehow buy the patents to the tech and source them out to someone else. or we could be looking at a new console launch already

They can't Intel amended their liscences with amd if they do get bought out so nobody else would be able to make them

[Sharkyx1]

They can't Intel amended their liscences with amd if they do get bought out so nobody else would be able to make them

Well intel can't run their business without AMD licenses so if the contract was void a new one would be created

 

as For OP the R&D is complete for the chips AMD is only being paid a small amount for the tech, TSMC is manufacturing the chips and that will continue even if AMD was to go bankrupt, TSMC would just continue making the designs