Bitcoin Forum
November 07, 2024, 05:25:03 AM
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
News
: Latest Bitcoin Core release:
28.0
[
Torrent
]
Home
Help
Search
Login
Register
More
Bitcoin Forum
>
Local
>
中文 (Chinese)
>
媒体
>
英特尔百亿美元并购Altera究竟图什么?
Pages: [
1
]
« previous topic
next topic »
Print
Author
Topic: 英特尔百亿美元并购Altera究竟图什么? (Read 417 times)
Jackson86
(OP)
Sr. Member
Offline
Activity: 350
Merit: 250
英特尔百亿美元并购Altera究竟图什么?
March 29, 2015, 10:11:59 PM
#1
继传出三星要并购芯片厂商AMD消息不久,日前业内有一则并购传闻引起了轰动,那就是芯片产业老大英特尔欲斥资100多亿美元并购可编程芯片(FPGA)制造商Altera公司,而如果此传闻成真,这将是英特尔并购史上金额最大的并购。上一次英特尔最大的一次并购是在2011年斥资77亿美元收购安全软件厂商McAfee。那么为何英特尔在此时要以如此大手笔并购一家可编程逻辑芯片厂商?此并购对于英特尔的现在和未来会产生何种影响?
提及英特尔,业内更多想到的是传统PC市场的芯片厂商。没错,至少从营收和额利润的角度看,PC仍是硬特尔不可或缺的重头。不过随着以智能手机和平板电脑为代表的移动互联网的兴起,传统PC产业这几年一直处在下滑之中。尽管去年受到微软Windows XP停服的影响,PC市场降幅有所放缓,但随着这一效应的完成,尤其是今年微软Windows10采取的免费及升级方式的大幅变化,要想再创造出去年XP停服拉动PC增长的情景将很难再现,这也是为何不久前IDC再次调低了今年全球PC出货量及英特尔下调今年第一季度财报营收近10亿美元的主要原因。由此看,去年呈现出的PC产业反弹对于英特尔利好的趋势很可能在今年和未来数年间减缓。
与此同时,英特尔在平板电脑和智能手机市场的进展依然缓慢。虽说去年在平板电脑市场超额完成了预期的4000万的出货量,但由于采用激进的补贴,或者说是赔本赚吆喝的策略,让英特尔仅在去年一年,其移动部门运营亏损达到42亿美元,高于2013年的31亿美元。如果加之更早以前以进入移动市场的投入,英特尔在移动市场亏损达百亿美元。当然,英特尔自己也似乎意识到如此赔钱的进入移动市场,即便占到一定的市场份额,其对于自己和股东的商业价值体现也甚微。况且从今年开始,英特尔决定减少或者取消在移动市场的补贴,这使得英特尔能否像去年一样在移动市场攫取到市场份额都成为了疑问。
PC市场继续低迷,移动市场又进展缓慢,但对于英特尔和其股东来说,增长又是必须的,那么剩下的就是以服务器为主的数据中心业务了。说来有些矛盾,移动互联网的发展虽然冲击了英特尔传统的PC业务并让其在移动市场举步维艰,但同时由于智能手机和平板电脑及应用的增长,又让市场对于以服务器为主的数据中心及通信基站的需求激增。这无疑又给了英特尔业务增长的机会。从上个季度的财报看,英特尔数据中心业务已经成为PC之外英特尔第二大营收和利润来源,营收同比增长25%,利润同比增长39%,远高于PC业务3%和18%。所以英特尔现在和未来能否保持增长,以服务器芯片为代表的数据中心的表现至关重要。
虽然说英特尔在以服务器芯片为主的数据中心业务优势明显,但该市场也正因产业的发展而发生着变化。最典型的表现就是从通用到定制化的转变。例如之前是英特尔客户的谷歌、Facebook、亚马逊等全球互联网企业的数据中心,都在向定制化的方向演进,而这之中芯片的高度定制化又是重中之重,也是英特尔能否在未来保持和继续吸引客户的关键。尽管之前英特尔已经在针对不同的客户推出定制化芯片,但与传闻中并购的Altera的定制化相比还有差距。因为Altera所从事的FPGA最大的特点就是可以高度定制化。
重要的是,近期IBM已经将其Power芯片开源(意味着高度的定制化)以进入服务器芯片市场与英特尔竞争,而之前,Altera已然是IBM Power开放联盟的成员,当然我们在此并非说英特尔并购Altera是为了限制IBM Power,而是英特尔需要更强的芯片定制化能力来与对手在服务器市场竞争。
其次就是SoC的整合能力。提及SoC的整合能力,此前一直是英特尔的短板,这在其以智能手机为代表的移动芯片市场的不佳表现最为突出。而随着数据中心对于高能效和成本降低的需求愈加明显,未来的数据中心对于SoC的需求势必会成为趋势,这也是为何在移动市场占据优势的ARM要进入数据中心市场的主要原因。例如不久前ARM阵营移动芯片市场老大高通已正式宣布要进入数据中心的服务器芯片,主打的就是低成本和高能效。这不得不引起英特尔的警觉。毕竟如前面所述,数据中心市场是英特尔未来的增长引擎,为此英特尔需要的不仅是保持而是强化优势来顺应产业趋势的发展和阻止对手的进攻。
除上述之外,由于Altera芯片业务还涉及到汽车、通信、军工等诸多领域,这些无疑会为英特尔芯片业务的扩展提供了可能。还有就是由于此前Altera芯片有部分是交予英特尔工厂和台积电代工,如果并购,之前部分由台积电代工的Altera芯片将可能全部转向英特尔,这对于目前开工率不足的英特尔芯片工厂降低成本不无裨益。
当然并购Altera对于英特尔及其股东最立竿见影的效果是营收的增长率和利润率。据统计,英特尔2014财年营收仅增长6%。相比之下,Altera去年的营收增长率达到了12%左右,而在利润率上,Altera是在半导体厂商中仅次于英特尔排名第二大企业。
综上所述,我们认为英特尔欲百亿美元并购Altera是在PC增长无望和进军移动市场无果被动之下的主动选择。即在顺应产业发展大势的同时,防止对手进入同时强化自身核心优势的数据中心业务,同时为其等待PC业务复苏和继续发力移动市场赢得时间。
▓▓▓ BITMIXER.IO ▓▓▓
▓▓▓ High Volume Bitcoin MIXER ▓▓▓
Pages: [
1
]
Print
Bitcoin Forum
>
Local
>
中文 (Chinese)
>
媒体
>
英特尔百亿美元并购Altera究竟图什么?
« previous topic
next topic »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Bitcoin
-----------------------------
=> Bitcoin Discussion
===> Legal
===> Press
===> Meetups
===> Important Announcements
=> Development & Technical Discussion
===> Wallet software
=====> Electrum
=====> Bitcoin Wallet for Android
=====> BitcoinJ
=====> Armory
=====> Mycelium
=====> Hardware wallets
=> Mining
===> Mining support
===> Pools
===> Mining software (miners)
===> Hardware
=====> Group buys
===> Mining speculation
=> Bitcoin Technical Support
=> Project Development
-----------------------------
Economy
-----------------------------
=> Economics
===> Speculation
=> Marketplace
===> Goods
=====> Computer hardware
=====> Digital goods
=======> Invites & Accounts
=====> Collectibles
===> Services
===> Currency exchange
===> Gambling
=====> Games and rounds
=====> Investor-based games
=====> Gambling discussion
===> Lending
=====> Long-term offers
===> Securities
===> Auctions
===> Service Announcements
=====> Micro Earnings
===> Service Discussion
=====> Web Wallets
=====> Exchanges
=> Trading Discussion
===> Scam Accusations
===> Reputation
-----------------------------
Other
-----------------------------
=> Meta
===> New forum software
===> Bitcoin Wiki
=> Politics & Society
=> Beginners & Help
=> Off-topic
=> Serious discussion
===> Ivory Tower
=> Archival
===> Корзина
===> CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
===> Chinese students
===> Obsolete (buying)
===> Obsolete (selling)
===> MultiBit
-----------------------------
Alternate cryptocurrencies
-----------------------------
=> Altcoin Discussion
=> Announcements (Altcoins)
===> Tokens (Altcoins)
=> Mining (Altcoins)
===> Pools (Altcoins)
=> Marketplace (Altcoins)
===> Service Announcements (Altcoins)
===> Service Discussion (Altcoins)
===> Bounties (Altcoins)
=> Speculation (Altcoins)
-----------------------------
Local
-----------------------------
=> العربية (Arabic)
===> العملات البديلة (Altcoins)
=====> النقاشات
===> إستفسارات و أسئلة المبتدئين
===> التعدين
===> النقاشات الأخرى
===> منصات التبادل
=> Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
===> Marketplace (Bahasa Indonesia)
===> Mining (Bahasa Indonesia)
===> Altcoins (Bahasa Indonesia)
===> Trading dan Spekulasi
===> Ekonomi, Politik, dan Budaya
===> Topik Lainnya
=> Español (Spanish)
===> Mercado y Economía
=====> Servicios
=====> Trading y especulación
===> Hardware y Minería
===> Esquina Libre
===> Mercadillo
=====> Mexico
=====> Argentina
=====> España
=====> Centroamerica y Caribe
===> Primeros pasos y ayuda
===> Altcoins (criptomonedas alternativas)
=====> Minería de altcoins
=====> Servicios
=====> Tokens (Español)
=> 中文 (Chinese)
===> 跳蚤市场
===> 山寨币
===> 媒体
===> 挖矿
===> 离题万里
=> Hrvatski (Croatian)
===> Trgovina
===> Altcoins (Hrvatski)
=====> Announcements (Hrvatski)
===> Off-topic (Hrvatski)
=> Deutsch (German)
===> Anfänger und Hilfe
===> Mining (Deutsch)
===> Trading und Spekulation
===> Projektentwicklung
===> Off-Topic (Deutsch)
===> Treffen
===> Presse
===> Altcoins (Deutsch)
=====> Announcements (Deutsch)
===> Marktplatz
=====> Auktionen
=====> Suche
=====> Biete
=> Ελληνικά (Greek)
===> Αγορά
===> Mining Discussion (Ελληνικά)
===> Altcoins (Ελληνικά)
=====> Altcoin Announcements (Ελληνικά)
=====> Altcoin Mining (Ελληνικά)
=> עברית (Hebrew)
=> Français
===> Actualité et News
===> Débutants
===> Discussions générales et utilisation du Bitcoin
===> Mining et Hardware
===> Économie et spéculation
===> Place de marché
=====> Échanges
=====> Produits et services
=====> Petites annonces
===> Le Bitcoin et la loi
===> Wiki, documentation et traduction
===> Développement et technique
===> Vos sites et projets
===> Hors-sujet
===> Altcoins (Français)
=====> Annonces
=> India
===> Mining (India)
===> Marketplace (India)
===> Regional Languages (India)
===> Press & News from India
===> Alt Coins (India)
===> Buyer/ Seller Reputations (India)
===> Off-Topic (India)
=> Italiano (Italian)
===> Guide (Italiano)
===> Progetti
===> Discussioni avanzate e sviluppo
===> Trading, analisi e speculazione
===> Mercato
=====> Mercato valute
=====> Beni
=====> Servizi
=====> Esercizi commerciali
=====> Hardware/Mining (Italiano)
=====> Gambling (Italiano)
===> Accuse scam/truffe
===> Mining (Italiano)
===> Alt-Currencies (Italiano)
=====> Annunci
===> Raduni/Meeting (Italiano)
===> Crittografia e decentralizzazione
===> Off-Topic (Italiano)
=> 日本語 (Japanese)
===> アルトコイン
=> Nederlands (Dutch)
===> Markt
===> Gokken/lotterijen
===> Mining (Nederlands)
===> Beurzen
===> Alt Coins (Nederlands)
===> Off-topic (Nederlands)
===> Meetings (Nederlands)
=> Nigeria (Naija)
===> Politics and society (Naija)
===> Off-topic (Naija)
=> 한국어 (Korean)
===> 대체코인 Alt Coins (한국어)
=> Pilipinas
===> Altcoins (Pilipinas)
=====> Altcoin Announcements (Pilipinas)
===> Pamilihan
===> Others (Pilipinas)
=> Polski
===> Tablica ogłoszeń
===> Alternatywne kryptowaluty
=====> Nowe kryptowaluty i tokeny
=====> Tablica ogłoszeń (altcoiny)
=> Português (Portuguese)
===> Primeiros Passos (Iniciantes)
===> Economia & Mercado
===> Mineração em Geral
===> Desenvolvimento & Discussões Técnicas
===> Criptomoedas Alternativas
===> Brasil
===> Portugal
=> Русский (Russian)
===> Новички
===> Бизнес
=====> Барахолка
=====> Обменники
===> Идеи
===> Кодеры
===> Майнеры
===> Политика
===> Трейдеры
===> Альтернативные криптовалюты
=====> Токены
=====> Бayнти и aиpдpoпы
===> Хайпы
===> Работа
===> Разное
===> Oбcyждeниe Bitcoin
=====> Новости
=====> Юристы
=> Română (Romanian)
===> Anunturi importante
===> Offtopic
===> Market
=====> Discutii Servicii
===> Minerit
===> Tutoriale
===> Bine ai venit!
===> Presa
===> Altcoins (Monede Alternative)
=====> Anunturi Monede Alternative
=> Skandinavisk
=> Türkçe (Turkish)
===> Bitcoin Haberleri
===> Pazar Alanı
===> Madencilik
===> Ekonomi
===> Servisler
=====> Fonlar
===> Proje Geliştirme
===> Alternatif Kripto-Paralar
=====> Madencilik (Alternatif Kripto-Paralar)
=====> Duyurular (Alternatif Kripto-Paralar)
===> Konu Dışı
===> Yeni Başlayanlar & Yardım
===> Buluşmalar
=> Other languages/locations
Loading...