Are AMD and NVIDIA destined for a blessed union?  One analyst
argues that a combination of two major rivals could create a …
Some Wall Street analysts can make a lot of sense, even when
their ideas come from deep in left field.  Doug Freedman, a
technology analyst with American Technology Research, sent out a
client note today where he posited that NVIDIA might buy AMD.
It's not as crazy as it sounds.  Some observers, Freedman
included, think that NVIDIA chief Jen-Hsun Huang would make a
great CEO for AMD. Hector Ruiz and his merry men have lost a lot
of Street cred over the past couple of years through a series of
product delays and financial shenanigans, overpromises, and
underdelivery.  Huang has a fine track record of melding
technologies from his own company and acquired competitors
(think 3dfx here, which turned into the highly successful NV30
architecture). Just imagine what he could do with all of ATI's
graphics and platform technologies, including direct access to
the processor architecture and its