Published 1/20/2009
by Larry Dignan
at CNET News - Business Tech
This was originally posted at ZDNet's Between the Lines .
Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired "certain graphics and
multimedia technology assets" from Advanced Micro Devices' handheld business.
The acquisition was only for $65 million, so we're not talking a huge deal, but what used to constitute AMD'...
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