Comment by londons_explore 3 days ago
AMD's CEO is the cousin of Nvidias CEO.
Neither will encroach too much on the others turf. The two companies don't want to directly compete on the things that really drive the share price.
The long history of both companies doing a half-assed job of entering the others markets speaks differently.
Every 'run cuda on AMD' project gets bought then cancelled. Every cuda alternative is understaffed and cancelled as soon as it starts to gain any traction, etc.
To me it looks like a clear attempt to not hurt each others businesses whilst being deny-able if anyone accuses them of unfair market practices/collusion.
Distant cousins, and they had never met until they were both CEOs. This is a stupid trope and people need to stop using it.