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<m> deal </m> in Chipmaker AMD, hoping to gain a leg up on a resurgent rival Intel (INTC), on July 24 ended months of speculation by saying it would buy graphics chipmaker ATI for about $ 5.4 billion. 
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<m> deal </m> in Yesterday Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ( AMD ) announced its purchase of Canada-based graphics chips maker ATI Technologies Inc. in a US $ 5.4 billion deal that many said would help AMD compete more effectively with Intel Corp., its largest-in-the-world rival. 