Why Lattice Semiconductor buying a x86_64 BIOS company shows engineer disrespect

Lattice Semiconductor has acquired American Megatrends, a BIOS firmware company, for one point six five billion dollars. On Hacker News, technologists are questioning the strategic value, with some arguing that open source components for functions like Secure Boot and hardware acceleration might have served Lattice's needs without the billion-dollar price tag. The commentary also references Lattice's previous licensing disputes with the open source community over its FPGA tools — policies the company said it would revise after community feedback.

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