I remember when they bought a smart glasses company then refunded every buyer ever the full retail price. There hasn’t been an Intel acquisition that has worked out in some 20 years now it seems. Just utterly unserious people.
Maybe Habana Labs?
I can't really tell if it's working out for Intel, but I do hear them mentioned now and then.
Haven't heard much about successful Google acquisitions lately though.
But I guess thats the problem - I had to provide an example
Apple does really well on its rare acquisitions, but they aren't very public as they get successfully absorbed. PA Semi, Intrinsity, more I can't remember.
ATi and Xilinx have by all accounts worked out really well for AMD.