With Intel Corp.'s $16.7 billion purchase of Altera Corp. done , the question is now what will be the next big sale in the chipmaking industry? The agreement combines two companies that are already partners, and it would enable Intel to boost its revenue, but what does it mean for the industry as a whole? "This notion of compute which a lot of people when they say compute they think of the CPU is diversifying," said Patrick Moorhead , president and principal analyst for Moore Insights and Strategy. "Our definition of compute is broadening (now including by This is also part of the greater trend of the consolidation of the semiconductor industry.