Sales of A.M.D.'s graphics chips, the result of the ATI acquisition, rose 29percentt from the second quarter, to $252 million.
But they are growing, with the size of the average Indian foreign acquisition rising tenfold, to $315m, in recent years.
Rolls-Royce's underlying pre-tax profit for 2013, excluding an acquisition, rose 23% to £1.76bn – near the top of analyst forecasts.
It also ensures that startups like Rise stay ahead of the competition, even though it's a pretty early stage to make an acquisition (Rise has raised $4.3 million to date).
Newspaper advertising revenue, adjusted for acquisitions, rose 1.9percentto to $1 billion, after two quarters of declines.
Profit, excluding costs associated with acquisitions, rose to 88 cents a share, the company said.
Its profit, excluding certain expenses related to acquisitions, rose 52percenttoto $3.1 billion, or 88 cents a share.
Over all, the global volume of mergers and acquisitions rose 7.6 percent last year, to $2.54 trillion, from 2010, according to Thomson Reuters.
Underlying pre-tax profits, excluding payments related to acquisitions, rose by 11.5% to £42.8m and revenues were up 14% to £623m.
Revenue, adjusted for acquisitions, rose 13percentto to $5.77 billion from $5.12 billion, while cash flow, often used to measure the performance of media companies, jumped 18percentto to $1.2 billion from $1 billion.
