ati develops the actual GPU, and within another branch that they have, they make the video card [ including the chipset ] and they sell it as "genuine" ATI.

They also have contracts with other companies like asus, hercules, or whoever that makes their own chipset to run ATI's GPU's.

how does "giving it away" and "not wanting to deal with it anymore" have to do with them subcontracting out their designs? That seems like a big chunk of non-fact driven opinion