Here are 12 chip companies that will probably get bought in the next few years
In my continuing series of listicles, I wanted to follow up my note from last week about the acquirors in semis, with a piece today on the likely targets. The […]
In my continuing series of listicles, I wanted to follow up my note from last week about the acquirors in semis, with a piece today on the likely targets. The […]
Yesterday, Avago announced it was going to acquire Broadcom. These are both big companies, and their combination puts them squarely into the top five of global chip companies. As I mentioned in […]
I had an odd conversation recently. Speaking to a friend at Qualcomm, he said that the management team there was really worried about Jana Partners’ activist attack on the company. […]
Last week, activist fund Jana Partners published a letter calling on Qualcomm to take several steps to improve shareholder value. (I know I am late in writing about this, but […]
One of the clearest trends over the past few years has been Qualcomm’s dominance of the LTE modem market. I have written about it a bit in the past, and […]
Last week I posted on overview of the RF semis market. I wrote that I expected some big announcements in the space during MWC. I was sadly disappointed. Nothing much […]
One of the biggest pieces of news last week was the sale of Freescale to NXP. Both companies have products targeting mobile, but neither can be considered overly reliant on […]
The RF Semis Market is about to undergo some dramatic shifts. For the past two years I have been neck deep in that market, but am no longer employed there. […]
I have no idea if Apple is going to build a car, but if they were, I think we would see signs of preparation in the supply chain two years ahead of a launch.
Qualcomm announced a settlement of the NDRC China investigation. The very dense press release raises as many questions as it answers. Bad news: a 46% reduction in royalty rates. Good news: lots of friends in China, audit rights and the ability to charge royalties for TD phones. Hard to fully gauge, but seems like a net positive.