Qualcomm purchases Broadcom

[Rys]

:lol:

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/6/6/nvidia-scores-motorola-design-win2c-eyes-phones2c-tablets-for-4q-2010.aspx

This is not the first time the two companies have worked together. After the AMD and ATI tie-up and shaky future of Imageon processors [division which AMD indeed sold to Broadcom, now part of Qualcomm], Motorola shipped RAZR phones with the nVidia GoForce 4800 chip.

[Ike Turner]

:lol:

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/6/6/nvidia-scores-motorola-design-win2c-eyes-phones2c-tablets-for-4q-2010.aspx

lol didn't he also announce back then (based on some super awesome source inside of NOKIA!?) that Windows Mobile 7 (now Windows Phone 7) was delayed until 2011. This guy is only seeking pageviews.

[darkblu]

Isn't there a law in the States agains blattant, factually wrong journalism? Something like 'criminal sloppiness/terminal disinformaton'? Imagine I was a journalist who was commonly referring to the president as O'Harra, instead of Obama - would that pass?

[Grall]

Isn't there a law in the States agains blattant, factually wrong journalism? Something like 'criminal sloppiness/terminal disinformaton'?
Only if you were trying to deliberately slander/defame, or affect stock rates or such I believe...

Anyway, didn't one of the top execs of Broadcom get his ass slung in the slammer last year after getting caught with hookers and blow, or somesuch? :lol: I seem to remember reading something like that in the news...

[Ike Turner]

Only if you were trying to deliberately slander/defame, or affect stock rates or such I believe...

Anyway, didn't one of the top execs of Broadcom get his ass slung in the slammer last year after getting caught with hookers and blow, or somesuch? :lol: I seem to remember reading something like that in the news...

Yup the CEO of Broadcum

[Arun]

Talking of Broadcom (this is a very random thread, perfect for this random thing I suppose!) they've just acquired Innovision, a UK IP provider for NFC (Near Field Communications). This is a crazy aggressive move; it's a very small company, but to put it in perspective it's exactly as if Intel or Apple announced they were buying Imaginations tommorow - that's no exaggeration.

I can imagine execs at the likes of Texas Instruments and CSR must be having a lot of very fun meetings today! Heck, even NXP (which was the lead innovator early on) became a licensee for one of their cores in 2009. Given that Broadcom was certainly a licensee and licensing agreements with their competitors will have to be fulfilled, I wonder what exactly Broadcom hopes they can gain from this besides an extremely long-term R&D advantage (which seems pointless today but might be very valuable when NFC starts getting integrated directly into baseband chips).