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Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm hinges on NXP deal; Qualcomm raises offer for NXP to $44 billion After extending its tender offer to NXP shareholders earlier this month, Qualcomm has now …

Following Wednesday meeting with Broadcom, Qualcomm board is “focused on maximizing value” for shareholders While Qualcomm’s Board still says Broadcom’s proposed acquisition price of $120 billion undervalues the San Diego-based …

The need for distributed intelligence Advancements in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning have taken the cloud to new heights over the past few years. Despite this progress, however, one …

Arm announces Project Trillium Arm introduced a new processor platform, called Project Trillium, as part of an initiative to bring machine learning to mobile edge devices. The platform includes two …

A Qualcomm-Broadcom marriage could be hammered out on Valentines Day, according to published reports — or Qualcomm could once again reject Broadcom’s proposal. Broadcom continues its quest to acquire Qualcomm …

NXP/Qualcomm deal is major premise of recent “best and final” offer from Broadcom The Qualcomm subsidiary working to acquire NXP extended to Feb. 23 the cash tender offer period afforded …

In addition to OEM support, Qualcomm is working on 5G with 18 major global operators SAN DIEGO–Qualcomm announced today that its X50 modem will be used by more than a …

New offer values Qualcomm at roughly $120 billion Broadcom has increased its bid for Qualcomm by 17%, and is now offering shareholders $82 per share. Investors seemed unimpressed by the …

ReefShark 5G chipsets focused on enabling massive MIMO and promise throughput of 84 Gbps per module Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018, Nokia today made major announcements to its 5G …

Fine related to Qualcomm agreement with Apple regarding LTE chipsets The European Union Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager this week announced a $1.2 billion fine against chipmaker Qualcomm, alleging the …

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich begins CES with keynote presentation Las Vegas, Nev. — Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week with a keynote presentation …

Patches to Intel kernel flaw could slow down computers by 30 % An apparent security flaw has been reportedly found in almost every Intel processor chip made in the last …

Snapdragon 845 brings major advancements in immersive AV, AI, security, connectivity and performance For the past five year, Qualcomm Technologies has spent more than $1 billion per quarter on research …

Broadcom today said it plans to nominate 11 board members for election to Qualcomm’s board of directors at an annual shareholders meeting in March. This move, potentially signaling a move …

Momentum for Gigabit LTE continues to improve as more operators and device makers get on board. A recent third-party study underscores the benefits of the new technology to both end …

Amazon offers tools to help deploy MCU-based connected devices NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch global semiconductor manufacturer, introduced the LPC54018 MCU-based IoT module with support for the recently launched Amazon FreeRTOS …

Marvell makes offer for telecom chip maker Cavium The semiconductor market continues to consolidate, with Marvell Technology Group making a $6 billion bid for chipmaker Cavium. The transaction has been …

After taking a week to review Broadcom’s unsolicited $130 billion buy-out offer, the Qualcomm Board of Directors today announced it has “unanimously rejected” the bid. Qualcomm Incorporated Executive Chairman and …

Qualcomm is reviewing the “unsolicited” offer Other than to say it has received Broadcom’s “unsolicited” 12-figure acquisition offer, and will review with its financial and legal advisors, “Qualcomm will have …

Arm fellow speaks about the limits the semiconductor industry is facing Santa Clara, Cali. – Advances in silicon processing technologies has brought the semiconductor industry into a transitional, intermediate state of …

The operator plans a trial during the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang HONG KONG–South Korean mobile carrier KT confirmed plans to launch commercial 5G services in 2019, the company’s SVP …

Qualcomm is prepping to support 600 MHz as the spectrum repack continues HONG KONG–Qualcomm Technologies announced new additions to the RF front-end (RFFE) portfolio that is designed to provide comprehensive …

Qualcomm pushing to support rapid commercialization of 5G NR in 2019 HONG KONG–Qualcomm Technologies announced it has successfully achieved a 5G data connection on a 5G modem chipset for mobile …

New RF SOC to support 5G, DOCSIS 3.1, test applications Xilinx aims to support the ongoing evolution across both wired and wireless networks with its new radio frequency system-on-chip release. …

LAA demonstration, which builds on field tests, is set for Mobile World Congress Americas Earlier this year AT&T worked with infrastructure vendor Ericsson on a field trial of License Assisted …