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Acquired - A Podcast About Technology Acquisitions & IPOs: Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom
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Published on 20 Nov 2017. Ben & David cover the proposed largest tech M&A deal of all time, and in the process dive into the evolving dynamics of the industry that started everything in Silicon Valley—silicon. Just when VCs thought innovation was dead in semiconductors, a new wave of startups and large companies are redrawing the lines of competition in an industry dominated for a half-century by the “Wintel” duopoly of Intel and Microsoft. Topics Covered Include: * Innovation and disruption in the semiconductor industry over the past two years * Intel’s acquisition of Nervana * Graphcore and other ML-focused semiconductor startups * CDMA and the telephone network effect * Qualcomm’s early cell phone handsets * Vertical integration + commoditization in smartphone chipsets The Carve Out: * Ben: The de-watering of Niagara Falls * David: Big Daddy’s Antiques * Bonus: The Mystery Show Sponsor: * Thanks to Perkins Coie, Counsel to Great Companies, for sponsoring this podcast. You can get in touch with Nick Ferrer, who you heard at the beginning of this podcast, here.
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