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minus-squarerhysAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-29 hours agoIf this comes to pass, it’s remarkable to think about how close we might have come to a timeline where Broadcom acquired VMware, Qualcomm, and Intel. A chill just went down my spine.
minus-squarerhysAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 hours agoNo, but they attempted a hostile takeover in 2017 that looked close to succeeding before the President issued an executive order preventing it.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 hours agoThey wanted to, and Qualcomm’s board blocked it. They tried to go forward anyway, and Trump stopped them in 2017.
If this comes to pass, it’s remarkable to think about how close we might have come to a timeline where Broadcom acquired VMware, Qualcomm, and Intel.
A chill just went down my spine.
Broadcom owns Qualcomm too?
No, but they attempted a hostile takeover in 2017 that looked close to succeeding before the President issued an executive order preventing it.
They wanted to, and Qualcomm’s board blocked it. They tried to go forward anyway, and Trump stopped them in 2017.