US President Donald Trump has reportedly blocked Broadcom’s proposed takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds.
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Broadcom calls out Qualcomm for dodging takeover talks
Qualcomm has recently said that it is open for a new meeting to negotiate an increase to Broadcom’s $117 billion acquisition offer. However, Broadcom recently called a proposal by US semiconductor peer, “engagement theater” aimed at dodging the deal. 0 2727
Apple issues update to fix Spectre chip flaw
According to reports, the supplemental security update likely addresses the Spectre flaw that affected Safari and may contain further mitigations for Meltdown.
Samsung to start producing faster 10nm chips
Samsung has announced that it is already working on producing faster and even more power-efficient chips than the ones it uses the latest Galaxy S8 smartphones.