Broadcom said its $121 billion acquisition proposal for Qualcomm is the “best and final” offer after the target’s board unanimously rejected the sweetened bid, likely leaving the future of the hostile takeover bid to be decided by shareholders next month. Qualcomm was impelled by Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan to discuss the $82 per share offer and dangled the…
The Snapdragon 700 line of processors will power more affordable devices this year, especially in China. The days to shell out big bucks to get high-end smartphone features with artificial intelligence will soon be behind us. This Tuesday, Qualcomm launched a new line of processor family, which aims at bringing premium features to more affordable smartphones, particularly…
According to leaks, Qualcomm will be announcing the Snapdragon 855 later this year. What lithography the SoC would be taking advantage of is unclear though. With the Snapdragon 845 being made on the second-generation 10nm FinFET process, there were rumours of the 7nm FinFET node being used for the Snapdragon 855. Now, according to…