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Does not look good for mobile phone manufacturers if it goes through
by qaq 9y ago
Does not look good for mobile phone manufacturers if it goes through
- ac29 9y agoI wonder if this would push Google to move into the smartphone SoC business, perhaps in collaboration with Intel, who already makes a NN processor in the new Pixel, an LTE modem for some recent iPhones, and obviously has CPU/GPU experience in x86 (and could probably design and fab a pretty competitive ARM core if they wanted to). Google has the cash to do this, and their recent acquisition of HTC engineering talent suggests they are serious about pushing forwards as a high-end smartphone maker. edit: Given more thought, I wonder if Google was already headed down this track. This mega-merger would only be additional incentive.
- remir 9y agoGoogle buying Qualcomm? That could be interesting for sure, but I don't think that would happen.
- ac29 9y agoIf it wasn't clear, I was suggesting a Google-Intel design collaboration, and Google dropping Qualcomm from future products. I don't think Google has any interest in buying Qualcomm.
- Namidairo 9y agoDepending on how custom the "Pixel Visual Core" is, it appears Google may already have the intention
- TheGrassyKnoll 9y agoHow'd that $13 billion Motorola buy work out for them ?
- skinnymuch 9y agoThey got most of the value back selling off the pieces. They kept the patents and a few other things. All things considered it went pretty well. At worst it was a minor side step and didn't do much to Google in negative ways.
- qaq 9y agoGreat they mostly cared about patent portfolio the rest of Motorola was just a side bonus