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That's kind of interesting considering Qualcomm spent plenty-o-millions not many years ago to develop the ARM64 Falcor core and Centriq server SoC, only to thro
by jabl 6y ago
That's kind of interesting considering Qualcomm spent plenty-o-millions not many years ago to develop the ARM64 Falcor core and Centriq server SoC, only to throw it all away just before it was supposed to hit the market.
- klelatti 6y agoThat was in response to the Broadcom bid I think? Corporate vandalism.
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- wyldfire 6y agoIt is a shame but I think they figured they had to go on a diet or risk an LBO.
- robocat 6y agoIs this a common scenario? Bet all capital on a new product, and get bought out at the low point in market valuation: before the product has shown promise and the market price has still not recovered? Edit: I am wondering about older companies more than startups (presumably it is more common for startups that look like failing but are actually on brink of success).
- wyldfire 6y agoI don't think it's common, no. In the 1980s I think it happened more often (because they had a lot of assets that weren't reflected in the valuation maybe?). But in Qualcomm's case they were arguably undervalued because of ongoing regulation/lawsuits regarding their licensing practices. IIRC they had shipped their Amberwing Centriq CPU but the reception was kinda lukewarm. AWS ended up introducing Graviton not long after - presumably AWS wouldn't have sourced Centriq if they had their own designs in the works. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Centriq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Centriq
- imtringued 6y agoThat's how every ARM server project ends. This is not going to be different.