Broadcom really wants to buy Qualcomm

The chip-making giant just offered to buy Qualcomm for a record-breaking $130B -- and if it goes through, it'll be the largest acquisition in tech history.

The chip-making giant just put it all on the table with an offer to buy Qualcomm for a record-breaking $130B. If the deal goes through, it would be the largest acquisition in tech history.

Broadcom really wants to buy Qualcomm

And yet, Qualcomm has taken offense to the offer, believing the record-breaking number actually “undervalues” them as a company.

Daaang Qualcomm, who do you think you are?

As the cellular modem in most smartphones, Qualcomm basically has a monopoly on the SoC (System on a Chip) market and, thanks to their ironclad patents, brands that don’t use Qualcomm have to pay up big time.

Even Apple (a company that makes its own SoCs) uses a Qualcomm chip in the iPhone. And when they realized changing modems would mean paying billions of dollars in royalties, Apple sued the company for collecting “extortion-level royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with.”

Makin’ enemies left and right

Upon the news of Broadcom’s offer, Qualcomm’s stock soared 13% — but they’re still entrenched in a massive legal battle with Apple, and if they lose, it could undermine the integrity of the company in a big way.

In other words, maybe they should take the deal before the modem gets too hot.

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