Intel

November 17, 2016 3:23 PM

IoT and the mergers and acquisitions race for silicon

Gary Orenstein Profile: Gary Orenstein

ARM, Avago, Broadcom, Intel, Internet of Things, iot, M&A, nxp, Qualcomm, Semiconductor, semiconductors, Silicon

The internet of things is, as the name implies, a merging of bits and physical objects. Those objects represent a ripe destination for new types of silicon chips, prompting a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the semiconductor market. The most recent news is the acquisition of NXP by...