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Re:Qualcomm to buy NXP for $38B in largest chip deal by ableal on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:03AM (#12804747)
> fighting Intel

At the close of the 19th century, the Jules Verne novels occasionally featured an 'arms race' for the biggest possible cannon.

Then in the 20th they just slapped smaller ordnance on tanks and planes. Mobile platforms ...

Re:Qualcomm to buy NXP for $38B in largest chip deal by mtgx on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:41AM (#12806014)
I understand, but there's still a whole lot of value Qualcomm could capture going after Intel's much more profitable businesses, like the server market. Going "up-market" as Clayton Christensen put it. If everything goes well with IoT and this acquisition, Qualcomm may still do that, but not expecting it to happen for another 10+ years now.