> By the way, VLSI is the remains of a real technology company that went out of business... because its IP was blatantly copied. They had no choice but to sell out to a patent troll.

I'd like to hear more about this. Wikipedia seems to say that VLSI Technology was an original investor in ARM Ltd. (which seems like it should have been worth something), was acquired by Philips in 1999, and continues to operate as part of Philips spinoff NXP Semiconductors.

Is this VLSI a different company?