Comment by kccqzy
6 hours ago
Well Google has reduced reliance on Broadcom already. They found a new hardware partner, MediaTek, that’s probably much, much cheaper than Broadcom.
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/broadc...
6 hours ago
Well Google has reduced reliance on Broadcom already. They found a new hardware partner, MediaTek, that’s probably much, much cheaper than Broadcom.
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/broadc...
> Well Google has reduced reliance on Broadcom already. They found a new hardware partner, MediaTek
Oh dear god. I'm actually feeling sorry for Google at that point. Good luck, you'll need it...
My hunch is that this change is driven by bean counters.
MediaTek was spun out of UMC. UMC was a powerhouse of ASIC design.