Qualcomm just landed the biggest semiconductor deal ever at $47 billion

RE: Qualcomm just landed the biggest semiconductor deal ever at $47 billion

rscasny — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:25:07 GMT

Beg to differ about this statement: "So what do the two companies hope to accomplish now that they’ve merged? Making more secure connections for the world. With so much technology flying around, making sure everyone is safe and secure is more important than ever." Sounds like this was pulled from Qualcomm's PR agency.

FYI The semiconductor industry has been conducting a lot of M&A deals this past year. My guess is that the chips are getting more complex and costly to fabricate. Building/Managing the fab plants can get expensive. Competition causes the margin to decrease. So, they probably feel pressure. It's about money for sure. The problem is with less competition, the cost will go up and the end product could be more expensive to the consumer, which can stem development plans and innovation. Maybe be good for some parties, may not be for others.

RE: Qualcomm just landed the biggest semiconductor deal ever at $47 billion

michaelkellett — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:54:36 GMT

Come on Cabe - get real - this is about money, not about "making sure everyone is safe and secure".

In a sane world there is absolutely no way whatever that Qualcom should be allowed to buy NXP - it's competition that has made the semiconductor industry the amazing power house of innovation that we are used to and the rise of the corporate behemoths now entrenched in it is nothing but bad.

One of the primary duties of government is to prevent the development of monopolies and cartels and the concentration of too much power in too few hands. In the good old days, when they broke up Standard Oil and AT & T, the US Government understood this. In the last 20 years or so the lessons seem to have been forgotten and governments in the US and Europe have allowed or even encouraged excessively large and powerful companies - they harm us all.