When is the next cycle, what other division will go away?
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NFC group. Definite
AMD sold a team which was similar to Central Engineering - memory team and Library team to Synopsys around 2 years back. Cadence doesn't have these IPs in portfolio. Whatever required like RF can be separated and merged in to respective BUs
Central Engineering isn't a business, it generates no profits. It would likely be disbanded, they'd try to keep the best people. It does have a lot of RF in there, but some of those leaders already jumped ship.
May 12th, 2016, Hsinchu, Taiwan – ASPEED Technology Inc., the world’s leading Remote Server Management SoC provider, today announced that it will acquire Broadcom’s Emulex Pilot™ Business at a total purchase price of US$30 million, out of which US$11,386,192 will be paid in cash and the remaining will be paid in ASPEED’s common shares. Other terms and conditions are referred to in the relevant agreements.
Netlogic/RMI?
Stb is good profit. Right?
Isnt it?
The next should be STB.
MaxLinear, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2016 Financial Results and the Acquisition of Broadcom Corporation's Wireless Infrastructure Backhaul Business
IoT was aquired. Almost 500 ppl will go to the new company.
Central Engineering ?? It is just an overhead as BUs can buy Library for almost free !!
WiFi business, getting lower and lower margin
Any BU possibly if no profit