Let's review what management have been saying for the last year.
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Security needed in chip design. Bought McAfee. Disaster!
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Need to dominate mobile. Bought infineon. Lost Apple. Lost $25B. Contra revenue.
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Wearables. Bought and destroyed many startups. Burnt customers literally and metaphorically.
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Custom foundry. No customers.
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Makers. Created show for BK ego. Built custom cpu for community. Withdrew from market.
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VR built headset. Called it the next big market. Withdrew from market.
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Bought altera to stop customers developing own chips. Google made own ASIC. Makes no money. Wasted $16B.