Broadcom

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2022 by Brendan Eich · said 26 times in 8 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Feb 15, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Eich: MicroUnity Made a Fortune Suing IBM, Qualcomm, and Broadcom
“MicroUnity, you probably haven't heard of, but it's got a lot of patents, and it's successfully litigated them from 20 years ago to maybe 10 years ago. I forget when they ran out of steam. I think it, Just made a ton of money off suing everybody. IBM, Motorola…”
Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 15:28 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired
Nov 15, 2022 positive
Opinion
Blocking Broadcom's Qualcomm Takeover Was a Massive National Security Win
“This is one of the huge wins of the Trump administration you know, for like America was keeping Qualcomm an independent American company. Like whether it was Qualcomm calling in a favor or just what, like, I think we can all look back in 2022 and be like, this…”
David Rosenthal Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 1:50:09 Qualcomm · Acquired
Nov 15, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Broadcom Backed Its $117B Hostile Takeover of Qualcomm with $106B Debt
“In 2018, Broadcom comes in and tries to do a hostile takeover at a one hundred and seventeen billion dollar valuation. And interestingly, it was financed by one hundred and six billion dollars of debt.”
Ben Gilbert Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 1:49:01 Qualcomm · Acquired
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