What is the best possible outcome (for Apple) of this Qualcomm / Broadcom / Intel saga? Status quo? Intel wins everything? Prolonged drama that distracts everyone except Apple? What are your thoughts?

BlackRock/Vanguard are top 2 institutional holders of Qcom stock. No surprisingly they are 2nd and 3rd largest holders of BRCM. BRCM's acquisition of Qcom is the will of capital and unstoppable from naysayers such as Cfius. Redomiciling to US is... — read more 

CA said there would be lay offs. First the temps/contractors will go, followed by the re-orgs we are seeing now. Some jobs will be transitioned to QIPL, especially if there are redundancies. This will condense the workforce, and provide a certain... — read more 

Which groups are highly political and toxic?

Not BS. Confirmed news. Heard from a VP in SD today. And yes, it would be mostly principal and above. Looks like they’ll be nice enough to allow the RSU vesting then.

UT says he resigned CEO role. He lives in SAN. Jacobs Jr replaced today. What happens on Monday?

SANJAY !!!

During the 2008 subprime crash, Sanjay predicted that nothing would affect Q when in fact he was proved wrong. Sanjay has helped nurture the arrogance that became a hallmark of Q executives. This time of dominance is long gone and will never come... — read more 

The rumor that Principal and above will be affected most seems to be true, as we are seeing layoff starting from the top in the last few days.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-considers-possible-bid-for-broadcom-1520633986

Intel considering buying Broadcom who is trying to buy Qualcomm who is in process of buying NXPI. Seems Intel will inherit the earth.

Intel is considering strapping a saddle to Qualcomm's backside and riding them around along with Broadcom. Let's see who lasts longer - Qualcomm won't be to go crying to CFIUS over Intel buying us out. QC is done for one way or the other. Thanks... — read more 

I'm giving Steve a 2 with a strong message and Paul a 1 with an immediate PIP.

Anybody else feels like we just went out of the frying pen into the fire?

After today, it's all over or what?

Board Changes: Jeffrey Henderson named the Non-Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs will continue to be on the Board; his Executive Chairman Role has been Discontinued Tom Horton will continue as Lead Director

https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2018/03/09/globalfoundries-names-new-ceo-general-manager.html

Seems to have finance background. Now lets understand the bottom line !!! http://www.fibrogen.com/person/jeffrey-w-henderson Let's be honest, has Qualcomm cooked books and/or mis-represented any financial data in last 5 years ?

Is this still going to be ~4k and reduced package ? Anyone already got the package ? please chime in,.

Any insights, concerned as its very quiet here. How is AVGO HR ?

Well, PJ is not really gone. He is still on board. This change means actually nothing more than a show !! Perhaps he is positioning himself as next CEO and negotiating. Who knows, this is one way he can keep Jacobs legacy alive for some more time and... — read more 

"Broadcom has promised not to sell critical national security assets to foreign buyers if its deal to buy chipmaker Qualcomm is approved." In other news, sharks promised they would not bite swimmers if they swim in shark infested waters and bank... — read more 

He leaves, shares jump. Shares of Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +0.81% are up 0.8% in Friday morning trading after the company announced that Paul Jacobs would be stepping down as executive chairman... — read more 

I guess that’s it. They put an MBA in place and priority is clear: maximize shareholder value. No longer foster innovation, help the San Diego community, ensure employee satisfaction, show corporate social responsibility, etc.

Qualcomm should not under any circumstances be sold to Broadcom. How many of our own companies were sold to foreigners for simple greed? How many of our IP/ITs can we afford to lose before we are rendered completely irrelevant? Not to mention that in... — read more 

still pending china approval. Trump's steel tariff plan hits China. Why would China approve? Secondly, 10.5% of shares are tendered of 70%. even with the increased bid it does not go fast.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/01/29/did-qualcomm-inc-make-a-promise-it-cant-keep.aspx

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qualcomm-increases-quarterly-dividend-by-9-percent-300611189.html

we have families and kids!

Yeah, right!

list out teams

How about everyone WFH one day next week to protest against incompetent management?

Will voluntary leave get the severance package also? I would like to leave for another company and would like to know how to manage to get the severance package.. My current team is key modem team(5G) and should be safe enough even for this time... — read more 

The logo change can easily cost a company like Qualcomm $10M or more with all that cost of rebranding. Wonder whose brilliant idea was to change to a logo that looks like a bad pirated copy of the original logo. Could have saved a few jobs instead.

Talk about going to extremes. Seriously, why are we this important?

Just wondering BCM deal will impact QDT project ?lots of people in RAL are wondering the next step

While Qualcomm deserves new nickname Gualcomm, Broadcom is not quite different. I give you new nickname Chroadcom.

Brcm saw an opportunity. 10th floor of bldg N picks fight with Apple, while Huawei follows (which is what Chinese company's do - copy), all while you have regulatory issues that just never end ( lisc model not sustainable). Add to that Qcom spends... — read more