This is what the iPhone looked like when Caltech’s legal case began The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has disclosed that it has reached a potential settlement over its years-long dispute with Apple and Broadcom over the use of Wi-Fi patents. Caltech began its legal battle in 2016, when it accused Broadcom and Apple of…
Some of the world’s largest suppliers of networking technology have joined together with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, a Washington DC-based non-profit, to form an industry alliance focused on aligning technology providers, cyber security experts and non-profits to help solve some of the most pressing cyber security problems affecting data and networks today.…
This week the Linux Foundation has announced that the group will be overseeing the formation of a new Ethernet consortium, with a focus on adapting and refining the technology for high performance computing workloads. Backed by founding members AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft, the new Ultra Ethernet Consortium will be…
Following its investigation into the $61bn deal between Broadcom and VMware, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found the deal does not weaken competition. The independent CMA panel looked at concerns that the deal could harm the ability of Broadcom’s rivals to compete if the merged company were to make their products work…
First impressions can be misleading. Case in point: when Broadcom first announced its plan to acquire VMware, initial concerns from regulators focused on perceived anti-competitive effects resulting from the deal. Others suggested that VMware’s value proposition could be diluted. Fortunately, since then, Broadcom has been making its strategic case with regulators and customers. Most notably,…
Article Hero Image The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Caltech’s Wi-Fi patents, and after a decade-long legal battle, Apple is finally on the hook for the billion-dollar verdict. Decided on Monday, the Supreme Court justices elected not to continue dealing with an appeal by Apple and Broadcom over an earlier court…
Wi-Fi 7 has been gaining slow traction in the market over the last few quarters. Despite a large number of product announcements towards the end of last year (including the usual suspects – ASUS, Netgear, and TP-LINK), only TP-LINK seems to have started actual shipment to end users. On the silicon side, Mediatek was the…
In a press release launched this afternoon in the Apple Newsroom, Apple has announced that it’s signed a deal with telecoms manufacturer Broadcom that will see its 5G equipment powering iPhones for years to come. There’s no actual amount given to the deal – but Apple says it’s worth ‘billions of dollars.’Tim Cook himself comments…
Today, Apple announced a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with Broadcom to develop 5G radio frequency components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity components, including FBAR filters, which will be designed and built in several key American manufacturing and technology hubs. This investment is part of the commitment Apple made in 2021 to invest $430 billion in the…
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is deepening its investigation into the VMWare-Broadcom merger, after concluding the $61bn deal could hamper innovation and drive up the cost of servers to UK government departments, banking firms and telcos. The CMA gave Broadcom five working days to issue an undertaking to address these concerns on 22 March…
