China will block this deal from ever happening.
How exactly would a foreign power block two US companies from merging when it has no significant stock holding in either?
Qualcomm Wants to Buy Intel
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#12Is there a patent or something Qualcomm is trying to get from Intel? Seems like an odd acquisition otherwise.
As far as chip manufacturing they target different markets, I’d bet most IP isn’t transferable between the orgs anyway, especially since Apple bought Intels modem patents already.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would motivate this
What’s bad for US semiconductor manufacturing (I.e. a poor and cash starved Intel) buys China more time to catch up to frontier fab tech. If Qualcomm buys Intel, the optimistic scenario (for the US) is a stronger domestic player.
Yes. This would also give more volume for the existing Intel factories.
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#16Intel has focused on manufacturing efficiency for years now. Their innovation abilities have been lacking. A combination of Qualcomm and Intel will be a powerhouse. Intel as an entity will disappear but Qualcomm will be the stronger for it. I doubt Intel will go for it but I hope it happens.
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#17Qualcomm still hasn't shipped any of the Snapdragon X dev kits, two months and counting. If they can't deliver on their promises (that and CoPilot PCs having very disappointing sales), how could they do anything besides further drag down Intel? Not only that, it sounds like a major customer (Apple) is close to finally ditching Qualcomm's wireless chips? (At least that's been rumored [1]) [1] https://appleinsider.com/…
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Re: Qualcomm Wants to Buy Intel
#18China will block this deal from ever happening.
How exactly would a foreign power block two US companies from merging when it has no significant stock holding in either?
Same way Europe exercises outsized antitrust influence in the US: threatening to fine US entities, and if necessary deny them access to the European market.
It would be tricky, though, because my sense is that China still needs Intel/Qualcomm more than they need China. At the same time, it would be pretty deadly to be denied access to that market and your products subject to excess tariffs if imported by others.
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#20China will block this deal from ever happening.
How exactly would a foreign power block two US companies from merging when it has no significant stock holding in either?
Major markets like EU and China often do have a major influence on mergers even though the companies merging could be based in the US and most shareholding could be US.
I think it goes like this: The major market regulator could say directly/indirectly: Hey you can merge in the US ... but good luck operating in our geography in a frictionless manner if we are against your merger. As a regulator we can make life hell for you if you don't obey our anticompetitive laws. Since you derive a high percentage of your revenue/profits you must listen to us !
It all depends on the percentage of sales in the foreign geography. With EU/China it can be quite high -- especially for tech companies.
So yes, foreign powers can and often do block companies from merging.