13 Years After Intel S Iphone Mistake It Might Take The Biggest Ever Tech Deal To Resolve It
Update: President Trump has blocked Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm, citing national security concerns. Some 13 years after Intel turned down the opportunity to make the CPU for the upcoming iPhone, it is now considering the world’s biggest ever tech acquisition to deal with the threat that decision continues to pose today. In 2005, when Apple was working on the first-generation iPhone to be launched in 2007, Steve Jobs invited Intel to pitch for the CPU business for the planned smartphone....