Chip industry turned upside down: Broadcom bids $130 billion for Qualcomm, Intel teams up with AMD

Today provided a brutal reminder of how fundamental shifts to mobile technology have caused a profound upheaval in the semiconductor market and are transforming some of the biggest names in the industry.
The move away from desktop computing started long ago. But the increasingly powerful smartphones we carry, the explosion of internet of things (IoT) devices, and the accelerating development of autonomous transportation options have knocked incumbents off balance. The result is a wave of big dea