Broadcom Wants Intel Chip Designs? | Gestalt IT Rundown: February 19, 2025

A report this week claims that Broadcom is investigating Intel's chip design business and is contemplating an acquisition. The news comes from the Wall Street Journal and says that while Broadcom is interested in chip design they are not interested in the foundry business. Analysts are intriguied because that means that Broadcom could either use Intel's designs to augment their existing lineup or perhaps package the businesses for sale to other partners or even competitors. Keith, do you think Broadcom is going to invest in Intel?Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown1:35 - Nokia Upgrades Internet Exchange Backbone4:38 - Veeam Loses Data in Restore Debacle7:47 - SanDisk Looks to Petabyte SSDs10:18 - SonicWall Gets Hit with Cyberattack13:43 - HPE Announces Gen12 Ahead16:24 - OpenSSH Found to Be Vulnerable to MITM Attacks20:12 - Broadcom Wants Intel Chip Designs?25:30 - The Weeks Ahead27:16 - Thanks for Watching Hosts:Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Keith Townsend: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kltownsend/#Rundown, #Storage, @ @HPE, @SonicWall, @Broadcom, @IntelBusiness, @Intel, @SanDisk, @Veeam, @Nokia, @NokiaIndustries, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFututumGroup, @TheCTOAdvisor, @NetworkingNerd,