8 Predictions for 2016
Rick Merritt, SiliconValley Bureau Chief
EETimes (12/30/2015 09:58 AM EST)
There will be big layoffs in 2016. OK, that’s an easy one. Avago has a slash-and-burn reputation for how it handled LSI and other acquisitions. I predict the new Broadcom will be a leaner, meaner machine.
Avago/Broadcom was just one of the many, many M&A deals of 2015 that will offer Wall Street a burnt sacrifice of “synergies” in the coming year in the pursuit of bigger profits. Expect an ongoing body count as the electronics industry settles into its golden years single-digit growth.
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