Gestalt It Rundown

China is reportedly blocking multiple mergers and is now investigating Micron for an unspecified cybersecurity concern. Delays include Intel’s acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, Maxlinear’s purchase of Silicon Motion, Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, and Microsoft’s bid for Activision Blizzard, as well as the long-delay in Cisco’s acquisition of Acacia and the called-off purchase of NXP by Qualcomm which we reported on previously. The latest move against Micron seems designed to antagonize rather than investigate any real cybersecurity flaws at the memory provider. What’s going on here? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:00 - Cisco Pulls Out of Russia 2:38 - Sony Invests in Raspberry Pi 4:10 - Always Greener on the Google AI Side 6:28 - Jacob Ziv Dies at 91 8:03 - MinIO Fires Back at Weka 13:48 - China Plays Hardball with Western Companies 21:44 - The Weeks Ahead 22:25 - Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social MediaTom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerdStephen Foskett: ht