https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/14/broadcoms_bid_for_qualcomm_ends_in_tears/ >Broadcom announced today that it has withdrawn its bid for Qualcomm. >The intervention by the administration of United States President, Donald Trump, at the urging of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), appears to have been the last straw for the soon-to-be-US-based chip business.