3 posts and columns on Scott McGregor

Broadcom Buys NetLogic

in News on September 12, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

The fourth-largest acquisition of a U.S. chipmaker in the past five years.
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Broadcom CEO on Low-cost Android Phones, Free Tablets and the Promise of Russian Satellites

in Mobile on February 17, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

In a wide-ranging interview from Mobile World Congress, Scott McGregor points out all kinds of new opportunities for the communications chipmaker. One of the big ones is in cellphone chips, where Broadcom hopes to score big in the low end as rivals like Nvidia and Qualcomm battle it out for high-end smartphones and tablets.

CES: Broadcom Offers Chip for Cellphone HD Video Cam

in News on January 12, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

In an interview with Tech Trader Daily, Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor said that the company has developed a chip that will allow cellphone manufacturers to put HD video cameras in their handsets. The chips will be available later this year, although McGregor said that one manufacturer was displaying a prototype privately at CES. He didn’t say which one.