Broadcom joins the LiMo Foundation; Bets on all smartphone platforms
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 at 5:50 AM PST In Announcements, Linux
We all know Linux on mobile is set for growth. The LiMo Foundation was founded by such companies as Motorola (NYSE: MOT), NEC, NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Panasonic (NYSE: PC), Samsung and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), hence we do expect the major push of mobile Linux in the coming months.
Now, we have one of the leading semiconductor suppliers, Broadcom (NSDQ: BRCM), joining LiMo as an associate member. Another big name listed is certainly good for the emerging mobile Linux platform. I just can’t wait to see these devices hitting the market in volumes…
As a sidenote, it’s interesting to note how Broadcom works to get its piece of all the smartphone action. Earlier we saw them expanding their Windows Mobile smartphone design center in Taiwan and joining the Symbian S60 developers’ community, and now they’re about to enter the mobile Linux game. Can they manage all that? We’ll have to wait and see…
