MediaTek chairman MK Tsai met Broadcom CEO Hock Tan in Singapore recently, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. The report came on the heels of a report from US business website Motley Fool about Broadcom's likely buyout targets after its failed bid to acquire Qualcomm, which prompted speculation that a deal between Broadcom and MediaTek could be underway.
According to the Motley Fool post, Cirrus Logic and Xilinx are other potential targets. Cirrus' top customer is Apple, while Xilinx is rivaling Intel in the FPGA market.
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