A Financial Times report yesterday states that former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, who was recently removed as executive chairman from the board of directors and moved to a standard sitting role on the board, is in talks with “several global investors” to buy out the San Diego chip giant. Of the key potential partners in this deal is SoftBank, an international conglomerate holding company that owns or has key holdings in companies like Arm, Sprint, and Alibaba.

Last week analyst research firm Bernstein published a report on the profitability of Bitmain, a somewhat secretive Chinese company with a huge impact on the bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets. With estimated profit for 2017 ranging from $3B to $4B, the size and scope of Bitmain is undeniable, with annual net income higher than some major tech players including NVIDIA and AMD. Bitmain has expanded its reach into multiple bitcoin-based markets but the vast majority of its income stems from the development and sale of dedicated cryptocurrency mining hardware.

Continuing its expansion of bringing modern processor and graphics designs to as many of its targeted market segments as possible, AMD announced today two new families that address the embedded processor space. The company has already seen double-digital YoY sequential growth in revenue from embedded markets, but the release of the Epyc Embedded 3000 and Ryzen Embedded V1000 family create significant additional opportunity for the company.