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Qualcomm
Acquired
The Slash a Dash C O M
In 1980, the company gets acquired by an East Coast radio technology company called Macom. It used to be actually Macom and then it, you know, this like weird 80s branding stuff. They changed the brand to M slash A dash C O M microwave communications,. Anyway, they sell the business for 25 million bucks in 1980, which like nice early when not bad for some former academics. In 1985, a leadership change at Macom forces them out of their job. The wireless communications industry is kind of just getting started. And that's where Linkabit came from.
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