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Show Notes:
Story 1: Programmable Silicon Gets A New Competitor
Programmable Switch Silicon Market Gets New Entrant With Innovium s Teralynx – Packet Pushers
Story 2: Microsoft, Qualcomm, Cavium ARM Themselves
Microsoft Partners With Qualcomm To Open Floodgates For ARM-Based Data Center – Forbes
Qualcomm Collaborates with Microsoft to Accelerate Cloud Services on 10nm Qualcomm Centriq 2400 Platform – Qualcomm
Cavium and Microsoft Collaborate to Accelerate Cloud Services with ThunderX2 – Cavium
Story 3: Intel Bets $15 Billion On Connected Cars
Intel Buying Mobileye for $15 Billion – Light Reading
Intel buys Mobileye in $15.3B deal, moves its automotive unit to Israel – TechCrunch
Intel And Mobileye: Strategic Sense, Financial Nonsense – Seeking Alpha
Story 4: Google Gets Serverless With Cloud Functions
Google: Try Google Functions, Please – SDX Central
Google Cloud Functions: a serverless environment to build and connect cloud services – Google
Story 5: Is Citrix Looking For A Buyer?
Citrix Is Working With Goldman Sachs on Potential Sale Process – Bloomberg
Story 6: Oracle Posts Strong Results
Oracle Stock Up 7% after Q3 Earnings, Cloud Continues to Impress – SDX Central
Story 7: Silicon Valley Executive Recycling
Davidson Re-Joins Cisco in SP Unit – Light Reading
Story 8: A Parachute Of Gold
Mayer scores $23 million golden parachute as Yahoo names post-Verizon deal executive team – CNBC