[quote=The-Shoveler]I think even Apple’s results indicated the smartphone biz kind of topping out.
What do you do when you cannot continue to grow 15-20% a year?
Same issue with health care (share holders want to see 15-20% growth year after year after year).
What to do.[/quote]
You sell medical MJ 🙂
Hardware is saturating. Software has a way to go….But the problem is, it’s not Q’s core competency (or any semiconductor company for that matter). With the lack of a direction/drive for new technology that drives hardware, all these chip companies are going to be competing on cost, which isn’t going to end well for U.S. companies, imho.
I’m pretty thankful I’ve been given the opportunity to get out…I don’t know how long the new opportunity will last, but I think staying in the semiconductor industry when you are a software guy is an extremely career limiting move. The good old days of software selling hardware are over.
