South Korean conglomerate LG has announced it will be preparing its own chip for the upcoming CES tradeshow, which looks to be part of a larger trend of companies (such as Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)) bringing processor design in-house. In the following video, Motley Fool tech and telecom analyst Eric Bleeker discusses why this may not only impact these companies, but may actually affect the industry as a whole, as current smartphone chip producers such as Qualcomm (QCOM 4.36%) and NVIDIA (NVDA 3.96%) stand to lose business.
Apple Started the Trend. Now Will LG Follow?
By Eric Bleeker – Dec 10, 2012 at 8:00PM
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Is LG set to follow in Apple's footsteps?
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Eric Bleeker, CFA joined The Motley Fool at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. For the next four years he led the Fool's Tech & Telecom sector, both writing articles and providing feedback and ideas to writers. Today, Eric is the General Manager of Fool.com, but still enjoys writing a tech article or two from time to time. Follow @bleekertech