Brings two years of Samsung CTO experience to Google
DRAM sales grew by 76.8 percent, NAND 47.5 percent in 2017.
Qualcomm believes Broadcom's $121 billion bid "significantly undervalues" company.
Sequential as well as annual growth sees 2017 go down in history as a year with record revenue.
Broadcom confident that acquisition is completed within 12 months.
Samsung leads way in total 2017 smartphone shipments, but Apple ends year with stronger sales.
77,316 iPhones sold during Q4, 65% international sales, say Apple.
Law changes, EU fines nets Qualcomm a loss despite $6.1bn in quarterly sales
Strong fourth quarter revenue and profits underpinned by memory chip sales
Shipments to breach 2.3 billion units in 2018, according to Gartner.