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Most consumer radio products (think 802.11b/g/n, a.k.a WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread...) nowadays somehow make use of the ISM band around 2.4GHz. This band was chosen by multiple technologies for a series of reasons, the prominent one being that it's unlicensed. Its success, however, brought with it a key problem as well: overcrowding and interference. While most of us have experienced inter-device interference (ever scanned for WiFi and got back a list of 666 networks in range?), a more subtle form is what you could call intra-device interference, i.e. that experienced by devices that host more than one radio. The typical example in consumer electronics would be devices that support both WiFi and Bluetooth, but more esoteric combinations exist. The problem is simple to understand: let's say you have a WiFi radio with its antenna and a Bluetooth radio right next to it with its own antenna. They don't know about each other, so there is a high chance that they might transmit at the same time (the higher their combined duty cycle, the higher the chance). If they do, and if they happen to be transmitting close in the frequency domain, their transmissions will interfere with each other. Mitigation strategies Interference is usually solved by multiplexing over whichever domain possible. Physical separation Physical domain multiplexing would be a fancy expression for "keeping the antennas far from each other", which is one of the best practices in designing these systems. However, this approach is usually limited by the size of the product you're designing. If the PCB is a few centimeters long, that's as far as you can place antennas. Frequency separation Frequency domain multiplexing can potentially help a lot more. A good example of this is channel management in 802.11b/g/n: the 2.4GHz spectrum is divided in up to 14 channels (or as few as 11 in certain countries) each with a bandwidth of 22 MHz and a channel separation of 5 MHz, and WiFi access points select the channel that looks the least busy. Bluetooth uses a more dynamic approach called frequency hopping, in which the spectrum is split into a high number of channels and the radios jump from one to another following a pseudo-random pattern. This makes it less likely that a single, strong source of interference can disrupt a connection; however, a "uniformly" noisy 2.4GHz environment, or a very  close source with strong harmonics, will still be an issue. 802.15.4 (the standard on which Zigbee and Thread are based) uses 16 channels, (unintuitively) numbered from 11 to 26, with a bandwidth of 2 MHz and a channel separation of 5 MHz. Channel management is similar to WiFi, with the whole network being on the same channel and no frequency hopping. Channel changes are allowed, but a policy on when and how to do that is not standardised. Packet Traffic Arbitration as a solution PTA (Packet Traffic Arbitration) tries to help with time domain multiplexing. What that means is that one of the radios can act as a master, the other as a slave, and the master will decide (arbitrate) access to the air medium to avoid that the radios transmit (or, to a degree, expect to receive) something at the same time. PTA is described in IEEE 802.15.2 (2003) Clause 6. However, PTA is a recommendation, not a standard, so implementations vary in the details. The most common form of it uses 3 signals, usually called REQUEST, PRIORITY and GRANT. The slave can assert REQUEST to signal that it needs to access the air medium. Optionally, it can assert PRIORITY to influence the master's arbitration in its own favour. The master is responsible of asserting GRANT in response when it sees fit. This is where implementations diverge in the details of how this decision is taken. Some keep GRANT asserted whenever they are not transmitting, even if REQUEST is not asserted. Others will GRANT immediately on REQUEST if the medium is free, otherwise complete their transmission and then GRANT. However the GRANT happens, once it is asserted the slave will transmit and de-assert REQUEST when the medium is no longer required. This is also implementation dependent, as some slaves will de-assert immediately after transmitting while others, expecting an immediate reply, will wait some time before releasing the medium. There are also 4 wire (using an extra FREQ signal), 2 wire (omitting PRIORITY) and 1 wire (using just GRANT) variations, which are however less common. In any case, the master role is usually assigned to the WiFi radio in the system, as WiFi is usually the technology with the highest duty cycle among the ones involved. Getting practical with the CYW43143 and EFR32 For a series of reasons, PTA has not been used much recently. The most frequent use case (certainly the one that shifts the biggest amount of ICs) would be Bluetooth + WiFi in laptops and mobile phones, which is better served by so called combo chips. These integrate 2.4GHz WiFi, Bluetooth and 5GHz WiFi in one package, eliminating the need for PTA traces between 2 chips while also saving on BoM cost and PCB surface, which are both at a premium on mass marketed, portable devices. However, at , in a recent design we needed to do PTA at all costs. The system had the CYW43143 WiFi 2.4GHz radio (originally by Broadcom, then acquired by Cypress, in turn acquired by Infineon). The other 2.4GHz technology involved was Thread, a mesh network stack based on 802.15.4 (same as Zigbee) and IPv6. This of course ruled out a wifi-bluetooth combo chip. Our radio choice was a Silicon Labs EFR32. Elimo Engineering The board was based on an Allwinner A13 SoC running a heavily customised build of OpenWrt.The board already followed best practices to separate the antennas and frequency separation does not help much (Thread is less frequency-agile than WiFi, in which Access Points can move channel at any point in time); as a result, interference did occur frequently and PTA came to the rescue. Kind of. Enabling PTA The EFR32 played nice; Silicon Labs provides several libraries (called plugins) with its Thread stack, and one of them is a PTA library, which can be configured to use up to 3 wires, with different polarities, different request logics etc. The only significant limitation is that it only implements slave logic, but that was not a problem in our case (the 43143 only implements a master, so they fit perfectly). After a bit of configuration and a rebuild, the EFR32 was using REQUEST and PRIORITY as expected, as verified with a logic analyser (via the trusty !). sigrok First trouble As you can see from the GRANT line trace above, though, something was wrong on the other side. Despite running a ping at 1Hz on the Thread network, the (active low) GRANT line being stuck low meant that the 43143 was essentially not doing any arbitration and always giving the go ahead. This was the result of ignorance and (wrongly) assuming that the functionality would be enabled either by the driver that we used, or by the firmware that is loaded to the 43143 when the module is loaded. Here begins the trouble. brcmfmac brcmfmac The Cypress application note about coexistence ( ) covers both the proprietary, Cypress-only SECI interface (which can only be used between Cypress chips) and the "standard" PTA interface, and for the latter it mentions that certain NVRAM parameters need to be set. AN214852 USB - SDIO disagreements So far so good, except that setting NVRAM parameters is not as straightforward as you might hope. A look at the kernel module code shows that for SDIO chips, the module will load a firmware blob from and an file with NVRAM parameters. Easy peasy. brcmfmac /lib/firmware/brcm nvram.txt In our system, however, we use a USB interface to the 43143, and unfortunately the approach the module takes for USB chips is different: only a firmware blob is loaded, no trace of an nvram file. So, PTA requires custom NVRAM, the IC is USB and the USB code does not use an NVRAM file: kind of a nasty roadblock, since I (again, wrongly) thought that modifying the blob was a no-go. brcmfmac Compare the code from (note argument 1 is 0 and argument 3 is NULL, meaning nvram file is not loaded) ... brcmfmac/usb.c ret = brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(dev, , brcmf_usb_get_fwname(devinfo), , brcmf_usb_probe_phase2); (ret) {
brcmf_err( , ret); fail;
} /* request firmware here */ 0 NULL if "firmware request failed: %d\n" goto ... to the one from (note argument 1 is BRCMF_FW_REQUEST_NVRAM, argument 4 is not null): brcmfmac/sdio.c ret = brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(sdiodev->dev, BRCMF_FW_REQUEST_NVRAM, sdiodev->fw_name, sdiodev->nvram_name, brcmf_sdio_firmware_callback); OpenWrt to the rescue Thanks to the help of a couple of folks (PaulFertser and rmilecki) from the IRC channel on freenode, however, I had a couple of lucky breaks. #openwrt-devel First, the blob that is loaded for USB devices is a fairly standard TRX binary format. $ ./otrx check brcmfmac43143.bin
Found a valid TRX version Second, the blob contains the nvram parameters as zero terminated ASCII strings, and they are all just appended at the end. $ strings brcmfmac43143.bin

[SNIP]

extpagain2g=0
pdetrange2g=0
triso2g=3
antswctl2g=0
maxp2ga0=82
mcsbw202gpo=0x75333333
mcsbw402gpo=0x97544444
legofdmbw202gpo=0x75310000
cckbw202gpo=0x1111
swctrlmap_2g=0x0a050a05,0x0a050a05,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x000
xtalfreq=20000
otpimagesize=154
tempthresh=120
temps_period=5
temp_hysteresis=5
rssismf2g=0x8
rssismc2g=0x8
rssisav2g=0x2
loopbw2g=100
txalpfpu=1
aci_detect_en_2g=1
rxgaintempcoeff2g=60
$ Together with , a TRX format editor/checker written by rmilecki, this allowed me to use an hex editor to alter the blob and add the parameters from AN214852. otrx Easy, right? Nah. Deciphering the scripture Unfortunately, there is no documentation about said parameters outside of AN214852 and, even there, you are only given an example for a "4343W board" without explaining how to adapt them to other boards/ICs or what they do specifically. Of course the example parameters for the 4343W did not work on the 43143, so some guesswork was needed. As you can see in the logic trace above, using the values in the AN, the GRANT line was being toggled once in a while, and it was no longer stuck low. A sign that PTA was enabled, but something more was wrong. In fact, you can also see that the GRANT line was only sporadically toggling. Time to dig into the meaning of coexistence parameters from the AN: boardflags= zbcxpadnum= zbcxfnsel= zbcxgcigpio= 0x1 0x040201 0x233 0x123 and a few lines below, this slightly confusing addition: Boardflags= Boardflags2= 0x00000001 /* SECI coex */ 0x00000080 /* Board support legacy 3/4 wire */ This is accompanied by the following parameter bit maps: So, the general idea was that and would enable coexistence, and they should be set to and to do so. boardflags boardflags2 0x01 0x80 was reasonably simple: a the bitmap makes it obviously about which GPIO is used by which signal. On our board, GRANT is on GPIO1, PRIORITY on GPIO2 and REQUEST on GPIO4, so this needed to be changed to . zbcxpadnum 0x010204 is kind of a mystery still: the AN only mentions GCI, which seems to stand for Global Coexistence Interface, but says nothing more about it. From a quick Google search it seems GCI is a serial protocol, so this is probably not related to us. However, not defining this parameter seemed to go back to GRANT being always low. For lack of better understanding, I set it to the example value of . zbcxgcigpio 0x123 The key problem however was hiding behind , which controls, it seems, the muxing of different functions to different pins. The example of is not correct for the 43143, on which the PTA functions seem to be on position 3 for all GPIOs, probably giving us a value of for . This is a guess, since as you can see in the screenshot below, the 43143 datasheet does not specify the value. However, the "Legacy BT coexistence" function is always listed in 3rd place, so I decided to give it a go. zbcxfnsel 0x233 0x333 zbcxfnsel Taking it for a spin Let's add the parameters we decided above to the binary (see the last two lines): Now, TRX has a CRC, so these changes make the CRC wrong; luckily, prints out both the expected and the computed CRC: otrx $ ./otrx check brcmfmac43143.bin
Invalid data crc32: 0x4dc00fe3 instead of 0x2a665d76 Let's fix the CRC (taking into account the binary endianness, we need to reverse the CRC bytes) Now, let's place this new binary in and do a cold reboot (because will skip downloading the firmware if one is running already) to let the kernel module load the new binary. /lib/firmware/brcm/ brcmfmac A test with running on the wifi interface while pinging a host on the Thread network shows the following: iperf3 As hoped, the 43143 is now a PTA master and the EFR32 correctly honours the GRANT signal.

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We all know corporate life can be uncertain; smaller fish are swallowed by larger fish from time to time, and that is just the nature of Capitalism. However, it does not diminish the painful consequences mergers and acquisitions tend to leave behind on employees. That is, in fact, the nature of the beast. Greedy giant corporations couldn’t care less about the impact their ambition has on the lives of many of their employees, and in Broadcom’s case, the disfavorable impact on smaller customers as well. Speaking of Carbon Black’s customers, many knew of Broadcom’s reputation, and saw the writing on the wall, as such, they decided to part ways as soon as they heard of the possibility of Broadcom taking over VMWare Carbon Black. Possibly, to ease their concerns, announced  a couple of months ago his intent to divest Carbon Black. Management was thrilled and “Carbon Black” was “back”. Shortly thereafter, CB found out that Hock had not to sell (or was it all intentional from the start?). Symantec would absorb Carbon Black, and layoffs ensued. The bloodbath resembled the famous Red Wedding scene from Game of Thrones. Hock Tan claimed decided My Advice to Employees This sucks; it sucks big time, but all changes can lead to new opportunities, besides… ask yourself, would you want to work for a company that is devoid of a soul, has zero scruples, and questionable ethics, but mostly, does not care about the well-being of their acquired employees? Particularly when they have poured their life into the product and while Hock Tan himself has made on the deal? millions Do yourself a favor, and seek out companies that do value your hard work, allow for a work-life balance, and don’t see you as a mere expenditure. What Does This Mean for You, as a Current Carbon Black Customer? Although the CB support had already been affected by Broadcom’s hire freeze, as Broadcom continues to reduce headcount and employees realize their future is dim, Broadcom may potentially dismantle Carbon Black and absorb their intellectual property. Even if Carbon Black as a company survives, all we have to do is look back at Broadcom’s approach and realize they will focus on the large, premium tier accounts and direct their smaller customers to partners. It’s been rumored Hock Tan stated, referring to smaller accounts: “ ” Why would I give a shit about your account when all you give me is $25 a year? Hok’s religion is the almightly dollar, anything and everything is measured in profits. This is what to expect: The security efficacy of the product will continue to decline. Carbon Black won’t be able to prevent new threats as their teams are extremely shorthanded. Support will also be affected, resolution will be slow, and as their more experienced engineers leave the company (voluntarily or otherwise), the quality of support will continue to be adversely impacted. For Tier 1/Platinum level customers spending $250,000 or more, Broadcom may eventually force them to switch over to Symantec, despite the fact Symantec is a dinosaur in the grand scheme of cybersecurity products. If you care about the security posture of your enterprise or organization, public or private, I would consider other options. In closing, former Carbon Black employees, do not despair; even a massive corporation as huge as Broadcom can’t crush your spirit.

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Here's a pro-tip: Develop an interactive e-learning module to allow you to create engaging and customized privacy training courses, equipping your entire workforce with the fundamentals of honing a privacy culture. Use Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle to manage and deliver privacy training efficiently. 3. Embrace AI and Automation Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation tools can significantly enhance your organization's data privacy efforts. AI can help in identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities, while automation can streamline privacy-related tasks and ensure consistent compliance. Here’s a pro-tip: Invest in automation-driven privacy, security, and compliance platforms and let it do the heavy lifting so you no longer have to. Tools like MineOS are an excellent addition to your tech stack as they offer an easy, no-code yet intelligent procedure for data mapping and privacy requests, to name a few, without the hundreds of hours of manual work that other solutions require. 4. Clear Privacy Policies and Procedures Having well-defined privacy policies and procedures is essential. These documents should be accessible and easy to understand. What’s more, it should reiterate how data is collected, processed, stored, then deleted. Here's a pro-tip: Use privacy policy generators such as Termly to create comprehensive and legally compliant privacy policies for your organization. What’s more, you can also implement Document Management Systems like SharePoint or Google Workspace to organize and distribute privacy policies and procedures effectively. 5. Data Minimization and Access Control Data privacy culture thrives when organizations adopt a "need-to-know" approach. Only collect and retain the data necessary for your operations, and limit access to authorized personnel. Implement robust access controls and regularly review and update permissions to ensure that sensitive data is accessible only to those who require it. Here's a pro-tip: Use data classification tools like Varonis to automatically identify and categorize sensitive data within your organization. This makes it easier to implement access controls. You can also employ Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions such as Okta or Azure Active Directory to manage user access efficiently. 6. Incident Response and Transparency Here’s the tough reality: no organization is immune to data breaches or privacy incidents. However, how an organization responds to such incidents can greatly impact its reputation and customer trust. A culture of data privacy should include well-defined incident response procedures that are communicated to all employees. Here's a pro-tip: Conduct tabletop exercises for data breach scenarios and help your team practice effective incident response. Consider incident management and response platforms like CyberSponse to streamline your response efforts and maintain transparency throughout the process. 7. Regular Auditing and Compliance Monitoring To ensure that your data privacy practices are effective and compliant with regulations, it's essential to conduct regular audits and monitoring. Audits help identify weaknesses and areas that require improvement, while ongoing compliance monitoring ensures that your organization adapts to changing regulations Here's a pro-tip: Use compliance management software to reduce the administrative burden on your team. Data loss prevention (DLP) solutions such as Broadcom’s Symantec DLP can help you monitor data flows and protect sensitive information from accidental exposure. In a Nutshell Building a data privacy culture is not a one-time task but an ongoing commitment that requires dedication, resources, and the right tools. By following these 7 strategies and utilizing recommended tools, your organization can create an environment where data privacy is not just a policy but a way of life. This culture not only protects your organization from costly breaches and regulatory penalties but also builds trust with your customers and partners. Remember that data privacy is not just a legal requirement but a moral and ethical imperative. Embrace it as part of your organizational DNA, and your data privacy culture will become a competitive advantage in an increasingly data-conscious world.

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The surge in international demand has rallied the world’s largest tech and start-up event to scale even higher and bigger in 2023, spearheading a global tech takeover across two Dubai mega venues next month. The 43rd edition of will take place from 16-20 October 2023, the blockbuster tech showpiece once again reaching full capacity at the Dubai World Trade Centre as it prepares to host more than 6,000 exhibitors, while , the world’s largest start-up event hosted by Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, will kick-off its largest ever edition from 15-18 October 2023 at the new Dubai Harbour venue, featuring 1,800 start-ups from 100-plus countries at the Middle East’s biggest iconic superyacht hub. GITEX GLOBAL Expand North Star GITEX GLOBAL and Expand North Star will comprise a combined 41 halls spanning 2.7 million sq. ft of exhibition space – a 35 percent increase over the previous year – converging the best minds and most visionary companies to scrutinise, challenge, define, and empower the digital agendas of the world. AI innovation wave, cybersecurity and launch shows fuel unprecedented growth GITEX GLOBAL will present the year’s largest AI showcase and summit, its record growth fuelled by the AI innovation wave currently gripping the globe’s imagination, as 3,500 AI-infused exhibitors reveal how this next big technology shift is transforming lives, governments, business, and society. The AI boom has also added another layer of complexity to protecting digital assets and critical IP infrastructure, with the elevated taking the fight directly to the dark cyber-criminal underworld, gathering leading info-sec brands and global experts at the year’s biggest cyber security showcase. GITEX Cyber Valley Amplifying this growth, launch shows and promise to be the epicentre of ground-shaking shifts in climate technology, while advancing sustainable cities, and co-creating a net zero future ahead of the UN climate change summit, COP28. GITEX Impact Future Urbanism Expo “The intense demand for involvement in GITEX from the global tech and start-up community is an acknowledgment of the strong impetus to learn, exchange, debate and challenge the recent developments in the tech sphere,” said Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of Events Management at DWTC, the organiser of GITEX GLOBAL and Expand North Star. “From AI, cyber to the mounting interest in clean tech, GITEX converges public and private sector leaders from more than 170 countries to explore the new unknown paradigms of the future digital economy.” Expand North Star propels Dubai to forefront of global entrepreneurship economy Expand North Star hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy will scale to a record size in 2023, featuring 1,800 start-ups start-up exhibitors this year to connect, inspire, and extend engagements in one of the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystems. More than 1,000 investors from 70 countries with $1 trillion under management will also converge at the new Dubai Harbour venue, as they look to ramp up the momentum in start-up investment after a year of tepid achievements. Saeed Al Gergawi, Vice President of Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, said: “Expand North Star is set to drive the next era of digital entrepreneurship and inspire the next generation of innovators and thinkers. “This landmark event will serve as a strategic catalyst to expand the future of Dubai’s digital economy, creating an unrivalled platform to gather key stakeholders from the global start-up community here in the emirate.” Elevating the global tech ecosystem, redefining entire industries GITEX GLOBAL 2023 welcomes the biggest tech names delving into the latest trends, risks, challenges, and opportunities that are redefining entire industries, spearheaded by returning titans including Dell Technologies, e&, Google, Huawei, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Tonomus. 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There are plenty of reasons to be fearful when it comes to tech stock booms on Wall Street. Investors have had to suffer from many false dawns in the past, ranging from the dotcom bubble at the turn of the century to the recent difficulties experienced in sustaining enthusiasm for the metaverse. However, as sweeps the world, some market experts believe that it may amount to something bigger than a bubble. generative AI The success of generative AI platforms like has contributed to a return of optimism to markets like the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which soared more than 30% in the first half of the year following a challenging 2022 punctuated by severe economic headwinds. ChatGPT It’s this significant growth, in the face of lingering headwinds like high inflation, that has set off alarm bells for some analysts, who recognize the parallels between the ongoing AI boom and that of the other bubbles that have infiltrated tech markets in recent years. Goldman Sachs, however, believes that the generative AI rally may be here for good Kash Rangan, software analyst at banking giants Goldman Sachs, for their latest report that “AI may not be in the hype cycle yet. When technology providers agree that a technology shift is really happening, it's real. When customers become interested, it's not hype. Customers are interested.” claimed in an interview In April 2023, Goldman Sachs published an article claiming that its research team anticipates that generative AI could , representing growth of almost $7 trillion. raise global GDP by as much as 7% In addition to this, the same research suggests that the technology could drive productivity growth by 1.5% over the next 10 years. Such astonishing growth levels could have significant implications for a wide range of industries. “The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing rapidly and is expected to continue growing in the coming years,” explains Maxim Manturov, head of investment advice at . Freedom Finance Europe “AI can transform a wide range of industries, from healthcare and finance to transport and logistics. Investors may want to keep an eye on companies that are developing innovative AI solutions or integrating AI into their existing operations.” For investors, the far-reaching potential of AI has plenty of upside to tap into through strategic investments. Although the likes of ChatGPT and parent company OpenAI aren’t publicly traded at present, there are many leading tech players with sufficient generative AI exposure that position themselves as excellent options for investors to hold should Goldman Sachs’ estimates of a prolonged boom period come to fruition. With this in mind, let’s explore four of the generative AI stars of tomorrow that are available to buy into today: 1. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Although isn’t exactly an up-and-coming player in the world of generative AI, the company has significant exposure to the industry, and we can already see that the firm has made impressive price movements throughout 2023. Microsoft Microsoft has invested heavily in , and Morgan Stanley has recently labeled the tech giant as a ‘Top Pick’ with as much as 22% upside potential from current levels due to its advantageous position in the world of generative AI. OpenAI "Generative AI looks to significantly expand the scope of business processes able to be automated by software, and Microsoft stands best positioned in software to monetize that expansion, which accompanied with a still reasonable valuation makes Microsoft our Top Pick in large-cap software," . explained Morgan Stanley's Keith Weiss 2. NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) As we can see from its price rallies throughout 2023, is another firm that’s already been benefiting from the rise of . As a graphics card maker, NVIDIA benefits from the rising demand for technology to support artificial intelligence. NVIDIA generative AI According to CEO Jensen Huang, the company sees its future in the production of hardware to support AI. With NVIDIA’s value rising nearly 200% at the time of writing, some investors may worry about whether the firm’s lofty price is really sustainable, but with such an impressive repertoire of clients, the stock’s performance may be justified. NVIDIA makes the world’s highest-performing microchips, and because of this, it’s currently likely that the company will power the generative AI platforms of tomorrow. Considering that the likes of Amazon and Oracle , the company may well position itself at the forefront of the AI charge. both rely on NVIDIA chips 3. Unity Software (NYSE: U) June 2023 saw the value of Unity shares jump 15% as the company announced a range of new AI solutions, and speculative investors believe that this may just be the beginning for the company. At present, Wall Street’s highest price targets for Unity see the company , representing a seismic rally for a stock that’s experienced more than its fair share of turbulence over the course of the year–despite settling at a price that’s still more than 50% ahead of its opening value. climbing to a share price of $66 4. Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) Broadcom is another example of a chipmaker with plenty of room for growth. In fact, the company has recently stated that it expects its alone, despite other areas of the business slowing down. AI-based sales to double in 2023 Although some of Wall Street’s biggest players in generative AI aren’t intrinsically linked to the industry, it’s clear that the all-encompassing growth of artificial intelligence will rely on the wider tech industry to adapt to this brand-new frontier. Should Goldman Sachs be correct in their assessment that the generative AI boom may not be a bubble after all, there will certainly be some key investment opportunities to hold in portfolios.

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