The industry association Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has filed a formal action for annulment with the European Court of Justice against the approval of the VMware takeover by Broadcom.

Broadcom has begun sending warning letters to VMware users who continue to use the virtualization software with expired support contracts. According to Broadcom, anyone who continues to benefit from VMware support after the contract has expired is in breach of the user agreements.

After massive criticism from the industry, Broadcom is apparently sticking to the previous 16-core regulation.

Broadcom is significantly increasing the minimum requirements for VMware licenses. According to VMware distributor Arrow, the minimum number of cores required will increase from 16 to 72 from April 10.

Since the takeover by Broadcom, VMware customers have been faced with massive price increases. But not everyone is prepared to swallow the bitter pill.

Intel could possibly be split up. As the Wall Street Journal reports, citing insiders, both the Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC and the US group Broadcom are showing interest in various business areas of the ailing chip giant.

The German Association of IT Users (VOICE) has sharply criticized the business practices of the technology group Broadcom and its subsidiary VMware. In a letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the association calls for action to be taken against what it describes as abusive market behavior.

The US telecommunications group AT&T is making serious allegations against Broadcom, which acquired the software company VMware in 2022. The dispute centers on a price increase of 1050 percent for VMware products, as reported by TheRegister.