Broadcom has completed the acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices' digital TV (DTV) chip business for $141.5 million, more than $50 million less than the two companies originally agreed upon, Broadcom said.
The chip maker's warning came about three weeks after rival Intel lowered its fourth-quarter earnings forecast.
AMD released a tangled set of numbers backing up its third-quarter earnings. The bottom line: the chip company reported yet another loss, but claimed that its core product segment was barely profitable before charges.
Federal authorities have charged 14 individuals arising out of their ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms.
The case has implicated individuals from AMD, IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, and now, Atheros.

Advanced Micro Devices is expected to show off its latest laptop processors on Thursday, including quad-core chips for laptops that are due in a few months.
The chips will include two to four cores and achieve higher levels of integration that could offer longer battery life to laptops, AMD spokesperson Steve Howard said at an event during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.