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Subject: Vine Pre-Sign - Executive Office Approval Requested by 7 /29 Please 

Attachments: Vine Executive Office Approval Materials 72815 vFinal .pptx 

Brian/Stacy /Wendell, 

We are requesting authorization to execute the asset purchase agreement for Vine (actual name Via Telecom). The 

purchase price isVine is a fabless semiconductor company with a core development capabilities in CDMA baseband processors. The 

company has approximately 500 employees, majori ty of whom are located in China and Taiwan. Vine is the only viable 

alternative to Qualcomm for CDMA. 

The strategic rationale for the deal is: 

• Provide an entry-point to the China Telecom/China market and compete against Qualcomm/ MediaTek 

• Add 6-mode CDMA solution to win Apple 

• Highly ski lled (modem/system engineering/low-cost SoC) engineers to provide a competitive SoFIA Entry platform for t hird 

party scaling strategy (Rockchip/Spreadtrum) 

• Acquire a strong/experienced team with expertise in CDMA/LTE interworking and proprietary IP 

• Ensure the right skillset for a SoFIA Entry platform (modem, low cost Soc capability) 

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If the rate of CDMA decline continues to shift further out, the 

incremental upside is another We have negotiated a purchase of 

APPROVAL REQUESTED: May we have your approval to sign Wednesday (7 /29) or Thursday 

(7 /30), 2015. Please respond by 5pm tomorrow. 

Thanks, 

Anthony 

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INTEL CONFIDENTIAL 

July 28, 2015 

Vine - Executive Office 

Review 

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Executive Summary 

• Proposed acquisition of Via Telecom for the Communications and Devices 

Group (iCDG) within Platform Engineering Group (PEG) 

- Vine is a fabless semiconductor company with a core development focus in CDMA baseband 

processors with expertise in reference designs/complete platforms (data cards, USB dongles, ultra 

low cost smartphones) 

- Vine's business was acquired from LSI in 2002 by the Wang family (HTC) of Taiwan (90%+ owned 

by Wang family and 10% is reserved for employee options) 

- Vine is a private company with 2014 Revenue of $58M ($39M product revenues) 

- Vine has -500 employees (-320 in China, -80 in Taiwan and -80 in San Diego, CA) 

- -380 employee engineering team (-245 in China, -60 in Taiwan and -75 in San Diego, CA) 

• Strategic Rationale 

- Provide entry-point to the China Telecom/China market and compete against Qualcomm/ 

MediaTek 

- Add 6-mode CDMA solution to win Apple 

- Highly skilled (modem/system engineering/low-cost SoC) engineers to provide a competitive 

SoFIA Entry anchor platform for third party scaling strategy (Rockchip/Spreadtrum) 

- Acquire a strong/experienced team with expertise in CDMA/LTE interworking and proprietary IP 

- Ensure the right skillset for a SoFIA Entry platform (modem, low cost Soc capability) 

uesting approval for acquisition of Vine for an aggregate consideration of 

n cash 

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CDMA Market Opportunity 

Apple TAM (NA and China) 

Volume (MU) 

Phones and Tablets 

North America (All vol) 

China (All vol) 

Total (NA+ China) 

Intel Share 

...... 

265 265 0% 

64 64 0% 

70 70 0% 

134 134 0% 

so 67 6% 

Assumption Detail: 

• Volume assumed flat through 2024 

• Assume a 1 SKU strategy for each CDMA region 

• 

• North America SKU needs CDMA for Verizon 

and Sprint 

• China SKU needs CDMA for China Telecom 

CDMA product launch in 2018, with XMM 7460 

• Share ramps from 37% to 50% by 2019 

assuming Apple follows dual sourcing strategy 

Source: Intel Estimates- QllS iCDG Market Model 

SoFIA CDMA Market 

Volume (MU) 

.. .. 

WW CDMA TAM 173 

CDMA North America 100 

CDMA China 73 

Intel Share 10 

86 

32 

54 

13 

CAGR 

-13% 

-20% 

-6% 

6% 

Assumption Detail: 

• US CDMA volume ramp down starts in 2018 with 

ROW zero, and China starts in 2022 

• 

• US Verizon migrates to single-mode LTE in 2018 

and expect CDMA shutdown by 2021, Sprint 

still requires CDMA fallback 

CDMA product launch in Ql 2017 with Sofia LTE in 

Value segment 

• Glenview launch Ql 2018, 

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QCOM and MTK have 6-mode Solutions 

Cellular Technologies by Silicon Player 

TDGSM CDMA SCDM WCDMA L TE - L TE -

A TDD FDD 

Intel .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ 

Vine .,/ 

QCOM .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ 

Samsung .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ 

MediaTek .,/ Via.,/ 

License .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ 

Marvell .,/ .,/ .,/ .,/ 

Note: Third party names and logos may be claimed as the property of others. 

Smartphone Market 

• Verizon, Sprint, and China Telekom 

prolonging CDMA deployment, keeping it 

relevant for Asia and US 

• MTK's entry into CDMA increases likelihood 

of "box feature" and OEM single SKU 

approach 

• Apple, CTC, Huawei, and other Chinese 

players looking for CDMA alternative to 

QCOM 

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Vine Technology and IPR 

• Acquiring approximately 340 patents and 140 patent applications 

generally in the CDMA field 

- SEPs largely and pre-2006 commercially necessary patents largely 

licensed into the Qualcomm ecosystem; some SEPs may also be 

subject to SSO FRAND commitments 

- Patents also licensed to the Vine parent, which can sublicense to HTC 

- Patents & technolo licensed to VAS, a JV with a Shan hainese 

- Under a separate agreement, VAS JV has two Chinese military, limitedfeatured CDMA products, being retained by Vine 

• In addition, Intel sublicensed to all non-acquired IPR from Vine and 

its Affiliates (including its parent) to use the acquired Vine 

Technology 

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Valuation Rationale 

Expected Case -

6 mode capability key to China for competing against QCOM/MTK 

• Verizon, Sprint and China Telekom prolonging CDMA deployment, keeping it 

relevant for Asia and US 

• CDMA MSS gain with Apple dual sourcing CDMA SKUs, assumes 50°/o MSS 

• Vine existing customer relationships provide opportunity for design wins at HTC 

on Smartphones, Tablets and Modems 

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• Base business is the value of Vine's existing chip business 

Assumes that current business maintained and customers transitioned to IA products in 2-3 years 

• 

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Preliminary Integration Plan 

• Fully Integrate Vine into Intel over time reporting to Aicha Evans (GM, iCDG) 

Vine employees would immediately start working with iCDG post close on 6-mode CDMA 

products while winding down/EOL specific product lines as contractual obligations permit. 

TSA from parent to aid transition; small Intel team to provide "Reverse TSA" to Vine-parent for 

their existing license support 

• Technology plan 

Continue with existing products until Intel products can transition (approx. 2 years) to keep 

customer relationships and momentum 

Create 6 mode device by adding CDMA to modem platform (XMM7 460, 7560) for Apple, LG, 

Telematics addressing market segments in US, China, Korea 

Est. production release 01 2017 

Add CDMA to SoFIA L TE / R by provide 6 mode CDMA technology to 3rd party derivatives 

based on existing products (Spreadtrum, Rockchip) 

p g 

Gemalto, Amazon, Samsung, Verizon) 

Leverage Vine relationships for HTC design wins 

• HR retention plan 

Fully integrate into Intel at close (Intel compensation/benefits/systems) 

Intel will set up a small retention bonus (-$700K) for - 10 key employees) 

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(Sierra, Telit, 

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Recommendation 

• Executive Office approval to acquire Vine for an aggregate purchase 

price of 

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Appendix 

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Vine Company Profile 

Company Description 

• Vine is a fa bless semiconductor company with a core development 

focus in CDMA baseband processors 

• Expert in Ref-Designs and complete platforms: data cards, USB 

dongles, ultra low cost smartphones 

• Vine's business was acquired from LSI in 2002 by the Wang family 

of Taiwan (90%+ owned by Wang Family- 50% directly/40% 

through the parent, Vine Technologies) 

• Vine is HQ in San Diego, roughly -500 employees 

• -320 in China, -80 in Taiwan, -80 in CA (mostly San Diego) 

• Vine has shipped-150M units, has-70 customers, mainly in 

China, including the HTC Desire 709d and Huawei P7 

• 2014 Revenue of $58M ($39M product revenues) 

• Only viable alternative to QCOM for CDMA 

Note: Third party names and logos may be claimed as the property of others. 

Key Customers I Operator Overview 

Key Cust./ Status Units/ 

Operator Volumes 

China Telecom Shipping lxRTT phones, smart Shipping significant 

phones, EVDO dongles and volume into CT this 

GSM/CDMA dual mode year 

Verizon Shipping lxRTT since '07. Shipped 10 phone 

Qual'd and commercialized models with Verizon 

smart phones 

KDDI Shipping low cost feature Highest volume 

phone. (OEM- Pantech) CDMA phone in 

Japan 

Huawei Shipping CDMA modem to CTC Low single digit 

P7) million 

Key Chipset Products 

• CDMA/GSM, CDMA2000, CDMA 2000 EVDO RevA data 

• CDMA implementation at ULC (<$14 total BOM) 

• L TE solutions by partnering (HiSilicon, Samsung, MOT, GCT) 

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iPhone 6 SKUs 

iPhone Model UMTS/HSPA+, DC-HSDPA CDMA, EV-DO TD-SCOMA LTE Bands 

850,900, 1700/2100, 1900,2100 1,2,3,4,5, 7,8, 13, 

A 1549* (GSM/North America) MHz None None 17, 18, 19,20,25,26, 

28,29 

850,900, 1700/2100, 1900,2100 800, 1700/2100, 1900, 1,2,3,4,5, 7,8, 13, 

A 1549 (CDMA/Verizon) MHz 2100 MHz None 17, 18, 19,20,25,26, 

28,29 

FDD-L TE (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

A 1586** (Global/Sprint) 850,900, 1700/2100, 1900,2100 800, 1700/2100, 1900, 1900 (F), 2000 (A) 7,8, 13, 17, 18, 19,20, 

MHz 2100 MHz 25, 26, 28, 29); TDLTE (38, 39, 40, 41) 

FDD-L TE (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

A1589 (China Mobile) 850,900, 1700/2100, 1900,2100 None 1900 (F), 2000 (A) 7,8, 13, 17, 18, 19,20, 

MHz 25, 26, 28, 29); TDLTE (38, 39, 40, 41)t 

*The GSM version of A 1549 is sold unlocked and without a contract on T-Mobile US and it does not support CDMA. 

** The A 1586 is sold as global "Unlocked iPhone 6" 

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