Chipmaking giant Intel Corp. said CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned after an investigation confirmed that the exec had a past consensual relationship with an Intel employee, violating the company’s non-fraternization policy.

The Intel board has named CFO Robert swan as interim CEO, effective immediately. Swan has served as Intel’s CFO since October 2016, and previously spent nine years as the CFO of eBay. He’s also late of Electronic Data Systems Corp. and TRW, and was CEO of Webvan Group.

Intel, a maker of silicon for set-top boxes and DOCSIS modems and gateways, said the alleged relationship involving Krzanich and confirmed by the investigation is a violation of the company’s non-fraternization policy, “which applies to all managers.”

“Given the expectation that all employees will respect Intel’s values and adhere to the company’s code of conduct, the board has accepted Mr. Krzanich’s resignation,” Intel said.

Intel has launched a search for a permanent CEO that will review both internal and external candidates. The board will retain a “leading executive search firm” to aid in the process.

“The board believes strongly in Intel’s strategy and we are confident in Bob Swan’s ability to lead the company as we conduct a robust search for our next CEO,” Intel chairman Andy Bryant said in a statement. “Bob has been instrumental to the development and execution of Intel’s strategy, and we know the company will continue to smoothly execute. We appreciate Brian’s many contributions to Intel.”

Intel also said it expects to deliver a record Q2, with revenues of approximately $16.9 billion and non-GAAP EPS of approximately $0.99.

Intel shares were down 77 cents (1.44%) to $52.69 each in Thursday morning trading. 

Fox Sports is teaming up with Ericsson, Intel and AT&T on a plan to stream live 4K video over via 5G-based technology for a “potential” national broadcast from this year’s 118 U.S. Open Championship from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.

Fox Sports, which will broadcast regular coverage of the event via Fox and FS1 from June 14-17, is also planning this effort in conjunction with the Fox Innovation Lab. They said the trial will deliver the first available broadcast footage using 5G technology from a premier U.S. golf event.

Under the plan, those partners will use 5G-based technology to transmit images in 4K and in High Dynamic Range from two Fox Sports cameras positioned on the par-3 seventh hole via the Fox Sports production truck.

For the test, Ericsson has been tapped to provide the 5G radios, baseband, simulated network core, and the 4K video encoder and decoder. Intel, meanwhile will provide its 5G Mobile Trial Platform, billed as a compact device that can transmit at 1.6 Gbps. It will be positioned at the seventh hold to handle the 5G-to-IP translation.

AT&T, meanwhile, will use millimeter wave spectrum to deliver the 5G-based connection.

Those feeds will be available to Fox Sports and its viewers through DirecTV, but in the future, 5G could possibly be used to deliver real-time VR views from the course to viewers as well, Fox Sports noted.

“It’s part of our FOX Sports DNA to aggressively explore evolving technologies as part of our live sports production,” Michael Davies, Fox Sports SVP of field & technical operations, said in a statement. “This is exactly the kind of effort we consistently put into the leading edge of today’s technology, in preparation for what will become the industry standards of the future.”

"As we prepare for the launch of 5G networks, it is essential for us to test real-world business cases, such as for wireless streaming of 4K video at sporting events,” added Niklas Heuveldop, head of market area North America at Ericsson. 

Broadcom said Monday it expects to complete its redomicile to the U.S. by April 3, two days prior to the new date for Qualcomm’s annual shareholder meeting.

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Broadcom, currently based in Singapore, announced the plan to move its headquarters back to the U.S. in November, and has since made unsolicited bids to acquire Qualcomm. Broadcom said Monday that its proposal to acquire Qualcomm “has always been premised on the completion of Broadcom’s previously announced plan to redomicile.”

Broadcom is stressing that point after the U.S. Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued in interim order to Qualcomm to postpone the company’s’ annual stockholder meeting, which was originally was set to occur on March 6. At the meeting, currently set for April 5, Broadcom is attempting to elect six nominees to Qualcomm’s board.

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Following up a position held last week, Broadcom said Monday that U.S. national security concerns are not a risk to closing its proposed acquisition of Qualcomm.

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“In addition, as a company incorporated in the U.S., Broadcom looks forward to working directly with the U.S. government as a trusted supplier, and continuing Qualcomm's existing engagement,” Broadcom added.

Update:Reporting Monday on Squawk on the Street, CNBC’s David Faber said CFIUS is “not happy” with Broadcom, as it had issued a letter to Broadcom that the company had violated an interim order issued in March by CFIUS because Broadcom, on at least three separate occasions, had taken action toward redomiciliation in the U.S. without providing the organization with at least five business days notice. Faber said Broadcom and CFIUS officials plan to meet Monday to cover these issues, and that this marks Broadcom’s last opportunity to tell CFIUS why it should not refer the proposed deal to the President of being blocked.  

Broadcom shares were up 3.18% ($8.06) to $261.84 each in Monday morning trading.

Qualcomm recently provided Broadcom a “mark-up” to the Broadcom proposal that, Qualcomm believes, could resolve all of the issues, save for the price, which it believes continues to undervalue Qualcomm.

Serving up a possible complication to Broadcom’s plans, Intel is considering several M&A moves, including a possible bid for Broadcom, should Broadcom’s hostile play for Qualcomm appear to be headed toward failure, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Hoping to give viewers a unique perspective from football’s grandest stage, Fox Sports said it will use technology from Intel for a “Be the Player” replay enhancement that will offer a player’s eye view of the action from Super Bowl LI.

The enhancement, coming way of the Fox Sports Lab initiative and using the Intel 360 Replay technology, will provide the POV perspective without requiring a physical camera to be attached to the player, they said. Intel’s platform uses a system of HD cameras positioned around a sporting venue along with servers to capture and create a 3D rendering – from multiple angles--  of the on-field action. 

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“We tasked Intel to push their amazing Intel 360 Replay technology to the limit of what it could do, using their array of cameras circling the stadium to synthesize a player’s view on the field,” said Michael Davies, FOX Sports SVP of Field & Technical Operations.

“The cameras, backed up by a huge bank of Intel computing power, allow a moment to be recreated in 3D space, so that a ‘virtual camera’ can be placed at the player’s eye line -- not unlike how limitless camera views can be created in video games,” Michael Davies, Fox Sports’s SVP of field and technical operations, said in a statement.  “This broadcast enhancement is like no other -- it literally brings the audience down to the viewpoint of the player at the critical decision-making moment. What other choices did he have? Was his sight blocked? It all looks much different from field level, and can assist our announcers in describing what actually happened on the field.”

This video from the Foster Farms Bowl game between Indiana and Utah illustrates the POV feature that will be employed for Super Bowl LI. 

Fox Sports said its production for Super Bowl LI, set for Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston, will utilize three production trucks and more than 30 cameras (including the use of Super Motion and 4K cameras) to deliver more than 20 hours of programming a day from “Discovery Green” in the city, and 70-plus cameras to cover the game itself. 

Canadian operator Rogers Communications has begun to deploy a DOCSIS 3.1 gateway from Hitron that’s initially being used to support broadband subs on some of the MSO’s highest-level speed tiers, including its 1-Gig offering.

Rogers hasn’t formally announced the rollout, but a Rogers network architect has posted some details about it on the operator’s community forum, and Rogers broadband subs have begun to post images and other details about the new device on the DSL Reports message boards.

Per the Rogers forum posting, the device in question is the Hitron CODA-4582, a DOCSIS 3.1 gateway that uses the Intel Corp. Puma 7 chipset. Hitron’s D3.1 device recently obtained certification from CableLabs.

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“From a technical perspective, there is still a lot of testing going on and some enhancements are already planned to be deployed between not and the end of January,” the post read, noting that the device isn’t yet IPv6-enabled but should be in the January release.

The post also notes that the Hitron device will available in stores starting Dec. 13, and will be the “new default” product for Rogers  Gigabit customers. Current subs on Rogers’s 1-Gig and “250u” (250 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps up with unlimited data) “Ignite” tiers “should be able to swap their existing gateway without issues,” the posting adds.

Rogers has been asked for additional detail about the rollout as well as pricing on the Hitron gateway. 

UPDATE: A Rogers official confirmed that the operator has begun to deploy DOCSIS 3.1 on its network while also making the new HItron gateway availalbe. "This week, starting with our Gigabit Internet customers, we're inviting them to swap their existing modem (free of charge) for the new modem that will offer more capacity for faster speeds, more robust performance and more capacity to support our customers’ growing needs," the official added in an email to Multichannel News. Regarding availability through Rogers stores, the MSO is not selling the Hitron device at retail but letting gigabit customers swap out their existing modems at those outlets. 

South of Roger’s border, Netgear is gearing up for the retail release of its first DOCSIS 3.1-certified device, the CM1000. Comcast and Cox Communications have already approved it for use on their networks. Arris is also getting ready to offer a D3.1 modem, the  SurfBoard 8200, at retail.

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Arris said it is working with Intel on a firmware fix for the SURFboard SB6190, a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with Intel’s Puma 6 chip, that has been the subject of complaints about jitter and latency.

DSL Reports shed light on the issue on Tuesday, as a Cox Communications customer reported that the model was experiencing connectivity issues and latency spikes.

"ARRIS has been working actively with Intel to address the issue, which resulted in some SURFboard® SB6190 users reporting latency concerns. We plan to quickly issue Intel’s firmware updates to resolve any latency. We remain committed to providing the best broadband experience for all users of ARRIS devices and regret any inconvenience this issue caused," Arris said in a statement. 

UPDATE: A person posting to the DSL Reports message board said a beta of the firmware update, a version called 9.1.X,  is starting to be distributed. CableLabs also stressed to DSL Reports that its role is to test for interoperability, as performance of the devcies falls outside its jurisdiction. 

The SB6190 is a model on the higher end of the DOCSIS 3.0 product spectrum, as it can bond up to 32 downstream channels (enough to support bursts up to 1.4 Gbps), and eight upstream channels.

It’s not clear if the issue is isolated to this one Arris model with the Puma 6, or if others with the chip are running into the same issue. However, DSL Reports said consumers on its forum have lodged similar complaints about other makes and models that use the Intel chip.

Intel, which pairs its DOCSIS chips with silicon from MaxLinear, competes in the sector with Broadcom.

Earlier this week, Hitron announced that its Coda-45 modem is first with Intel’s Puma 7’s chip to obtain CableLabs certification for DOCSIS 3.1  D3.1 models from several other vendors, including Humax, Arris, Askey, CastleNet, Netgear, Sagemcom, Technicolor, and Ubee Interactive have also achieved that distinction on products powered by Broadcom silicon.

Adding another piece to its virtual reality technology puzzle, Intel Corp. said it is acquiring Voke, a company that has developed a multiscreen, sports-focused VR production platform that includes a proprietary stereoscopic capture system.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but between 15 and 20 Voke employees will be joining Intel, the company confirmed.

Intel is buying Voke to help accelerate the company’s efforts around technologies that deliver “immersive” sports experiences, James Carwana, GM of the Intel Sports Group, noted in the announcement.

Intel’s deal for Voke follows its acquisition earlier this year of Replay Technologies, a company that built “freeD,” a platform that uses hi-res cameras and graphics to create 3D, 360-degree video.

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Intel, which is working on a broader “merged reality,” is also pushing into the headset hardware arena with Project Alloy, which will result in reference designs for manufacturing partners.

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Santa Clara, Calif.-based Voke was founded in 2004. Its TrueVR  platform has been used for a range of live shows and events, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, New York Fashion Week, the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, live streams of concerts, and select NBA, NFL and college football games.

Intel Capital recently led a $12.5 million “A” round in Voke, along with participation from the Sacramento Kings, A+E Networks and Nautilus Ventures.

“Together, we can innovate and scale our new immersive sports business faster to bring fans the most personalized, fully immersive VR experience ever imagined and change the way networks, sports leagues and teams engage with their audiences,” Carwana said.