Five years ago this week… Word of a preliminary EU investigation emerged as Broadcom faced an inquiry over accusations of unfair competition. The EU believed Broadcom used its market dominance to pressure customers to buy from the chip manufacturer. The bloc later ordered Broadcom to cease inserting exclusivity clauses into its contracts that prevent customers from purchasing chips from rivals. AV1 decode is supported in a media engine as part of Apple’s new M3 family of chips for Mac computers, paving the way for higher quality video streaming experiences. Video is fully in focus for Apple’s new silicon line, boasting a next-generation GPU featuring a new technology called Dynamic Caching, which brings hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading to Mac…