Broadcom is expected to submit an inflated bid for Qualcomm soon, after its $105 billion offer was rejected earlier this week. The question over whether or not a better offer than $70 a share will win over Qualcomm investors is frankly too close to call, but a hostile takeover looks likely after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said, “Many have expressed to us their desire that Qualcomm meet with us to discuss our proposal. It remains our strong preference to engage cooperatively with Qualcomm’s Board of Directors and management team.” French security firm Inside Secure has launched its Silicon IP Programmable Root-of-Trust Engine, claiming to be the industry’s first RISC-V based platform security system. RISC-V is an open instruction set architecture…