Semiconductors
Start-up chip firm Novafora to acquire Transmeta for $256 million
19 November 2008
Intel launches Core i7 line of desktop processors
19 November 2008
China consumed a third of all semiconductors produced globally: study
19 November 2008
ON Semiconductor, Microchip withdraw hostile bid for Atmel
19 November 2008
Global chip manufacturers foresee drop in 2009 sales
19 November 2008
Spansion, Kodak sue mobile phone makers Samsung and LG for patent violations
19 November 2008
Applied Materials ends bid to acquire ASM International
15 November 2008
SanDisk cuts 15 per cent of its workforce
07 November 2008
AMD divests digital TV business to Broadcom for $141.5 million in cash
29 October 2008
Chipmaker Vishay abandons hostile $1.7 billion bid for International Rectifier
14 October 2008
Investigation against AMD's ATI unit and NVIDIA closed
14 October 2008
Global economic squeeze leads 26-per cent decline in 2008 semiconductor capital equipment spending
10 October 2008
SanDisk to sell new 16 GB phone memory card through Croma, Hot Spot Retail, Vijay Sales in India
29 September 2008
US Appeals Court upholds Broadcom’s patent infringement claims against Qualcomm
26 September 2008
US IP licensor Transmeta puts itself up for sale
25 September 2008
Graphics chipmaker Nvidia announces major layoffs
19 September 2008
SanDisk rejects Samsung's $5.85-billion bid
17 September 2008
LDK Solar to process 20,000 MT of solar silicones to Germany's Q-Cells
12 September 2008
Broadcom wins federal judge ruling against rival Qualcomm
29 August 2008
Broadcom acquires AMD’s digital television business for $192.8 million in cash
26 August 2008
AMD launches its fastest graphics card Radeon HD 4870 X2
12 August 2008
Broadcom wins patent infringement case against SiRF
09 August 2008
Intel launches new system-on-a-chip for mobile internet devices
25 July 2008
ISRO to upgrade its chip unit as IBM backs out of deal
25 July 2008
Intel slashes Core 2 Duo and Quad chip prices
24 July 2008
Samsung partners Sun Microsystems to create more durable flash memory chip
19 July 2008
Intel looks at how computers will transform the globe over the next 40 years with World Mural Project
19 July 2008
Microsemi acquires semiconductor firm Semicoa for $25 million
16 July 2008
Entegris to acquire Poco Graphite
15 July 2008
Samsung to set up 11th generation LCD plant
11 July 2008
Intel and AMD extend their dominance of the microprocessor market
02 July 2008
Leaner, meaner computers around the corner: CNRS patents new technique to optimise computer speed
21 June 2008
Intel processors power 75 per cent of world's Top500 supercomputers
19 June 2008
Toshiba repositions 200mm wafer lines, to strengthen cost competitiveness
17 June 2008
IBM, Japan's TOK tie up for thin film solar cell technology
16 June 2008
Applied Materials offers up to $500 million for part of Netherland's ASMI
09 June 2008
AMD scores as FTC opens investigation into Intel
09 June 2008
Federal Trade Commission orders antitrust inquiry into Intel's business practices
07 June 2008
Orpat Group and NXP Semiconductors join hands to launch mobile handsets in India
29 May 2008
Samsung will put in $902 million into memory lines
27 May 2008
NXP Semiconductors awards five-year $100 million contract to TCS
26 May 2008
Obrem stays on after failure of proxy campaign at Micrel
23 May 2008
Chipmaker AMD undergoes major restructuring as two senior executives leave
15 May 2008
IBM says chip alliance delivers major semiconductor performance leap, power savings
09 May 2008
AMD unveils ambitious two-year plan; to produce 12-core chips in 2010
08 May 2008
Qualcomm to open dedicated mirasol fabrication plant with Taiwanese electronics firm Foxlink
06 May 2008
Intel, Samsung, TSMC target 450mm wafer manufacture
06 May 2008
Freescale acquires SigmaTel for $110 million cash payment
05 May 2008
IBM, Matheson Tri-Gas to work on materials for over 32nm semiconductors
28 April 2008
Semiconductor war hots up: Sumitomo committed to acquire Axcelis
18 April 2008
Investment in semiconductors attract proposals worth Rs65,000 crore
03 April 2008
Five firms seek government nod for setting up chip fabrication units
12 March 2008
Global Semiconductor Alliance and India Semiconductor Association form alliance
04 March 2008
Intel's tiniest low-power processor Atom to power mobile devices, net PCs
03 March 2008
Sony sells chip facility to Toshiba for $835 million; forms joint venture
21 February 2008
Chartered to acquire eight-inch wafer fab operation in Singapore
16 February 2008
Fujitsu to realign and strengthen LSI business into subsidiary
21 January 2008
Intel faces anti-trust probe in New York
11 January 2008
Emcore will acquire a part of Intel's telecom assets
19 December 2007
Is AMD one of the Top 10 chip-makers or isn’t it?
30 November 2007
AMD launches new R&D facility in Bangalore
29 November 2007
AMD launches new quad-core Phenom processor
19 November 2007
Intel unveils its new smaller microchips
15 November 2007
Intel unveils its new smaller microchips
12 November 2007
Intel sets up $3 billion facility at Arizona
26 October 2007
Intel to reopen Jerusalem chip plant
20 September 2007
Govt outlines fiscal package for chip making, nanotech, displays, drives
15 September 2007
Microchip setting up more design centres in India
15 September 2007
Intel setting up 300mm chip facility in China
10 September 2007
Intel rolls out new chips for business market
27 August 2007
IBM and TDK launch joint research and development project for advanced MRAM
20 August 2007
Samsung confident of meeting schedules after a 22-hour power shutdown
07 August 2007
Samsung nonchalant about chip production
07 August 2007
Electronic equipment production in India to reach $32 billion by 2011: Gartner
03 August 2007
Samsung to invest $3.5 billion in its US chip plant
15 June 2007
Ferroelectric RAM
10 May 2007
AP leases 100 acres in Fab City to SemIndia''s project
30 April 2007
Government notifies semiconductor policy, expects Rs24,000 crore investment
23 March 2007
Intel eyes $2.5-billion chip facility in China
14 March 2007
New policy to promote India as chip manufacturing hub
24 February 2007
AMD launches energy-efficient 64 X2 dual-core processors
08 December 2006
Texas Instruments No 1 in analog chip market in 1998
08 April 1999
Taiwanese companies ramp up semiconductor investment
20 March 1999
NGEF closes semiconductor division
11 March 1999
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