Semiconductors

Govt seeks to boost electronics by subsidising chip units

13 Sep 2013

Intel to close Hudon facility, cut 700 jobs

13 Sep 2013

US chipmaker Maxim to acquire Volterra Semiconductor for $605 mn

16 Aug 2013

IBM in data centre pact with Google, Mellanox, Nvidia, Tyan

07 Aug 2013

Tsinghua to buy mobile phone chip maker Spreadtrum for $1.78 bn

12 Jul 2013

Apple sued by Boston University for infringing semiconductor patent

05 Jul 2013

Boston University has asked for a ban on the sales of the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air, as they infringe on a patent assigned to the trustees of the university in 1997

43 reported sick after Gas leak at Intel plant

01 Jul 2013

Global semiconductor equipment spending to decline 5.5% in 2013: Gartner

20 Jun 2013

Samsung opts for Intel processor to power top Android tablet

31 May 2013

Better designs seek to boost performance of microelectronics

06 May 2013

European regulator investigates smartcard chipmakers for price fixing

22 Apr 2013

Indian semiconductor sales touches $8 bln in 2012: Gartner

16 Apr 2013

Global semiconductor revenues fall 2.6 % in 2012

03 Apr 2013

ST Microelectronics and Ericsson to end loss-making mobile chip unit ST- Ericsson

19 Mar 2013

Union Budget 2013 -14: Duty on mobile phones raised; incentives for semiconductors, electronics

28 Feb 2013

High end graphics demand to power AMD sales in India

25 Feb 2013

Samsung pips Apple to become top semiconductor customer

23 Jan 2013

Global semiconductor revenues fell 3 per cent in 2012

17 Dec 2012

Global semiconductor sales to reach $311 bn in 2013: Gartner

14 Dec 2012

Europe’s largest chipmaker STMicroelectronics exits Ericsson JV

11 Dec 2012

Fujitsu Semiconductor achieves 2.5kW output in server power supply units

22 Nov 2012

Fujitsu Semiconductor  has successfully achieved high output power of 2.5kW in server power supply units equipped with gallium-nitride power devices built on a silicon substrate

ASML to buy lithography light sources supplier Cymer for $2.5 bn

17 Oct 2012

Consortium led by a Japan’s Innovation Network planning to buy chipmaker Renesas for$2.55 bn

15 Oct 2012

Intel to target enterprise customers with Atom processor powered tablets

28 Sep 2012

KKR offers to buy controlling stake in Japanese chip maker Renesas: report

29 Aug 2012