Semiconductors

IBM to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 bn to take over its chip unit

20 Oct 2014

IBM Corp will pay government of Abu Dhabi-owned contract-chipmaker Globalfoundries Inc $1.5 bn, to take over its loss-making semiconductor unit

Qualcomm to buy British chip maker and Bluetooth specialist CSR for $2.5 bn

16 Oct 2014

US trade commission to probe Nvidia’s patent complaints against Samsung, Qualcom

07 Oct 2014

Samsung Electronics to invest $14.7 bn in new chip plant in S Korea

06 Oct 2014

Google to launch quantum computing initiative in association with NASA and USRA

03 Sep 2014

A research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California, Santa Barbara, will join Google to start work on a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics

German chipmaker Infineon to acquire International Rectifier for $3 bn

21 Aug 2014

The acquisition combines two semiconductor companies with leadership positions in power management technology

Intel to buy Avago Technologies’ networking business for $650 million

14 Aug 2014

Intel, which is a supplier of the majority of chips in servers and PCs, is now eyeing other growth markets like mobile devices and networking

IBM announces $3 bn for chip research for cloud, big data systems

12 Jul 2014

IBM says these investments will push it's semiconductor innovations into  advanced technology leadership required for the future

Global semiconductor capital equipment spending to rise 15% in 2014

09 Jul 2014

Qualcomm buys chipmaker Wilocity

03 Jul 2014

EU upholds 2009 penalty against Intel

13 Jun 2014

As a result of the ruling, Intel will have to pay a record €1.06 billion fine, the highest anti-trust penalty levied on a single company by the EU

Toyota working on new semiconductor chips to boost fuel economy of hybrid vehicles

24 May 2014

Microchip Technology to buy Taiwan's bluetooth designer ISSC for $328.5 mn

22 May 2014

US audio chips supplier Cirrus Logic to buy British rival Wolfson Microelectronics for $468 mn

29 Apr 2014

Intel's PC chips rise after record slump

16 Apr 2014

Intel Corp’s main personal-computer processor business is slowly picking up after a record industry slump, though the company’s push to get into faster-growing mobile-phone chips has hit hurdles

Caltech researchers develop light-bending silicon chip

13 Mar 2014

Tech Mahindra, Texas Instruments team up for Internet of Things lab in Bengaluru

07 Mar 2014

RF Micro Devices to buy rival TriQuint Semiconductor for about $1.6 bn

25 Feb 2014

Qualcomm faulted by China body for overcharging, dominance abuse

20 Feb 2014

India clears Rs63,410 cr investment in two semiconductor chip units

14 Feb 2014

IBM seeks buyers for semiconductor unit

07 Feb 2014

The semiconductor market remains one of the most competitive in the world, and IBM has recently seen its profits shrink in this division

ARM revenues take a hit on slow smartphone sales

06 Feb 2014

Govt receives 37 proposals for setting up electronics clusters

05 Feb 2014

Chip materials supplier Entegris to buy rival ATMI for $1.15 bn

05 Feb 2014

The merger will combine two key suppliers in the semiconductor industry to create a technology leader in advanced process materials

Intel to cut 5,000 jobs in 2014

18 Jan 2014

Computer chip giant Intel Corp is set to slash its global workforce by around 5 per cent this year in order to boost its earnings as revenue and profit fell for the second consecutive year

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