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Microchip Tech to Acquire Micrel

Deal, worth $839 million, will boost current initiatives underway at Microchip.

Active-Semi Power App Controller Claims Industry Leading BLDC Performance

The PAC5223 IC, four new development boards and firmware IP reduce time-to-market for sensored and sensorless motor applications.

Infineon Presses Home Power Position

Chip firm takes full control of joint venture in South Korea that supplies integrated power modules based on IGBTs to white goods manufacturers across Asia, particularly in South Korea and China.

Sematech Teams With Exogenesis to Bring ANAB Technology to Semiconductors

Alliance aims to bring accelerated neutral atom beam technology—already been proven in the biomedical market— to the semiconductor industry for better control and modification of surfaces.

Atmel CEO Steven Laub to Retire

Laub will continue to lead Atmel until August as the company's board considers both internal and external candidates to succeed him.

IHS Partners with ECIA to Deliver Authorized Distributor Inventory, Price and Availability on Datasheets360.com

IHS Engineering360 Media Solutions has partnered with the Electronic Components Industry Association to help authorized distributors provide current price and availability information to their target audience on Datasheets360.com.

Chip Company Incubator Tips First Startups

Incubator company backed by Synopsys and TSMC adds Advantest and Autodesk to its partnership roster and announces the first three startups that will benefit from the group's support.

ST to Exit Digital IC Manufacturing Race

The last European company still doing leading-edge chip manufacturing will bow out of the technology arm's race beyond the 14nm node.

Embedded Touch Displays to Comprise 40% of Module Shipments in 2015

Apple and Samsung are helping to push embedded touch displays to new levels of growth, negatively affecting the consumption of conventional touch screen modules.

MagnaChip Shakes Up Management Team

South Korean chip vendor’s president and COO resigns, with interim CEO assuming duties.

Chip Sales Up 6% in Q1

Global chip sales were up not only for the entire 2014 year but also in the first quarter sequentially despite continuing macroeconomic challenges

EPC Claims GaN Power Win Over Silicon

A seven-year-old company with a vision of helping gallium nitride power transistors displace silicon MOSFETS, reckons it has reached a tipping point with GaN transistors that are smaller and faster than the competition.

Freescale Introduces Wireless TPMS for Trucks

Series of tire pressure monitoring systems allows for accurate data collection and transmission of pressure, temperature and acceleration of large vehicles helping fleets avoid downtime and track driving behavior.

Knowles to Acquire Audience

MEMS supplier signs agreement to acquire Audience Inc. in a cash and stock deal that will strengthen Knowles’ signal processing and intelligent audio portfolio.

TSMC Aims for 7nm in 2017

Executive gives update on company's progress at the leading edge of IC manufacturing. Success is more likely if EUV tool productivity can be increased.

Finavera Enters U.S. Solar Market

Canadian renewable energy supplier plans to make further acquisitions to become important player in U.S. residential solar market.

Researchers Claim Flexible Silicon Breakthrough

Dutch researchers say new methods allow for the fabrication of flexible circuits such as rollable displays or flexible sensors.

Sandwich Produces Better Rechargeable Batteries

A group of researchers at Kansas State University has developed a method to greatly improve the capacity of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

Panasonic, IMEC Take Embedded ReRAM to 28nm

A team drawn from Panasonic and research institute IMEC is set to present their research next month on a "highly reliable" tantalum oxide variant of resistive RAM for use in 28nm CMOS.