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Video Teardown: Apple Watch Sport

The much-anticipated new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple product IHS Technology has researched.

Cree Launches New LED Technology

LED vendor says next-generation of LED lighting technology being rolled out for commercial building, spaces and parking garage luminaires.

Uniquify Rolls DDR3 IP for Samsung

IP vendor creates a DDR PHY intellectual property designed for Samsung’s 28nm foundry process to improve performance and help secure against timing shifts in design.

Silicon Motion Buys Chinese SSD Startup

A leading supplier of memory controller ICs has agreed to purchase a Chinese startup that is beginning to gain traction in its domestic market supplying Internet companies with PCIe-interface solid state drives.

China’s Underdog Chipmakers Make IP Grab to Compete in SoC Market

Once considered knock-offs to Western system-on-chip devices, China’s semiconductor underdogs are gobbling up IP in order to create home-grown devices that will compete against heavyweight chipmakers.

X-FAB Introduces UV Photo Diodes for Wearables

German foundry has introduced ultraviolet photo diodes to work with its 0.18 and 0.35 micron process technologies for smartwatches, smartphones, water purification systems and other industrial applications.

Microsemi Completes Vitesse Acquisition

Combined company to focus on furthering Ethernet technologies as well as increasing its presence in the Internet of Things.

Intel Security Inks Two Deals

Subsidiary formerly known as McAfee to collaborate with medical devices provider and retail point-of-sale kiosk vendor to integrate security software into products.

Chinese Solar Suppliers Still Dominate Module Market

The top 10 solar module makers had a combined market share of 49% in 2014, with seven companies among the leaders hailing from China.

Philips to Supply Lighting for Dutch Airport

Deal to provide fixtures and installations for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol seen as early example of “lighting-as-a-service” business model.

Fab Tool Bookings Continue Momentum

Chip gear book-to-bill ratio rises to 1.10 as bookings continued to exceed billings but remain above the parity level.

MIPS Architecture Opened to Universities

Processor architecture, born out of academia 30 years ago, opened up to foster interest with another generation of student engineers.

Applied Materials, TEL Scrap Merger

Plan to combine major semiconductor equipment companies discarded after U.S. regulators balk.

Samsung Pumps $9 Billion Into Chip Fab

South Korean electronics giant investing to boost production of future DRAM chips at fab in Pyeongtaek.

KLA-Tencor to Cut 10% of Workforce

Announcement comes as quarterly sales decline 11%.

Freescale Says NXP Merger On Track

Freescale's chief executive says integration of the firms has already begun and that the deal is on track to close by the end of 2015.

TI Echoes Concerns Over PC Market

TI says its results in the first quarter were on the low end of expectations due to weakness in wireless equipment and the PC market, echoing with the assessment made by Intel earlier this month.