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FPGA Vendor Reaches FinFET Volume Production

It's taken time but Achronix is in volume production with two members of it Speedster22i FPGA family built on Intel's 22nm FinFET manufacturing process technology.

Globalfoundries Partners with imec on IoT

Foundry, research center are working together for future generations of radio architectures, mobile handset efficiency upgrades and the Internet of Things.

IoT Network Firm Eyes IPO After Raising Funds

French IoT radio network company SigFox has secured a $115 million round of funding with backing from leading global telcos.

Samsung Begins Mass Production of 14nm Mobile Processor

Mass production of a 14nm FinFET application processor is rolling at Samsung putting the company's leading edge for logic on the same node as Intel and ahead of foundry market leader TSMC.

Teardown: BMW's New Head-up Display

The IHS Technology teardown team looks into the latest example of the trend in automotive instrumentation.

Transitional Year for the Global Lighting Market

In 2014, most traditional lighting technology suppliers reported declining sales for lamps and luminaires while LED-only manufacturers have seen their revenues rise. This trend is expected to continue.

Why Philips is Selling Its OLED Lighting Division

Why has the world’s largest producer of OLED panels decided to pull out?

Audio Streams Help Music Revenues to Rise in 2014

Rise in audio streaming last year, rising to 20 percent of all recorded music revenues, helped the industry increase sales for the first time since 2010.

Freescale Reportedly Exploring Sale

Chip firm has engaged investment bankers to study possible sale, according to the New York Post.

Seagate, Micron Team for Fast Storage Devices

Companies will team up initially for next-generation SSD and strategic NAND supply but it could morph into a relationship involving enterprise storage products as well.

U.S. Chip Firm Pledges $1 Billion for Analog Fab in India

Cricket Semiconductor aims to build first analog fab in India and establish strategic partnership with specialty foundry.

Applied Materials' Revenue, Orders Up in Fiscal Q1

Thanks to technology inflections happening in the chip and display markets, chip gear vendor Applied Materials saw growth for the quarter in all of its business groups and expects future growth in the following quarter.

Hitachi Data Systems Grabs Big Data Firm for IoT

Acquisition of Pentaho will further Hitachi’s strategy to merge machine data, information technology and analytic to garner value from big data and the Internet of Things.

Samsung Investing $3.6 Billion in OLED Line

South Korean electronics company will use the production line to differentiate its smartphone and tablet devices as well as a way to garner external customer wins.

Consolidation Heats Up In Chip Industry

A rash of acquisitions in the semiconductor industry has been driven by the slow down in consumer electronics and wireless growth and more deals are likely to happen in 2015

Crystal Oscillator Vendor Taps America II

Under newly-formed deal with CEC Panda Crystal Technology, the distributor will gain global rights to the company's entire quartz-based timing devices.

Nvidia Rides Gaming Market to Big Boost in Sales

Success from its global GPU platforms including its DRIVE, GRID, SHIELD and GeForce line led to record revenues for the year for the graphics processor company.

Amkor Posts Record Year

Packaging and test technology house finished 2014 with a strong fourth quarter and over the past two years revenues have grown 13 percent.

ARM Makes IoT Security Acquisition

Intellectual property vendor will add the security IP from Offspark to its mbed Internet of Things software OS for use with ARM’s Cortex cores for future devices.