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Actions Semi Restructures to Focus on Tablets

After a tough Q2, Chinese fabless chip firm to restructure its subsidiaries in an effort to cut losses and grow market share.

Fab Method Shows Promise for Solar-Powered Phones

A new way to control molecular assembly shows promise for producing organic photovoltaics in enough quantity to replace phone batteries as the power source.

IR Launches Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistor

Series of 600V Trench-gate Field Stop IGBTs targeted at welding applications.

QWERTY’s Retreat a Boon to Touchscreen-Controller Vendors

The standard QWERTY keyboard is being relegated to a smaller role while smartphones, tablets, ATMs, point of sale units and even PCs have gone the touch-screen route.

Electronic Passports Struggle for Stamp of Approval

Politics will hamper the rise in ePassports to just 175 million units by 2019, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

EZchip Revenues Expand 33% in Q2

Israel-based chip vendor posts record sales for the quarter.

Lenovo's Sales Rise on Wireless Growth

China-based OEM maintains position as the world’s top PC maker for the fifth consecutive quarter.

EMS Providers Beef up Design Capabilities to Attract OEMS

OEMs and startups are increasingly turning to EMS providers not just to build products, but to help design, develop and bring them to market.

Intel to Buy Former LSI Networking Business for $650M

Terms of the agreement call for No. 1 chip vendor to acquire former LSI business from Avago.

SMIC Teams on China’s First 300-mm Testing Facility

Foundry forms joint venture with Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology Co. to provide bumping and related testing for 300-mm wafers.

TE to Acquire Chinese Connector Company

Connector manufacturer TE Connectivity will acquire Xiamen SIBAS Connectors and Xiamen Delixing Electric Equipment of China.

America Semiconductor Adds Powell to its Distributor Roster

Distributor Powell Electronics has signed an authorized distribution agreement with America semiconductor and will carry the chipmaker's line of rectifiers, diodes and other products.

Charging Electric Vehicles Wirelessly

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB are developing a means of charging EV batteries wirelessly.

AOS Rolls Out Smart Load Switch

California-based chip vendor adds high current smart load switch designed with a rapid turn-off fault protection and current monitoring.

ST Teams with Austrian Chip Vendor on MEMS-based Tracking Tag

Austrian chip vendor Bluechiip launches tracking tag based on ST’s microelectromechanical systems technology that can withstand extreme conditions.

America II Becomes Authorized Distributor for Taiwan Semiconductor

Independent distributor America II Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Co.

China Sales Drive SMIC’s Record Revenue

China foundry SMIC is developing its position as the wafer provider of choice for China's fabless chip companies which has helped propel record 2Q14 financial results.

Flextronics Introduces New Universal Box Build System

Electronics manufacturing services provider Flextronics says it has developed a first-of-its-kind Universal Box Build (UBB) system.

IBM Seeks Customers For Neural Network Breakthrough

IBM's long-running Synapse research project has produced TrueNorth, a 28nm neural network IC the company researchers claim is ready for commercial deployment.