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ARM Server Chips Start to Roll

Although the ARM server community took a hit last December with the closure of Calxeda, ARM-based server chips are starting to flow from Applied Micro, AMD

Infineon Improves Sales, Profits, Cash

Infineon, with its focus on industrial and automotive sectors is enjoying robust growth, increasing its cash pile and looking for merger and acquisition targets.

ASML Touts EUV Lithography Progress

ASML has reported progress in the productivity achievable on its EUV lithography system and helped its share price jump 15 percent.

Developer of Collision Avoidance Systems Files for IPO

Mobileye, an Israel-based developer of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology, has raised the range for which it expects to price shares in an IPO later this week.

Allwinner Preps 64-bit Tablet Processor

Allwinner, a significant player in the Android tablet application processor market, aims to have a 64-bit offering implementing the ARMv8-A instruction set architecture before the end of 2014.

Ericsson Acquires MetraTech to Further IoT Offerings

Ericsson set to acquire U.S.-based company in an effort to strengthen the company’s IoT and Everything as a Service business.

TriQuint Boasts Level 9 Manufacturing Readiness for GaN

Oregon-based company reveals it reached Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Readiness Level 9 for gallium nitride manufacturing.

Exclusive Video Teardown: Amazon Fire Phone

Qualcomm scores big with apps processor, RF and PA design wins.

Globalfoundries Passes On IBM Chip Business, Says Report

Talks have broken down over the sale of IBM's chip business to Globalfoundries with the parties unable to come close to each other on price, according to a Bloomberg report.

Industrial Chip Market Set For Strong 2014

The industrial electronics chip market is bouncing back from an annual decline in 2012, supported by capital expenditure budgets expanding in line with an improving global economy.

ON Semi Rolls Power Management Regulators

Fixed frequency switching regulators targeted at high reliability offline AC-DC switched-mode power supplies.

Mouser Adds Midwest Microwave Components Product Line

Product line includes high performance coaxial microwave components that meet the precise requirements of the RF/microwave industry.

Ultra-high Definition TV Sales Grow Slowly

Despite a slow and steady increase, UHD TVs maintain minimal market share in the flat-panel TV space.

Imagination Inserts MIPS into Ensigma Radio for IoT

Processor IP licensor Imagination is developing a family of radio processing units under the name 'Ensigma Whisper' aimed at low power applications in wearables and the Internet of Things.

Qualcomm's China Troubles Cloud $6.8 Billion Quarter

Qualcomm expects to be hit by an investigation by Chinese authorities into its business practices and meanwhile reckons some licensees are under-reporting sales volumes while awaiting the outcome.

Despite MEMS Troubles, ST Returns to Profit in Q2

Problems in the Analog and MEMS business unit and declining total sales did not prevent a return to profit for Europe's largest chip company in 2Q14.

Google, IEEE Offer $1 Million For a Better Inverter

Google and the IEEE are offering a $1 million cash prize for the best approach to reducing the size of inverters while achieving greater than 95 percent energy efficiency.

Peregrine, RF Micro Settle Lawsuit, Strike Patent Deal

Cross licensing agreement settles all outstanding litigation between the two chip firms.

RS, Allied Ink Global Distribution Deal with Rohm

RS Components and Allied Electronics, business brands of Electro Components, have signed an agreement with Rohm Semiconductor and to be an authorized global distribution partner of the chipmaker.