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Tower Pays $7.5 million for Control of Three Panasonic Fabs

Israel specialty foundry is gaining control of three wafer fabs and a five-year order book in return for stock certificates valued at $7.5 million.

Corning, Atmel Team on Thinner, Curvy Touchscreens

Curved and thinner touchscreens are on their way, courtesy of Corning's Gorilla Glass paired with Atmel's Xsense capacitive touch technology.

Crossbar Funding Moves ReRAM Closer to Market

A well-connected startup commercializing resistive RAM research out of the University of Michigan has raised $25 million and is in talks with potential users of its technology.

Startup Halves 28nm SRAM Power Consumption

Lower power SRAMs through better sense and control circuitry confirmed in 28nm silicon by IP licensing startup.

Lenovo Recalls ThinkPad Battery Packs

Battery packs sold with some models of ThinkPad notebook computers in the U.S. and Canada can overheat and cause fire, according to a U.S. government agency.

Telekom Malaysia Re-Enters Mobile Market, But Faces Considerable Challenges

Telekom Malaysia's deal to acquire a 57 percent stake in Malaysia's largest WiMAX provider carries significant risks.

Future Signs Deal with Crocus; Digi-Key to Carry Active-Semi Products

Future will distribute Crocus's magnetically enhanced semiconductors, while Digikey will carry Active-Semi's line of analog and mixed-signal power ICs.

Kalray Eyes FDSOI for Many Core Processors

A European startup that has a developed a massively parallel processor is being asked to move the architecture on to ST’s fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process.

Quantum Recruits Silvaco to Model Si-Ge-C Superlattices

A research company founded by experienced academics and semiconductor executives has moved closer to getting SiGeC superlattice structures into commercial use with potential consequences for sensors.

Future to Sell Cymbet Solid-State Batteries

Canadian distributor to carry Cymbet's entire family of EnerChip smart solid-state batteries and power management solutions in the Americas.

Intel, Altera Go 3D With Multi-die Packaging

Intel will package heterogeneous multi-die components for Altera as part of a foundry service agreement.

T&M Vendors Likely Winners in Wireless Module Race

Test and measurement equipment vendors see the wireless module test market as lucrative, and for them, immune to typical market pressures.

Wearables to Add $70 Million to Battery Sales by 2018

A surge in the sales of wearable equipment is set to drive a major increase in the lithium battery market according to a market research report.

450mm Wafer Consortium Appoints TSMC Exec as Leader

An award-winning TSMC executive has been appointed to manage the wafer consortium responsible for an industry transition to production on 450mm diameter wafers.

Cisco Backs Smart-Grid Modem Startup

Fabless chip startup EnVerv already has a soft-modem IC on the market and some traction with customers, which eased the closing of its Series C round of venture capital.

Wolfson Adds Zoomable Audio to Hub ICs

Wolfson Microelectronics likes the sound of AudioFrame technology from Los Angeles based Audyssey.

Altera to Accelerate IBM POWER-Based Data Centers

The OpenPOWER Foundation, which aims to proliferate IBM's POWER processor architecture within data centers, is gaining supporters, the latest being Altera.

Chaotic Startup Offers Secure Hardware Option

The chaos inherent within some non-linear mathematics will have a part to play in digital cryptography according to a startup that has been nurturing its technology for nearly a decade.