Electronics Industry News & Analysis | Market Outlook & Trends

Intel Rolls Connected Car Products

Hardware, software products aimed at providing vehicle manufacturers with the ability to offer a more connected and integrated automobile, and eventually, self-driving capabilities.

Seagate Buys LSI Flash Businesses from Avago

Seagate is moving to catch up with acquisitive rival Western Digital by spending $450 million on two SSD-related business divisions that have just arrived at Avago.

Small Systems with Big Functionality for the IoT

The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the new demands it makes on electronic devices is the underlying force driving SiP’s ascent.

Soitec Partners in China to Produce SOI Wafers

Soitec partnership called first step in building Chinese ecosystem. 300mm wafers not mentioned explicitly but could be key to China's adoption of FDSOI.

Intel Partners With Rockchip For Tablet Push

To help it get Atom-based system-chips designed into low-cost Chinese tablet computers Intel is partnering with an ARM processor cores licensee.

Molex Acquires Italian Connector Company

Molex European Holdings BV has acquired the heavy-duty connector business of Westec s.r.l.

WSC Calls for Expansion of ITA

Semiconductor industry leaders have reached agreement on policy proposals designed to strengthen the chip industry.

ST Turns to ReRAM for 28nm Embedded Memory

ST is turning toward ReRAM, or OxRAM as it calls it, for embedded non-volatile memory in 28nm bulk CMOS and possibly for its FDSOI process.

Startup Hits Computex with 3D Vision Processor

Israeli startup led by experienced executives is demonstrating a stereoscopic computer vision chip for depth sensing and natural user interfacing at the upcoming Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chipmakers Increased Equipment Orders in April

New orders for semiconductor equipment increased 10.8 percent to $1.44 billion in April compared to March when orders totaled $1.3 billion.

Scalable Process Pushes Graphene Applications

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Michigan have developed a graphene fabrication process that places graphene directly on materials such as large sheets of glass, a process that lends itself to scaling up.

Imagination's Prpl Plays Linaro Catch-Up

Imagination hopes non-profit, open-source foundation Prpl will do for MIPS what Linaro has done for ARM. Imagination has also followed in ARM's IoT path by signing a Java collaboration agreement with Oracle.

Microchip Tech to Buy Bluetooth Chip Vendor for $329 Million

Deal would represent the first major overseas acquisition for Arizona-based chip vendor.

Neul IoT Network To Serve UK Town

There’s competition in the UK to deploy and demonstrate the value of dedicated M2M/IoT networks. BT and Neul, providing a Weightless-based network in Milton Keynes, are up against Arqiva's roll out of SigFox.

Arrow Appoints Bryant Chief Operating Officer

Arrow Electronics has named Andrew S. Bryant chief operating officer of the company’s global components and global enterprise computing solutions businesses.