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Semiconductor Sales Fall Slightly in July
Currency devaluation in some regions and normal market softening in demand during the summer to blame.
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Cree Dubs Power and RF Business Wolfspeed
Cree separates RF and power efforts into new division.
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Diodes Acquires Pericom for $400 Million
The product lines of both companies are closely aligned.
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MCUs Move Beyond Low Power to Power Efficiency
The trend toward lower power for embedded systems has been driven by the desire to reduce size, lower cost and improve convenience.
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Chinese Venture Capitalists Make Technology Bets
Silicon Valley's venture capital community has long set the standard for making technology bets and laying out cash for startups or mature companies that may have the next wonder product in their portfolios.
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Displays for a New Generation of Electronics
A series of technological advances promise to take OLED displays to the next level, paving the way for flexible, form-fitting screens for wearables and curved TV screens that redefine home viewing.
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Malware Detection Integrated into Qualcomm’s Next-Generation Snapdragon
The on-device security supports conventional anti-malware and support for real-time malware detection, classification and cause analysis.
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Rambus’ Reinvention Builds Bridges with DRAM Vendors
The move to end infringement lawsuits and to silicon manufacturing the best path forward for success.
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SK Hynix to Invest $39 Billion in Three Fabs
The investment will expand its memory capacity as well as manufacture semiconductors for other vendors.
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ST’s New MOSFETs Offer Improved Efficiency for Power Supplies
The components can be used in servers, laptops, telecom and consumer applications.
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TSMC Exits Solar Module Business
The world’s largest pure-play foundry blames late entry into the market and lack of economies of scale.
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Cavendish Kinetics Raises Funds for Next-Gen RF MEMS
Company aims to accelerate RF MEMS development in LTE smartphones.
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Intel Helps with Honey Bee Health Tracking
The microprocessor giant will work with Australia’s national science agency on “tagging” bees.
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LCD TV Panel Inventories to Rise in Second Half of 2015
New peak of inventory levels expected.
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Microsemi FPGAs Gain DPA Countermeasure Certification
The company claims it is the first FPGA vendor to achieve countermeasure validation for DPA.
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Rambus Makes Server Memory Interface Chipset to Meet Growing Demand for Big Data and Cloud Computing
Rambus Inc. has introduced the R+ DDR4 server memory chipset—RB26 —for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs, which will deliver superior performance and capacity for both the enterprise and data center server markets.
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150 Million Smart Meter Semiconductors to be Shipped by 2019
The rise is due to increase demand for precise energy measurement and communications from utility vendors.
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Rambus to Begin Making Memory Chipsets
For the first time, the company will move beyond IP and into the semiconductor market.
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Chromebook Sales Lift 11-inch Display Market
At the same time, conventional notebook displays fall.
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Decreased IT Demand Hinders Large LCD Display Growth
Global currency concerns also cause lower margins due to higher import prices.
