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Freescale to Buy Mindspeed Business from Macom
Addition of ARM-based, multicore communications processor product family for networking equipment extends Freescale’s presence and reach in multiple segments.
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Global TV Market Contracts in 2013 for Second Straight Year
The global television market shrank last year for the second year in a row after total shipments declined by 6 percent from already soft 2012 levels.
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LED-on-Wire Startup Aims at Displays, Automotive
After nine years and raising $115 million of funding Swedish startup Glo is coming to market with its LED-on-wire technology.
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Semiconductor Sales Rise 11.4% in February
Global semiconductor sales grew 11.4 percent in February compared to February 2013 as revenue reached $23.23 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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New M&A Activity Stirs Component Makers
Buying and selling of component makers' operations realigns supplier community.
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Startup Claims Wireless Chip Cuts Power 1000-Fold
A startup has designed a proof-of-concept wireless sensor node system-chip using conventional EDA tools and 130nm mixed-signal CMOS that operates in the sub-threshold region of transistor operation.
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iQor Finalizes Jabil Aftermarket Services Purchase
iQor has completed its acquisition of Jabil's aftermarket services unit.
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Marvell Hit With $1.54 Billion Fine
In one of the biggest awards made in the semiconductor industry Marvell has been ordered to pay Carnegie Mellon University $1.54 billion for patent infringements that extend back over a decade.
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U.S. Manufacturing Begins Thaw
U.S. manufacturing is shaking off the effects of an unusually harsh winter.
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Novel Polymer Material Promises Reliable Heat Conduction for Electronic Devices
Polymer can help with thermal management issues.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Startup Halves 28nm SRAM Power Consumption
Lower power SRAMs through better sense and control circuitry confirmed in 28nm silicon by IP licensing startup.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Intel, Altera Go 3D With Multi-die Packaging
Intel will package heterogeneous multi-die components for Altera as part of a foundry service agreement.
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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.
