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VW & Technology Cheating

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been back in the office this week as I needed to cover for some staff with vacation this week. So I have been “head down” with news. One of the big stories this …

Semiconductor maker Dialog, of the UK, is to buy Atmel, which, among other things, makes touch controllers and is well positioned in the IoT, according to specialist analysts. The deal is expected to close …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 22 - Issue 38

NXP and Freescale Announce $40 Billion Merger

by Helen Vince

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NXP will merge with Freescale in a transaction which values the …

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TSMC Sues Ex-Employee Over Samsung Leak

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is reported to have brought a lawsuit against a former R&D employee alleging that he leaked secrets to Samsung, including details of TSMc’s 28 nm process. Reports suggest that the …

China to Make Significant Chip Investment

by Vanessa Browning

China has set aside $20 billion to find the country’s chip industry, and is expected to invest half of the money this year – as much as 70% will go to domestic wafer fabs. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 22 - Issue 04

ASE Plant Resumes Operations

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s K7 plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been allowed to resume operations. The plant was closed earlier this year due to major pollution violations, which ASE has endeavoured to fix.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 21 - Issue 50

TSMC Buys Qualcomm Plant

by Raverstead

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has paid $85 million to acquire a factory in northern Taiwan from Qualcomm. TSMC said in a filing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it has bought the plant for …

Slowdown in Orders Hits Chip Firms

by Raverstead

Seasonal weakness was blamed for disappointing results amongst Taiwan’s chip manufacturers. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said that a slowdown in orders for the latest iPhone device was the main reason why sales in November …

Mixed Results for Taiwan’s Chip Firms

by Super User

There were mixed results for Taiwan’s main semiconductor companies last month, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) reporting sequential sales increases, while MediaTek’s monthly results were lower than market expectations. TSMC …

APAC Growth Boosts Chip Sales Worldwide

by Super User

Worldwide semiconductor sales in August were up 9.4% YoY, to $28.4 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The figure also represents a 1.3% MoM increase. Sales in the January-August period were 10.1% higher …

IBM Pays Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Chip Unit

by Super User

IBM has agreed to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 billion over the next three years to take over its loss-making semiconductor business. IBM announced earlier this year that it was looking for a buyer for the …

TSMC Plans 16nm in 2015

by Super User

TSMC’s co-CEO, CC Wei, has said that the company will begin volume production of 16nm FinFET process products in Q2’15, or early Q3’15. In tests, these chips have shown that processor speeds can reach …