Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron call off merger
Anti-trust
The largest manufacturers of the machinery used to make semiconductors, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron of Japan, have dumped a merger plans.
Qualcomm helps the Chinese
Helping to sell gear to West
US chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to establish ties with Chinese smartphone makers to help them launch their products abroad.
Strong ARM tactics yield results
Cash pile building
Chip designer ARM reported a 36 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit amid strong demand for its technology.
ARM buys two IoT outfits
Because you can never have too many
British chip designer ARM has been writing cheques to buy two outfits to give it an edge on the Internet of Things market.
Moore's Law did not turn 50 over the weekend
But I nearly am damnit
While the press is banging on about Moore's Law turning 50 over the weekend, like many things in the US press, it is completely wrong.
Shareholders spank Altera back to the negotiating table
Do stop mucking about
Several key Alteria shareholders have forced the company back to the negotiating table to discuss the merger with Intel.
Qualcomm chip business worthless
Spin it off warns sctivist investor
Qualcomm has been told to spin-off its "worthless" chip unit away from its patent-licensing business in order to boost sliding stock prices.
Semiconductor sales up eight percent
Intel still the market leader shokka
Sales of semiconductors were up eight per cent and reached $340bn according to a report by analyst house Gartner.
Samsung saved by display and chip business
Hopes the Galaxy will save it
Samsung just released its financial performance for the first quarter of the year and while it beat the rather poor expectations of the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street there is not too much to be happy about.
Nvidia wins patent round against rival chipmakers
Early days yet
Nvidia is claiming a victory in its patent case against Samsung and Qualcomm in the US after an International Trade Commission has returned a pretrial claim construction ruling that it claims favours the outfit.