Qualcomm will not be doing the splits
Chuck that idea out the window
US chipmaker Qualcomm has told the world that it will not be dumping its "essentially useless chip making" business.
AMD considering a split
Needs to make money
As we have been warning, AMD is considering selling itself off as part of a consolidation which is happening in the chip industry.
Western chipmaker accused of employee mistreatment
Going Dutch means long hours
Dutch chipmaker NXP has been accused of forcing workers in its overseas factories to work too long and undermining local trade unions.
Intel will buy Altera today
We said that this would happen and no one believed us
They said it could not happen, it nearly didn't, but we have it on good authority that Intel is going to announce that it is buying Altera for $17 billion today.
Broadcom bought in biggest chip deal ever
Industry consolidation
Avago bought Broadcom for $37 billion in the largest merger of chipmakers ever and created a company which could give Intel and Qualcomm a run for their money.
Wooden Chips could be the next big thing
Wood chip on the wall
U.S. and Chinese boffins have come up with wooden semiconductor chips which have the advantage of being biodegradable and a lot cheaper than conventional semiconductors.
Spreadtrum guns for 14nm FinFET
Piggy backing on Intel foundry
China's Spreadtrum, which is tied to Intel's foundry business, is gunning for 14nm FinFET, with sights set on 10nm.
Intel leaks Purley details
Not just another Haswell
Slides about Intel's upcoming Xeon Skylake Platform: Purley have been leaked to the great unwashed.
Qualcomm tech might make cell towers obsolete
LTE direct
Chipmaker Qualcomm is trailing LTE Direct which could bypass cell towers and allow phones to talk directly.
More intelligent chip cores on the way
Synopsys releases AI core design
Synopsys, a company that licenses software and intellectual property to the biggest names in chip making, showed off a new image-processor core which it thinks could be the future.