MENU

Business news Page 664

Business news Page 664
Qualcomm buys gesture-recognition technology
Qualcomm buys gesture-recognition technology
Business news |
Qualcomm Inc., has acquired some assets of GestureTek, a developer of gesture recognition technology. The chip maker said it plans…
Mindspeed buys assets of W-CDMA chip vendor
Mindspeed buys assets of W-CDMA chip vendor
Business news |
Network infrastructure chip maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc., has said it acquired substantially all of the assets of San Diego-based wideband…
Sales for cable looms skyrocket
Sales for cable looms skyrocket
Business news |
Against the background of the ongoing vehicle boom in Asian end markets, cable harness manufacturer Leoni AG has significantly raised…
VC funding slips slightly in Q2
VC funding slips slightly in Q2
Business news |
Venture investing in the U.S. edged downward slightly in the second quarter with software and social media providing bright spots…

IBM researchers achieve data scan record
IBM researchers achieve data scan record
Business news |
IBM researchers successfully scanned 10 billion files on a single system in 43 minutes, shattering the previous record of one billion files in three hours by a factor of 37.
Energy Micro appoints first Russian distributor
Energy Micro appoints first Russian distributor
Business news |
Energy Micro continues to expand the company’s global sales network with the appointment of its first local distributor for the Russian market. Eltech will support Energy Micro's range of energy…
TAOS agrees to join forces with austriamicrosystems
TAOS agrees to join forces with austriamicrosystems
Business news |
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc., (TAOS), a light sensor industry pioneer, has agreed to combine the company with austriamicrosystems AG, for 100% of TAOS shares.
Semikron heads for e-mobility
Semikron heads for e-mobility
Business news |
Power semiconductor manufacturer Semikron GmbH throws the switches towards the growing business with hybrid and battery electric drives for cars. The company already has a track record with forklifts, boat…
French consulting firm spins off fabless high-reliability chip company
French consulting firm spins off fabless high-reliability chip company
Business news |
Microelectronics consulting company EASii IS SAS (Grenoble, France) has announced to spin off a fabless semiconductor design company: X-REL Semiconductor will specialize in designing, manufacturing and commercializing ICs for high-reliability…
RFMD announces availability of new pHEMT process technologies for foundry customers
RFMD announces availability of new pHEMT process technologies for foundry customers
Business news |
RF Micro Devices has announced its Foundry Services business unit has expanded its portfolio of process technologies to include two additional GaAs process technologies — RFMD's FD25 low noise pHEMT…
Pulse Electronics expands capacity to support strong order book
Pulse Electronics expands capacity to support strong order book
Business news |
Pulse Electronics, which designs and manufactures power supplies for the aerospace, defence, automotive and other specialist sectors, has invested in industrial premises in St. Neots, Cambrideshire, UK. The premises have…
Intel boosts capex, eyeing 7-nm node
Intel boosts capex, eyeing 7-nm node
Business news |
Intel Corp., is edging up capital expenses this year, in part to pave the way to 7-nm process technology and to bolster its efforts in tablets and so-called ultrabooks. The…
Seoul Semiconductor receives NCAA award
Seoul Semiconductor receives NCAA award
Business news |
Seoul Semiconductor, the fourth-largest LED manufacturers worldwide, has received the 2011 National Competitiveness Award (NCAA) of the South Korean ministry for knowledge economy. The NCAA has been presented to Seoul…
SeaMicro packs 384 Atom CPUs in server
SeaMicro packs 384 Atom CPUs in server
Business news |
Startup SeaMicro Inc., has announced it has packed 384 64-bit Intel Atom dual-core processors into a server. The resulting system, dubbed SM10000-64HD, delivers 768 1.66-GHz x86 cores in 10 rack…
Fulcrum buy could signal shift for Intel
Fulcrum buy could signal shift for Intel
Business news |
Intel's agreement to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., for an undisclosed sum could signal a significant change of direction for the world's biggest chip maker toward providing a comprehensive high-performance, low…
STMicroelectronics collaborates with Soundchip to bring HD-PA to market
STMicroelectronics collaborates with Soundchip to bring HD-PA to market
Business news |
STMicroelectronics is to collaborate with Soundchip SA, a Swiss-based electro-acoustics consultancy and originator of the High Definition Personal Audio (HD-PA) Standard, to bring HD-PA to market by applying their respective…
Maxim takes over MEMS expert SensorDynamics
Maxim takes over MEMS expert SensorDynamics
Business news |
Maxim Integrated Products has acquired SensorDynamics, an expert company for semiconductor-based sensors targeting automotive, industrial and consumer markets. With the move, Maxim plans to open new market opportunities for inertial…
TSMC test runs Apple processor, says report
TSMC test runs Apple processor, says report
Business news |
Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has started making the ARM-based A6 processor Apple on a trial basis, according to a Reuters report that cited an unnamed source.
Growth expected in the medium voltage motors market
Growth expected in the medium voltage motors market
Business news |
According to the 2011 Medium Voltage Motors study, recently published by IMS Research, developing economies are expected to outperform the global market through 2015, when it is estimated that the…
Enea’s CEO resigns
Enea’s CEO resigns
Business news |
Enea’s President and CEO Per Åkerberg has decided to resign. The board has initiated the search for a successor. Per Åkerberg remains in his position during a transition period, and…
Semikron gears up for sales growth
Semikron gears up for sales growth
Business news |
Semikron is celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary by expanding its headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany. The company has opened a 12,300 m² state-of-the-art logistics centre which has been added to the…
Bosch, Daimler, launch e-car motors JV
Bosch, Daimler, launch e-car motors JV
Business news |
Automotive tier one Robert Bosch GmbH and carmaker Daimler AG have signed agreements on the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture for electric motors. The new company, which is to…
PREMO GROUP agrees new French distribution deal
PREMO GROUP agrees new French distribution deal
Business news |
French distributor, Equipements Scientifiques (ES) has signed a new distribution agreement with Spain’s PREMO Group.
Hynix and Toshiba sign joint development for MRAM
Hynix and Toshiba sign joint development for MRAM
Business news |
Hynix Semiconductor and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to strategic collaboration in the joint development of Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetoresistance Random Access Memory (MRAM). The companies also intend to cooperate in manufacturing…
CUI cooperates with Ericsson to provide multi-source digital POL platform
CUI cooperates with Ericsson to provide multi-source digital POL platform
Business news |
CUI Inc, a subsidiary of CUI Global, Inc., has reached a statement of cooperation with Ericsson, a leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators, under which it will…
AVX participates in “Solutions for Hope Project” for “conflict-free” tantalum
AVX participates in “Solutions for Hope Project” for “conflict-free” tantalum
Business news |
AVX Corporation, in partnership with a leading producer of communications technology, has developed the “Solutions for Hope Project,” which is a pilot program established to demonstrate a process to deliver…
Gemtek teams with Ubiquisys for intelligent femtocell and small cell range
Gemtek teams with Ubiquisys for intelligent femtocell and small cell range
Business news |
Ubiquisys and Gemtek has announced that Gemtek will design and manufacture a new range of intelligent femtocell and small cell products using the Ubiquisys Femto-Engine system.
Globalfoundries engages startup for R&D
Globalfoundries engages startup for R&D
Business news |
Globalfoundries Inc., will collaborate with startup Intermolecular Inc., on semiconductor process technology R&D under the terms of a multi-year collaborative development program and IP licensing agreement just announced.


10s