With a tough 2012 behind it, Advanced Micro Devices hopes to return to profitability this year through cost-cutting, new chips and other measures, executives said Tuesday. The moves include releasing new chips this year for laptops and ...
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Samsung’s recent licensing of 64-bit processor designs from ARM suggests that the chip maker may expand from smartphones and tablets into the server market, analysts said this week. Samsung last week licensed ARM’s first ...
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ConAgra Foods has named former PepsiCo executive Bill Hutton as head of the company's consumer foods international business. Citing Hutton's FMCG experience in emerging markets, ConAgra also emphasised that he is adept at "creating value ...
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Amazon may be entering the semiconductor business.The company is in talks with TI about buying TI's wireless chip business. TI supplies the chip-sets for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.It is thought that TI's wireless chip business could be ...
China-based Elec-Tech's LED revenues have been increasig, with the business segement's contribution reaching around 32% of total revenues in first-half 2012. A further breakdown shows that LED applications, packaging, and chips accounted ...
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US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bertolli and PF Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals businesses from Unilever for a total cash consideration of $265m. The agreement includes a license ...
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A major fabless semiconductor company is emerging from the UK's high tech start-up community. Toumaz,a developer of specialist medical sensors and low power wireless chips is to acquire Frontier Silicon,the digital radio chipset developer ...
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NXP Semiconductors CEO,Richard Clemmer is predicting growth in the firm's product revenues of between 6 to12%in Q3,despite"the uncertain macro environment". Clemmer is expecting a signficant improvement in operating income performance ...
Samsung is to pay$310m for CSR's wireless mobile unit which delivers 36%of CSR's revenues. The deal covers Cambridge-based CSR's products for handsets. It will leave the company focused on audio,imaging,automotive,indoor location and ...
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