Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which makes analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has signed a definitive agreement to buy private fabless semiconductor supplier Avnera Corp of Beaverton, OR, USA, a developer of analog system ...
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Market insiders noted that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), the world's largest semiconductor foundry headquartered in Taiwan, will see a strong revenue performance as the firm won massive orders from multinational ...
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Apple may be considering an investment in a tech fund from Japan's SoftBank Group, which is hoping to raise $100 billion. That would make it one of the world's biggest tech funds. If Apple signs on, the fund would count the world's most ...
China-based ZTE has received a cash injection from the government enabling the company to accelerate the development of its own application processors, while Lenovo also intends to develop ARM-based chips in-house, according to industry ...
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Warren East, the former CEO of chip designer ARM, is to join a new quango whose purpose is to boost innovation in the UK's "digital economy". East will assume the role of non-executive director of Connected Digital Economy Catapult ...
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ARM, the Cambridge-based chip designer, has posted higher than expected first quarter financial results, citing strong demand for its new chip design in tablets and smartphones for the growth. The firm posted first quarter revenues of ...
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Apple is said to have closed the door on Samsung as its chip designer, according to a series of reports. Reports last week stated that the new iPad 5 would see LG Display and Sharp provide the display, the ITO film will be provided by ...
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Simon Segars will become CEO of ARM when Warren East retires on July 1, the company said on Tuesday. Segars is currently ARM’s president. As CEO, he will take charge of a fast-growing company whose processor designs are used in most ...
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Simon Segars will become ARM CEO when Warren East retires July 1, the company said Tuesday. Segars is currently ARM's president. As CEO, he will take charge of a fast-growing company whose processor designs are used in most tablets and ...
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IDG News Service - China will take the wraps off its latest 8-core Godson processor early next year to show its chip-making ability compared to Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and ARM. Loongson Technology, partly funded by the Chinese ...
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Early prototype 64-bit ARM servers could be available for testing purposes by the end of this year or possibly at the latest by the middle of next year, ARM said on Monday. ARM will try to make inexpensive 64-bit server hardware available ...
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IDG News Service - Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM processors, the company is expected to announce on Tuesday. Calxeda makes a chip called EnergyCore ...
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Read more on ARM Chipmakers AMD and ARM join forces to improve security An introduction to the ARM server HP has high hopes for low-energy ARM servers News roundup: Chef does Windows, XP turns 10, and HP ARMs its servers Mobile telemedicine ...
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ARM has joined forces with Microsoft to tune the Windows OS to work on processors based on ARM’s 64-bit architecture, the company said this week. Ian Forsyth, programme manager at ARM, could not comment on a specific release date ...
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Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM processors, the company is expected to announce today. Calxeda makes a chip called EnergyCore with a low-power ARM ...
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