Qualcomm Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy NXP Semiconductors

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Qualcomm is in discussions to buy NXP Semiconductors in what would be another act of consolidation in the chip-making industry, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday. If... Read More

Leading-Edge Leads the Way in Pure-Play Foundry Growth

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ales of ICs built using <40nm process technology forecast to rise 23% at pure-play foundries. IC Insights recently released its September Update to the 2016 McClean Report.  This Update included... Read More

2016 a Sequel to Last Year’s M&A Mania

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IC Insights recently released its September Update to the 2016 McClean Report.  This Update included Part 2 of an extensive analysis of the IC foundry industry and a look at the current state of the... Read More

TactoTek Secures In-Mold Structural Electronics (IMSE) Lighting Patent

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TactoTek, a leading manufacturer of 3D injection molded structural electronics (IMSE) solutions today announced that it has received a United States Patent 9297675 for “illuminated indicator structures for electronic devices,”... Read More

Optical fiber transmits one terabit per second

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Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have achieved unprecedented transmission capacity and spectral efficiency in an optical communications field trial with a new... Read More

New Fabric Uses Sun and Wind to Power Devices

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Fabrics that can generate electricity from physical movement have been in the works for a few years. Now researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have taken the next step, developing... Read More

Renesas to Acquire Intersil to Create the World’s Leading Embedded Solution Provider

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Companies Combine Leadership in Microcontroller/System-On-Chip and Precision Analog & Power to Accelerate Growth Key Transaction Highlights: Acquisition creates a highly synergistic, complementary product portfolio of system solutions targeted at large... Read More