MaxLinear to Buy Exar for $700 Million
RF and mixed-signal IC vendor MaxLinear Inc. will acquire rival analog chip maker Exar Corp. for about $700 million in cash, the co...
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Semiconductor Shipments Projected to Top 1 Trillion in 2018
Semiconductor unit shipments are projected to top the 1 trillion mark for the first time in 2018, with the vast majority made up of optoele...
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Startup Taps TSMC to Attack B’com
One of a handful of startups aiming to attack Broadcom’s dominance in Ethernet switching emerges from stealth mode this week. Nephos sp...
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Intel, Q’comm Show Cellular's Split
This year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) is likely to be somewhat schizophrenic. Vendors will attract attendees to booths with demos...
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G’foundries Revamps China Deal
Globalfoundries and city government officials from Chengdu, China, will break ground Saturday on a new fab valued at roughly $10 billion...
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Ford to Invest $1 Billion in Argo AI
Ford Motor Company announcedFridaya $1billion investment over the next five years in a startup called Argo AI (Pittsburgh), founded ...
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