Chips – Semiconductor

Intel PC, IoT, data center, memory businesses all up This week Intel reported what Interim CEO and CFO Bob Swan characterized as an “outstanding” Q2 marked by revenue growth across …

Components in smartphones that relate to the Radio Frequency (RF) Front End (RFFE)—i.e., that provide the link between the modem/RF transceivers and antennas—are expanding exponentially as new network technologies (such …

Qualcomm has to pay a $2 billion fee to NXP for terminating proposed deal Since announcing the proposed $44 billion acquisition of Dutch semiconductor firm NXP in October, 2016, Qualcomm …

Intel points out gigabit LTE and 5G modem product strategy Based on an analysis of speed test data compiled by Ookla, Qualcomm is highlighting the superior performance of Android devices …

Intel picks up structured ASIC chip maker Intel is beefing up its portfolio of chips with the purchase of eASIC, a fabless designer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Founded in 1999, …

Broadcom says it will buy CA Technologies; investors flee Broadcom stock plunged on the news that the company has agreed to acquire software company CA Technologies, with investors questioning the …

China, France, the U.K. and the European Union all have articulated AI strategies Artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. It will be essential in advancements toward autonomous driving, the way …

After China approves the merger, Marvell moves forward with plans to acquire Cavium. Semiconductor company Marvell Technology announced on Friday that it has completed the acquisition of Cavium, designer of …

Intel has reportedly lost a slot in Apple’s 2020 mobile products Apple has informed Intel that Apple will not be using Intel’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products in its 2020 mobile …

IEEE Wi-Fi roadmap calls for continued enhancements with ax, WiGig and ad variants of 802.11 standard While it’s not the subject of the generational hype cycles that influence the cellular …

Micron confirms that China will ban its DRAM and NAND-related memory items. Micron has confirmed that China has banned the sale of 26 of Micron’s products in China. The Idaho-based …

Another semiconductor company fires CEO for bad behavior. Rambus’ board of directors fired its CEO, Ron Black, on Thursday. The semiconductor and intellectual property company did not disclose any specific …

Ford’s former CEO Mark Fields and Comcast’s Vice Chairman Neil Smit join Qualcomm’s board of directors Qualcomm has appointed two new directors to its board of directors: former president and …

Qualcomm has added the faster, LTE-based Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 to its mobile platforms. Qualcomm has added to its Snapdragon 600 and 400 tiers with the Snapdragon 632, 439 …

Who will Intel tap as next CEO? The next CEO has to continue the company’s 5G and IoT push. Now that journalists and analysts have weighed in on the angles …

ST is accredited by GMSA to produce eSIMs; ST will ship pre-formated eSIMs directly to OEMs. Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics now has accreditation from the GSMA to produce embedded SIMs (eSIMs) …

Intel CEO shake up: Krzanich resigns after affair with Intel employee is revealed. Intel has named CFO Robert Swan as the interim CEO to replace former CEO Brian Krzanich, who …

MediaTek plans to increase research into 5G and artificial intelligence. Fabless semiconductor company MediaTek Chairman and CEO Ming-Kai Tsai said MediaTek would be investing more money in research and development …

After it laid off 1,500 workers in April, Qualcomm has filed a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) to lay off approximately 300 more employees. The numbers are 61 …

5G entering the trough of disillusionment The hype cycle is a tool developed by Gartner to help understand how particular technologies are regarded in terms of the reality of expectations …

The fog of trade war continues to creep in. While The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that China’s regulatory agency the Ministry of Commerce, or Mofcom, finally approved Qualcomm’s …

National Instruments and IP-software startup NanoSemi are collaborating to add NanoSemi’s linearizer to NI’s PXI systems to help test 5G New Radio front-end designs. The addition will streamline some of …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — 3D chips are the next frontier for machine-learning chip design, said Globalfoundaries CTO of ASICs, at the IoT DevCon and Machine Learning Conference this week. Wireless …

ZTE must pay up to $1.4 billion, replace its entire board of directors and senior leadership, and submit to a decade of embedded U.S. trade monitors in order to resume …

Under the new deal, ZTE would pay a combined fine of nearly $1.7 billion Chinese vendor ZTE has signed an agreement that would lift a U.S. Commerce Department ban on …