Semiconductor

Texas Instruments Inc has blamed the Japanese earthquake for its disappointing financial results, which came in below analyst estimates. The chipmaker disclosed first-quarter revenue of $3.39 billion, down from $3.525 …

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has announced it will be buying National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The two …

Jobs in the computer and electronics products sector continued to trend upward in February, according to information released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Positions in the telecommunications space …

Austin American Statement | March 14, 2011 | Kirk Ladendorf Texas Instruments Inc. said Monday that one of its three semiconductor manufacturing operations in Japan suffered “substantial damage” from last …

BARCELONA, Spain—United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI), a government agency that works with U.K.-based businesses to support domestic and international success, supported more than 100 companies at Mobile World Congress …

Jobs in the computer sector improved in 2010, as did the overall economy, although the telecommunications sector did not fare as well, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of …

Companies to Jointly Participate in TD-LTE Field Trials in India and China BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16, 2011 — Mobile World Congress — Altair Semiconductor, the world’s leading developer of ultra-low …

With the end of 2010, I’ve been reflecting on the past decade and all that has changed. It seems impossible to me that 2000 was over 10 years ago; not …

Most people probably haven’t heard of the firm Imagination Technologies, but with the firm supplying the IP for around 80% of the world’s mobile graphics, you might want to sit …

Telecommunications jobs fell in December, both from the previous month and for the year. However, employment in the wireless sector ticked up a few hundred jobs.Overall, the nation’s unemployment rate …

Report to highlight $3.6 billion expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor AUSTIN, Texas–The old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is often true, and the boastful economic figures reported by the …

Recognizing the pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology, Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said it plans to buy Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros Communications Inc. (ATHR) for $3.1 billion. Qualcomm said the acquisition will help …

Austin, Texas, is home to an eclectic assortment of musicians, an unofficial city slogan that challenges people to “Keep Austin Weird,” a local celebrity transvestite and one of the premier …

AUSTIN, Texas–Freescale Semiconductor introduced two new products into its family of DSPs, one designed to support 3G and 4G wireless networks, while the other is cost-optimized for W-CDMA rollouts. Both …

Employment in the computer and electronic products sector remained flat month to month, up just 700 jobs to employ 1.1 million positions in the space, according to new data from …

Gemalto, the world’s largest SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card maker, is taking steps to expand the mobile contactless payment space – and get its technology an even broader footprint. The …

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AUSTIN, Texas–Venture capitalists speaking at the Texas Wireless Summit held here earlier this week said they would be interested in funding businesses that drive innovation, including technology that can better …

A whopping 6 trillion text messages were sent by mobile users across the planet last year, but computing powerhouse IBM Corp. believes that’s small fry, having just developed chip technology …