Semiconductor News

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with all major indexes down more than 1 percent on weakness in the technology and health insurance sectors.

ASUS Supercharges Its Best-selling 'Eee' Line of PCs with NVIDIA ION New Portable and Desktop Systems Deliver a Superior Visual Experience SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Nov. 18, 2009-ASUS, one of the world's leading PC OEMs and pioneer of the netbook category, has adopted award-winning NVIDIA IONTM graphics for many of its top-selling 'Eee' netbooks and ...

Today, Softkinetic-Optrima, the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging products announced a collaboration with Texas Instruments Incorporated to design, develop and market joint 3D imaging solutions for the television, personal computers, digital signage, health & fitness, industrial, robotics, automotive, security and many ...

Angry workers at Atmel Corp.'s fab in Rousset, France, have gone on an unlimited strike.

An Intel Corp. investor, frustrated that the chip maker has been hit with $2.7 billion in fines and settlement payments, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware against the company and its top executives.

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced RFMD has received its first purchase order from a tier-one wireless base station original equipment manufacturer for a product featuring RFMD's state-of-the-art gallium nitride process technology.

Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board.

Processor makers ARM and MIPS Technologies are both aiming to simplify and accelerate the use of netbooks, MIDs , set-top boxes and picture frames that run on Google's Android software platform.

Intel Corporation has entered into an agreement with Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif, and Universit de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to create an Exascale Computing Research Center.

The value of Intel Corp. stock and other chip companies fell Thursday after an analyst downgraded the rating on a number of companies in the sector.

Now that it's settled things with Intel, what steps is the chip company taking to deal with its debilitating debt? Andy Patrizio : Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rose more than 10 percent on Wednesday after the company announced plans to reduce a crippling debt, a step made possible thanks to its big settlement with Intel last week.

In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, flags with the company logo of Infineon Technologies are seen prior to the annual shareholders meeting in Munich, southern Germany.

In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, an Advance Micro Devices logo is shown on a computer at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif.

Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc.

Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year.

Press release, November 13; Meiling Chen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 17 November 2009] SAN DIEGO November 12, 2009 Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that it is sampling a new smartphone chipset family that breaks new ground in mobile performance in the ...

The next generation in lighting technology clearly will be LEDs - but the next but one is already in sight: Organic LEDs offer even more design options than conventional LEDs.

With an eye on the huge market opportunities in China, semiconductor executives are expressing renewed confidence that their industry will see greater revenue during 2010, with some increase in profitability and with trailing job growth, according to a global survey conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Assured Guaranty Ltd., up $4.32 at $25.53 Shares of the bond insurer hit a 12-month high after its quarterly loss narrowed despite big losses in credit derivative contracts.

Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter revenue between $75 million and $76 million, which falls slightly below Wall Street's expectations.