Microchip Technology News

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Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research note issued on Friday.

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Shares of Microchip Technology opened at 30.948 on Wednesday. Microchip Technology has a 52 week low of $29.30 and a 52 week high of $39.67. The company has a market cap of $5.960 billion and a P/E ratio of 18.76. MCHP has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

Investors in Standard Microsystems Corp. have filed two lawsuits in Delaware state court seeking to block the proposed $939 million acquisition of SMSC by Microchip Technology Inc., according to reports.

An investor in NASDAQ:SMSC shares filed a lawsuit in State Court against directors of Standard Microsystems Corporation in effort to stop the proposed acquisition of Standard Microsystems Corporation by Microchip Technology Incorporated at $37.00 per NASDAQ:SMSC share.

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- -- Microchip Technology Incorporated , a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced today that the Company will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 11:20 a.m. . Presenting for the Company will be Mr.

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 , Microchip Technology met expectations on revenues and beat slightly on earnings per share.

MYR Group, Inc. : After MYR Group reported Q1 results that Stifel Nicolaus sees as very strong but a backlog decline triggered an 11% sell-off in the shares, Stifel Nicolaus is confident that the company will benefit from continued growth in spending on transmissions.

Ardpicprog is an Arduino-based solution for programming PIC microcontrollers from Microchip Technology Inc, such as the PIC16F84, PIC16F628A, PIC12F675, etc.

The Law Firm of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announces Investigation into Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of Standard Microsystems Corp.

Microchip Technology Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Standard Microsystems Corp.

Microchip Technology Inc. agreed to buy Standard Microsystems Corp. for about $939 million, the latest sign of market forces pushing mid-sized semiconductor makers together.

Semiconductor maker Microchip Technology will acquire smaller rival Standard Microsystems for about $939 million, a move that will help Microchip enter the car tech market, the company said Thursday.

Microcontroller vendor Microchip Technology Inc. has acquired Ident Technology AG a company that is developing 3-D gesture recognition technology based on electric field sensing.

Chip maker Microchip Technology Inc. is purchasing wireless technology company Standard Microsystems Corp.

Incorporated , a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 35 cents per share.

Microchip Technology Incorporated , a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today reported results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 as summarized in the following table: Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 were $338.9 million, up 3.0% sequentially from net sales of $329.2 ... (more)