2020-03-11 - Nitin Dahad

Relief as U.S. Clears Infineon Cypress Deal

Following market rumor that the U.S. might block the deal, the U.S. Treasury body CFIUS has cleared the planned acquisition…

2020-03-09 - Nitin Dahad

U.S. May Block Infineon’s Purchase of Cypress

Reports suggest CFIUS may block the deal over security concerns. If more than just a rumor, these concerns would be…

2020-02-26 - Nitin Dahad

Dialog Target IIoT with Adesto Acquisition

To reduce reliance on Apple, its largest customer, Dialog's latest acquisition will help it expand into the growing industrial IoT…

2019-12-18 - Sally Ward-Foxton

Intel Acquires AI Startup for $2bn

But how will the AI Habana Labs' data center chips fit with existing product lines?

2019-12-06 - Brian Santo

Cadence Acquires AWR, Consolidates RF Design

For $160 million, Cadence will get board- and system-level RF design capabilities to complement its circuit-level RF expertise.

2019-10-28 - Nitin Dahad

ST Buys Remaining Stake in Norstel

Imaging, analog, and MEMS drive growth. Control of Norstel assures capacity for SiC products, meanwhile.

2019-10-09 - Brian Santo

Qorvo Acquires Cavendish Kinetics

The RF IC specialist already had a significant investment in the RF MEMS antenna startup.

2019-10-08 - Anne-Françoise Pelé

AMS Fails in Bid to Takeover Osram

Sensor specialist AMS AG failed to conclude the $4.9 billion takeover of Osram Light AG...

2019-09-18 - Nitin Dahad

India Making Moves in the Chip Design Industry

Do India's 'children' of Texas Instruments have a golden opportunity to expand the country's chip design hub?

2019-09-05 - Nitin Dahad

Taiwan’s Lite-On to Sell SSD Business

With declining sales, Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology is selling its solid-state storage business to Toshiba Memory for $165 million.