semiconductors

Japanese Plant Fire Adds To Carmakers’ Chip Supply Woes

Major fire at Renesas semiconductor facility in Japan shuts down production for a month, adding to car chip supply shortages

4 years ago

Infineon Sees Financial Hit From Texas Plant Shutdown

Infineon sees financial impact in high double-digit millions of euros from February plant closure as chip shortages hit carmakers worldwide

4 years ago

US Administration Promises Action On Car Chip Shortage

Biden administration to launch supply chain review for critical components such as semiconductors, as carmakers forced to halt production

4 years ago

Chinese Chip Giant Fujian Jinhua To Cease Operations After US Ban

The start-up, founded with massive state investment in 2016, has all but run out of imported materials following the US'…

6 years ago

European Chip Makers Call For State Support

An industry study identifies AI and European semiconductor self-reliance as key priorities in uncertain times

6 years ago

Samsung Takes Chip Top Spot From Intel After 25 Years

Memory prices boost Samsung to the top of the chip market, while the Internet of Things makes a 'significant' impact…

7 years ago

Broadcom Offers £99bn For Qualcomm In Biggest-Ever Tech Deal

The $130bn offer would create a dominant mobile chip player, but some say it's an opportunistic move taking advantage of…

7 years ago

Samsung Electronics Chip Unit Set To Dethrone Intel Amidst Record Growth

Profits were led by strong demand for smartphone and server memory, while Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 8 boosted handset growth

7 years ago

Siemens Boosts Software Operations With £3.6bn Mentor Graphics Buy

Siemens aims to expand its software operations by buying the semiconductor design tool firm

8 years ago

China’s Tsinghua Will Spend £31bn To Become World’s Third-Largest Chipmaker

Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd splashes cash in attempt to move Qualcomm out of the way

9 years ago

Sony Set To Split Off Semiconductor Business

New unit will look to promote image sensor business as Sony gets back in the black

9 years ago

IBM Claims ‘Thinnest Ever’ 7nm Chip Could Transform Computing World

Super-thin, ultra-dense chip should offer increased power and flexibility to phones and computers everywhere

9 years ago

Full Speed: How Freescale Is Helping McLaren Push Motor Racing’s Limits

Smarter controlled ECU products are making race cars smarter than ever, and its all thanks to the IoT

9 years ago

Toshiba Moves Accounting Probe Into Chip Business

Following an independent investigation set up earlier in May, Toshiba will now probing accounting irregularities in its TV, PC and…

9 years ago

IT Life: Do You Want Chips With That?

AMD's EMEA head Darren Grasby talks about his career in IT, excitement for VR and why he's firmly on the…

9 years ago

Amazon In Talks To Buy Israeli Chipmaker

Israeli chipmaker Annapurna Labs eyed up for possible £244 milion deal

10 years ago

Samsung To Build £966m Semiconductor Plant

Samsung hopes to take advantage of growing mobile market with chip business, even if smartphone profits fall

10 years ago

Samsung Apologises Over Cancer Cases

Samsung is to compensate employees who developed cancer after working at its semiconductor factories

11 years ago

MediaTek Hopes MT6595 Octa Core Processor Can Crack US And Europe

MediaTek hopes new SoC will democratise the smartphone market and allow the company to expand beyond Asia

11 years ago

ARM Cortex-A17 CPU To Boost Mid-Range Handsets

ARM Cortex-A17 targets mid-range smartphones and tablets

11 years ago

Semiconductor Revenue To Improve In 2013, IDC Predicts

Worldwide revenues from semiconductor sales in 2013 will rise nearly 5 percent, IDC has forecasted

12 years ago

Intel Extends Semiconductor Lead Over Samsung

Intel has extended its lead over Samsung in the semiconductor market according to the latest IHS figures

13 years ago

Panasonic, Fujitsu and Renesas May Merge System Chip Operations

The three Japanese chip-makers are in talks about a potential merger in a government-backed deal

13 years ago