China has entered the bidding for Fairchild, reports Reuters. Fairchild had received a $2.4 billion offer from ON Semiconductor of $20 per share and now a group led by government-owned China Resources Holdings, including private equity fund Hua Capital Management, has offered $21.70 a share valuing Fairchild at $2.46 billion. Hua recently bought US digital ...
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Europe lags world in chip manufacturing equipment spending
Europe lags world in chip manufacturing equipment spending
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings were $9.6 billion in Q3, reports SEMI, 3% up on Q2 and 9% up on Q3 2014. Q3 semiconductor equipment bookings were $8.7 billion, 7% lower than Q3 2014 and 14% lower than Q2 2015. By region, in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates are: 3Q2015 2Q2015 3Q2014 3Q/2Q 2015 ...
Europe lags world in chip manufacturing equipment spending
Europe lags world in chip manufacturing equipment spending
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings were $9.6 billion in Q3, reports SEMI, 3% up on Q2 and 9% up on Q3 2014. Q3 semiconductor equipment bookings were $8.7 billion, 7% lower than Q3 2014 and 14% lower than Q2 2015. By region, in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates are: 3Q2015 2Q2015 3Q2014 3Q/2Q 2015 ...
TSMC to build Nanking fab
TSMC is to build a $3bn fab in China. “In view of the rapid growth of the Chinese semiconductor market, we have decided to establish a 12-inch wafer fab and a design service centre in China to provide closer support to our customers there and to further expand our business opportunities,” said TSMC chairman Morris ...
TSMC to build Nanking fab
TSMC is to build a $3bn fab in China. “In view of the rapid growth of the Chinese semiconductor market, we have decided to establish a 12-inch wafer fab and a design service centre in China to provide closer support to our customers there and to further expand our business opportunities,” said TSMC chairman Morris ...
Toshiba fined $60m
Toshiba has been fined $60 million by the Japanese authorities for false accounting while further action against specific executives and former executives is being considered. Toshiba is suing three ex-CEOs and two ex-CFOs for damages. Ex-presidents Hisao Tanaka, Norio Sasaki and Atsutoshi Nishida resigned in the summer and another 30 executives are to face penalties ...
Toshiba fined $60m
Toshiba has been fined $60 million by the Japanese authorities for false accounting while further action against specific executives and former executives is being considered. Toshiba is suing three ex-CEOs and two ex-CFOs for damages. Ex-presidents Hisao Tanaka, Norio Sasaki and Atsutoshi Nishida resigned in the summer and another 30 executives are to face penalties ...
Make it easy, say speakers at Electronics Weekly IoT design conference
Make it easy, say speakers at Electronics Weekly IoT design conference
Making IoT design accessible to all was one of the themes this morning of the IoT Design Conference run by Electronics Weekly at The Brewery in London. “ARM’s focus is how to put security on a $1 microcontroller design with no security expertise,” said ARM director for emerging technologies Gary Atkinson. “This is what ARM is ...
Make it easy, say speakers at Electronics Weekly IoT design conference
Make it easy, say speakers at Electronics Weekly IoT design conference
Making IoT design accessible to all was one of the themes this morning of the IoT Design Conference run by Electronics Weekly at The Brewery in London. “ARM’s focus is how to put security on a $1 microcontroller design with no security expertise,” said ARM director for emerging technologies Gary Atkinson. “This is what ARM is ...
Geomerics gets first China licence
Geomerics gets first China licence
Geomerics, an ARM company, today announced that the gaming company Perfect World has become the first Chinese company to license the illumination technology Enlighten to deliver richer graphics to its mobile titles. Licensing Enlighten’s lighting technology will help Perfect World meet the demand from China’s 400 million gamers for increasingly realistic computer graphics. In addition, ...