Air Semiconductor (Swindon, England) has appointed Hugh Thomas as its CEO, signaling a new phase for the company as it moves from product development to commercialization
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Austin, Texas) is to close down its design center in Cork, Ireland, with the loss of 47 design engineering jobs, according to Irish media reports.
It's been a frustrating time for many businesses in India's IT hub of Bangalore. Endless traffic jams, sporadic power, a chaotic airport and many politicians who just couldn't give a damn.
French WiMAX chip supplier Sequans Communications SA (La Defense, France) has introduced a mobile single chip solution that is claimed to integrate advanced baseband functionality plus radiofrequency and SDRAM.
French silicon-on-insulator (SOI) specialist Soitec SA and the French Atomic Energy Agency (CEA) announced they have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MEMC Electronic Materials (St. Peters, Missouri).
South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. on Monday said it was hit by a power outage at its 300-mm fab in China--an event that has disrupted the company's DRAM production, according to Reuters.
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's biggest computer maker, posted a rise in its quarterly operating margin, and pointed to strength in its international business.
National Semiconductor Corp., best known for making parts for the iPhone and other wireless devices, plans to jump into solar by unveiling chips that will boost solar panel efficiency.
According to research findings released by BDO Seidman, LLP, tech companies aremore worried about risks associated with international operations (85 percent) than the struggling U.S. economy (73 percent).
