Qualcomm, the largest maker of smartphone chips, had been fighting for almost two years to close a $44 billion deal that would fundamentally reshape it. In February, it significantly raised its bid for NXP Semiconductors to sway shareholders...
Qualcomm has walked away from buying NXP Semiconductors after almost two years, interrupting its plans to expand into new markets like cars and factories. The San Diego, California-based company ended the $44 billion deal after running into...
The arms race for accelerators that power machine learning tasks like facial recognition and voice processing is intensifying. Xilinx announced that it would buy Chinese startup DeePhi Technology to expand into software tools that run through the...
Robert Crooke, vice president of Intel’s nonvolatile memory business, and Mark Durcan, Micron’s former chief executive officer, were standing on the stage in Silicon Valley, hands resting on the doors of a white triangular case...
Wind River built its business on assembly lines and conveyor belts, supplying customers with embedded operating systems with the speed and reliability to keep factories running smoothly. Now the company, which formally separated from Intel last...
Texas Instruments, the world’s largest supplier of analog chips, ousted its chief executive for conduct running afoul of the company’s standards. The company announced on Tuesday that it would replace Brian Crutcher, who only came into...
Having hardware that can be programmed after manufacturing is key for factory cameras that identify rotten food on an assembly line, wireless base stations that process cellular signals or corporate servers crunching machine learning tasks. It...
In a move that took the financial and technology world by surprise, Broadcom agreed to purchase CA Technologies for $18.9 billion on July 11th. This acquisition moves Broadcom in a dramatically different direction as it acquires a company focused...
TTI announced the acquisition of Switzerland’s Compona and its German subsidiary Cosy Electronics. Both are specialty distributors of interconnect products and provide many of the same services as its new parent company, including in-house...
Adesto Technologies announced that it would pay $45 million for Santa Clara, California-based Echelon to expand into short-range networks that connect, control and monitor devices used in manufacturing, building and lighting systems. Buying...
