Dialog Semiconductor has dropped acquisition talks with Synaptics, snuffing out a potential deal that would have helped diversify its business into chips for touch screens and voice interfaces used in smartphones and other connected devices. The...
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...
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...
No country builds more of the world’s chips than the United States, and no country imports more chips than China. And the trade war brewing between them could end up hobbling the electronics industries of both countries, wrote ...
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...
