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| Work-at-Home continue to push PC sales ahead |
8/30/2021 |
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According to figures released this week by market analyst Canalys, the U.S. PC market grew a healthy 16.6 percent on an annual basis during the second quarter. Shipments of desktops, notebooks, tablets and workstations topped 36.8 million units.
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| Analog Devices Inc. completed its acquisition of Maxim |
8/27/2021 |
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The combination further strengthens ADI’s position as a high-performance analog semiconductor company with trailing twelve-month revenue of over $9 billion, industry leading margins, and free cash flow of over $3 billion on a pro forma basis.
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| China is the last holdout on 737 Max flights |
8/26/2021 |
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India lifted its ban on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet, a major boost to the American plane maker that leaves China as the only leading aviation market yet to allow the aircraft to resume service.
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| Lattice offers its FPGA for automotive applications |
8/26/2021 |
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Lattice was able to deliver low-power, secure and reliable platforms with sufficient thermal management. That proliferation is also shortening product design and deployment cycles as car manufacturers, especially EV makers, add processors for ADAS, infotainment and other car systems.
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| Rambus Inc completed the acquisition of PLDA |
8/23/2021 |
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With this acquisition, Rambus expands its digital controller offerings with complementary CXL 2.0, PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 controller and switch IP, and gains critical building blocks for its CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative.
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| Thailand semiconductor industry gets support |
8/23/2021 |
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Thailand announced recently to promote investment in the manufacturing of semiconductors and related industries, as well as research and development, aim to further strengthen Thailand’s electronics supply chain at a critical juncture when the sector sees rising investment in face of global challenges.
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| Crypto chip production fell at Nvidia |
8/20/2021 |
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Nvidia’s cryptocurrency chip product, CMP, had lower sales, at $266 million, than the $400 million the company predicted in May. Shares of Nvidia were up more than 2% in after-hours trading.
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