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| Diodes offer $400 million for Pericom |
9/8/2015 |
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The offer of $17 a share is a 40% premium to Pericom's closing price of $12.18 on Wednesday. Both companies' boards have approved the deal.
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| Pros and Cons on voice activated cars |
9/8/2015 |
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Voice-activated car technologies don't always work as intended, bringing up inaccurate directions or failing to open an app, for example. But overall the two systems are convenient and incredibly intuitive.
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| Month to month trade deficit improves |
9/8/2015 |
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The monthly deficit fell from a revised June total of $45.2 billion to $41.9 billion, according to numbers released by the U.S. Commerce Department.
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| NAND and SSD prices down |
9/4/2015 |
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The average contract price for mainstream NAND Flash chips in the second half of August was 6~7% lower than that in the first half of the month, showing the largest decline in the last three months.
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| Keysight acquires UK service company |
9/3/2015 |
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Based in Telford, Electroservices Enterprises Ltd offers various electrical, mechanical and physical calibration, repair and asset management services to a number of defence, telecom and industrial customers.
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| Broadcom offers 5G WiFi chip for enterprise router |
9/3/2015 |
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AIR-IQ is built on Broadcom's Advanced Spectrum Capture Engine (AsCE), that allows the chip to identify non-WiFi interference and adjust accordingly, delivering improved reliability and quality.
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| Snapdragon 820 to equip with malware protections |
9/2/2015 |
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The popularity of smartphones has started to catch the imagination of hackers, resulting in the need for better protection. Qualcomm’s latest contribution is Snapdragon Smart Protect.
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| China's ambition is to buy Globalfoundries |
9/1/2015 |
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Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Investment (ATIC), which happens to be a major shareholder of Globalfoundries, is rumored to release its holdings from the company, which will make the acquisition deal ever so simple for Hua Capital Management of China.
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| Inel made equity investment on drone manufacturer |
9/1/2015 |
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In a very short period of time, drones have gone from being viewed as pricey hobbyist toys to an enticing technology with serious commercial applications, including agriculture, construction, product delivery and others.
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| Artificial leaf converts sunlight into hydrogen |
8/31/2015 |
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The technology uses the sun’s energy to split water to make hydrogen for storing solar energy or for use as fuel. A photovoltaic material captures photons and generates electrons, which are passed on to chemical catalysts to do the water splitting.
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| Taiwan SEMICON show to host more than 700 exhibitors |
8/31/2015 |
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SEMICON Taiwan tradeshow will kick off on September 2 and run through September 4 at the TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall. The show will host more than 700 exhibiting companies with more than 1,400 booths.
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| Six innovative ways to change your driving experience |
8/31/2015 |
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The major automakers, as well as tech giants such as Google and possibly Apple, are laying the groundwork for the first driverless cars. Meanwhile, a number of engineers and entrepreneurs have started their own companies to tackle other automotive challenges.
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| Amazon trims down smartphone team |
8/28/2015 |
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The Fire phone, launched in July 2014, met with a tepid consumer response. The company began slashing the price of the phone that Fall, and despite continued and aggressive price cuts the product never gained traction in the market.
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