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| Major brands are moving jobs back to the U.S.A. |
6/16/2015 |
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Ford ranked second to Walmart among companies reshoring over the previous five years. The world's largest retailer reportedly moved 4,444 jobs back to the U.S. from a variety of countries.
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| Bidding for ISSI goes on |
6/15/2015 |
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Integrated Silicon said Thursday that Uphill has upped its bid to $21 a share or $698.7 million, a big increase over its original bid of $19.25 a share, or $639.5 million that ISSI's board had accepted in March, before Cypress jumped in to make an offer.
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| BlackBerry to adopt Android OS |
6/15/2015 |
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The move might be part of a new focus on software and device management rather than owing the OS from top to bottom for BlackBerry.
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| Manufacturers Alliance projects slower manufacturing growth this year |
6/15/2015 |
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Rough winter weather curbed industrial production in the first quarter of 2015, while the conditions that fostered growth in 2014 changed this year. In particular, falling energy prices, a strong dollar, high inventory levels and muted consumer confidence led to the reduced 2015 forecast.
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| ISSI accepts Cypress offer to merge |
6/12/2015 |
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Integrated Silicon said on Wednesday it had now agreed to proceed with the deal on the basis of Cypress's commitment "to use its reasonable best efforts and take all reasonable actions" to win antitrust approvals.
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| Solar power inverter prices to drop |
6/12/2015 |
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Price wars among Chinese suppliers have become so fierce that many small suppliers have left the market entirely. Despite only formally launching its inverter portfolio in late 2013, Huawei was able to make significant gains and quickly become the second largest supplier in China.
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| Intel is set to reduce head count |
6/12/2015 |
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Memo was distributed to Intel managers and stated that the company will "prioritise investments, slow down hiring and drive other efficiencies, including a performance-based involuntary separation package".
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| Apple A9 chip production to start this month |
6/11/2015 |
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TSMC will now start mass producing A9 chip for Apple starting this month. This will make things ready in time for assembling the iPhone 6s units for their September launch. Report doesn’t mention if TSMC will be sole provider of A9 processors or if Samsung is getting some share too.
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| Embedded nano micro spiral makes counterfeiting impossible |
6/11/2015 |
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Archimedean spirals return a strong second-harmonic signal — easily detectible visible blue light when pulsed with an infrared laser — giving them their unique signature characteristic that enables them to be used as an anti-counterfeiting tool.
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| Is Atmel up for sale? |
6/10/2015 |
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Atmel is working with investment bank Qatalyst Partners on a sale process, two of the people said. There is no certainty that Atmel will decide to sell itself, the people added.
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| $9 Linux computer is a challenge to Raspberry Pi |
6/9/2015 |
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CHIP easily fits in your palm and packs a 1GHz processor, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of storage with Linux loaded and ready to roll. It has built in WiFi, Bluetooth and a composite video port; VGA and HDMI adapters can also be added.
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| TrendForce predicts DRAM trend for next quarter |
6/9/2015 |
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PC DRAM chips would drop as memory chipmakers allocate more capacity for mobile DRAM chips amid recovering demand for smartphones in emerging markets and the launch of Apple Inc¡¯s new iPhone,
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| IBM offers cloud base EDA suite rental |
6/9/2015 |
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"We are targeting small- to medium-sized businesses, with a factor of two in price/performance compared to other tool vendors. We now offer a pay-as-you-go business model instead of a three-to-five year license agreement like the other EDA vendors."
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| "Lattice is not for sale" company official declares |
6/8/2015 |
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Like Altera, Lattice makes field-programmable gate array chips. However, unlike Altera, Lattice focuses on chips for the lower end of the market that are lower margin than Altera’s high-performance product.
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| LG to demonstrate paper thin flex screen |
6/8/2015 |
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The LG panel, which is paper-thin, can be rolled up to a radius of three centimeters without affecting its functionality. LG has not said how it would be used and when it could eventually be available to customers.
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| Google states its position on European antitrust probe |
6/8/2015 |
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In April, after a five-year probe, the EU formally accused Google of illegal and monopolistic search practices, accusing the company of lowering the search rank of rival firms and prominently featuring its Google Shopping service.
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