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Mentor Graphics has joined the SOI Consortium mid-November . Ok, this occurred 2 years after Cadence and Synopsys and 1.5 year after Magma.

Twelve companies last week raised distributions. While this is positive news in comparison to the avalanche of dividend cuts that were occurring just a few months ago, it is important that investors dig deeper into the numbers before they find out the next big thing.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation , the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, today announced that on November 16, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona issued its ruling on summary judgment motions , pending in Cabot ...

Korean companies were latecomers to the global semiconductor industry, which was previously dominated by Japanese and U.S. firms.

San Jose residents will have an opportunity to work up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner and also help three charities by participating in a Turkey Trot in downtown San Jose this morning.

Silicon wafer manufacturer MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. amended its revolving credit agreement last week, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.

TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.

Infineon Technologies AG , one of the leading semiconductor companies for mobile phone solutions, and Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and services, today announced a cooperation to develop advanced radio frequency transceiver solutions.

November. 24, 2009: METRO Group, one of the largest and most important international retailing companies, has selected Infosys Technologies as a partner in its Future Store Initiative for the advancement of cutting edge technologies and innovative shopping concepts.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation , the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, reported today that, as anticipated in its press release of November 20, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona unsealed in redacted form its ...

Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of Galleon Group, on Tuesday rejected federal insider trading charges, and accused the government of violating his constitutional rights with its use of wiretaps.

A Serial RapidIO 2.1 endpoint soft IP core for the Lattice ECP3 FPGA family has been developed by Praesum Communications .

STMicroelectronics , the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and portable applications and the third largest MEMS manufacturer overall , has expanded its portfolio with next-generation micro-machined acoustic devices.

NEC Electronics today announced the development of a new family of industrial Ethernet physical layers for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX/FX. The new PHYs will offer the best-in-class high-speed industrial connectivity and advanced cable diagnostics, and are optimized for existing industrial Ethernet protocols used in industrial automation products.

Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected all 17 claims in three Rambus Inc.

RF Micro Devices, Inc. , a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance RF components and compound semiconductors, today announced that RFMD has been selected by a leading manufacturer of smartphones to support two upcoming CDMA smartphones.

Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:55am EST - Phones hang from a trading terminal on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 19, 2009.

Spectrum Control Inc., a specialty manufacturer of defense and medical electronics, said Monday it would acquire Micro Networks Corp.

The European Commission has decided to close formal antitrust proceedings against communications chipmaker and technology licensor Qualcomm Inc.

President Barack Obama on Monday tapped Xerox Chief Executive Ursula Burns to help lead an education initiative aimed at helping students excel at science, technology, engineering and math.

Chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. said Monday its net income fell 27 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, as demand declined for semiconductors in its industrial and communications business.

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will sell $500 million in senior notes in a private offering.

Research and Enterprise Development has made the first award in its new Enterprise Scholarship Scheme to third-year medical student Luc Bugeja.

GOING UP: The agreement with Qualcomm on 3G patents eased investor concern and sent MediaTek s stock rising 1.73 percent, outperforming the broader market By Lisa Wang STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Nov 21, 2009, Page 12 MediaTek Inc , the nation s largest handset chipmaker, yesterday said it had reached a broad patent agreement on third-generation chips ...

EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 18, 2009 - Mentor Graphics Corporation , a leading provider of embedded Linux and Android solutions , today announced its delivery of the Android Development System for the Texas Instruments Incorporated OMAP35x processors based on ARM Cortex -A8 technology.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that the Chinese Wireless Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure security standard, which is required for all WLAN products sold in China, is now available on many of its wireless offerings.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. , a provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, announced availability of the Arriba for Android Porting Kit for its industry-standard MIPS architecture.

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, proudly announced its premier color laser multifunction printer , the MultiXpress CLX-8540ND. Having an MSRP of $8,249.00, the CLX-8540ND is currently offered by Samsunga s valued network of Service Dealers and OA Distributors.

Having returned to profitability in its Q4, Infineon has to explain how it hopes it will remain profitable in the mid-term. Basically, growth will come from Asia, and acquisitions cannot be ruled out, says Infineon CEO Peter Bauer.

A facility run by Santa Clara-based Intel in Jerusalem was the scene of a massive protest Saturday.

Committed to offering design engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, has signed a franchise agreement with Altera Corporation, to supply their FPGA and CPLD devices, the latest development kits and the Quartus II design software in North America.

Programmable logic vendor Xilinx Inc. Tuesday introduced the latest of its targeted design platforms, this one targeting broadcast connectivity applications.

Chip stocks fell on Thursday after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded the sector on a possible inventory correction, although two of Europe's top chipmakers were upbeat about recovery prospects.

SC09 -- QLogic Corp. , a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, along with other high performance computing industry leaders, was awarded HPCwire's Editor's Choice for "Best HPC Collaboration Between Government and Industry" at SC09.

The European Union on Wednesday published a previously confidential report by the body's ombudsman, who criticized the way the regulatory organization handled the antitrust probe of Intel Corp.

Presented by Applied Materials, The Tech Awards celebrates the power of technology to address global challenges in the environment, economic development, education, equality and health.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with all major indexes down more than 1 percent on weakness in the technology and health insurance sectors.

ASUS Supercharges Its Best-selling 'Eee' Line of PCs with NVIDIA ION New Portable and Desktop Systems Deliver a Superior Visual Experience SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Nov. 18, 2009-ASUS, one of the world's leading PC OEMs and pioneer of the netbook category, has adopted award-winning NVIDIA IONTM graphics for many of its top-selling 'Eee' netbooks and ...

Today, Softkinetic-Optrima, the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging products announced a collaboration with Texas Instruments Incorporated to design, develop and market joint 3D imaging solutions for the television, personal computers, digital signage, health & fitness, industrial, robotics, automotive, security and many ...

Angry workers at Atmel Corp.'s fab in Rousset, France, have gone on an unlimited strike.

An Intel Corp. investor, frustrated that the chip maker has been hit with $2.7 billion in fines and settlement payments, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware against the company and its top executives.

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced RFMD has received its first purchase order from a tier-one wireless base station original equipment manufacturer for a product featuring RFMD's state-of-the-art gallium nitride process technology.

Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board.

Processor makers ARM and MIPS Technologies are both aiming to simplify and accelerate the use of netbooks, MIDs , set-top boxes and picture frames that run on Google's Android software platform.

Intel Corporation has entered into an agreement with Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif, and Universit de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to create an Exascale Computing Research Center.

The value of Intel Corp. stock and other chip companies fell Thursday after an analyst downgraded the rating on a number of companies in the sector.

Now that it's settled things with Intel, what steps is the chip company taking to deal with its debilitating debt? Andy Patrizio : Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rose more than 10 percent on Wednesday after the company announced plans to reduce a crippling debt, a step made possible thanks to its big settlement with Intel last week.

In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, flags with the company logo of Infineon Technologies are seen prior to the annual shareholders meeting in Munich, southern Germany.

In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, an Advance Micro Devices logo is shown on a computer at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif.

Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc.

Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year.

Press release, November 13; Meiling Chen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 17 November 2009] SAN DIEGO November 12, 2009 Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that it is sampling a new smartphone chipset family that breaks new ground in mobile performance in the ...

The next generation in lighting technology clearly will be LEDs - but the next but one is already in sight: Organic LEDs offer even more design options than conventional LEDs.

With an eye on the huge market opportunities in China, semiconductor executives are expressing renewed confidence that their industry will see greater revenue during 2010, with some increase in profitability and with trailing job growth, according to a global survey conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Assured Guaranty Ltd., up $4.32 at $25.53 Shares of the bond insurer hit a 12-month high after its quarterly loss narrowed despite big losses in credit derivative contracts.

Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter revenue between $75 million and $76 million, which falls slightly below Wall Street's expectations.

November 17, 2009, 06:10 AM - - Demand for add-in graphics cards showed signs of recovery during the third quarter, setting the stage for an upcoming showdown between rivals Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia.

Applied Materials Inc. says it offered to buy Semitool Inc. for $364 million in cash, a move the company says will broaden its portfolio of chip manufacturing equipment.

Good article in yesterday's WSJ on the community of people doing amazing hacks with the Texas Instruments TI-83 and other calculators.

Chipmaking giant Intel Corp. raised its quarterly dividend in a sign that vitality may be returning to the technology sector.

AMD six-core Opteron processors powered Cray Systems' Jaguar supercomputer to score tops among the world's fastest 500 machines.

SC09 Hewlett-Packard may not dominate the HPC headlines, but it does serve up a lot of iron that runs HPC applications.

STMicroelectronics NV and Cryptography Research, Inc. have formed an agreement regarding to the use of CRI's patents to protect ST's tamper-resistant chips against Differential Power Analysis and related attacks.

Chip maker RF Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it has finished restructuring its debt, buying back $197 million in notes coming due next year.

Microsemi Corporation , a leading manufacturer of high performance analog mixed-signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, will participate in the Wells Fargo Securities 2nd Annual Midwest Technology Day at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel in New York on November 17, 2009.

More than four out of every five supercomputers on the TOP500 list are powered by Intel processors.

TranSwitch Corporation , a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the converging data, video and voice wireline and wireless networks, today announced that it has received a NASDAQ Staff determination letter dated November 9, 2009, notifying the Company that it has not complied with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5550 .

Advanced Micro Devices is not the only large Intel competitor to rail against Intel's alleged strong-arm tactics.

Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Inc. said he heard someone say it was a LUV economy.

Diodes Inc. has introduced a pair of N-channel MOSFETs, offering designers of Voice over Internet Protocol communications equipment a more rugged solution that is said to significantly reduce circuit complexity and cost.

Actel Corporation today announced that Maurice Carson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the 2009 Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference, to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California, on December 9, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. PT.

AMD has laid out its road map for processors through 2011, with an emphasis on a complete computing experience featuring stunning graphics and video.

We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending a long-running legal dispute.

Qualcomm Inc said on Thursday that it has started providing multi-mode high-speed wireless chips to customers on a trial basis as it looks to cash in on the move to next generation wireless services.

Silicon Storage Technology Inc. said Friday it has agreed to be acquired by Technology Resource Holdings Inc.

Communications chip company Broadcom Corp. has said it will provide its BroadVoice family of voice codecs avaible free of charge.

Hyosung Corp. , the South Korean chemicals and trading company, said it abandoned a bid for Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Nanometrics Incorporated , a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced multiple orders from new and existing HB-LED customers for RPMBlue and IVS185 metrology systems, which will be used for ...

European chip vendors NXP BV and STMicroelectronics NV have announced a licensing agreement for NXP's Mifare contactless IC technology.

November 12, 2009 -- Imagination Technologies Group plc , a leading provider of System-on-Chip Intellectual Property , and Green Plug Inc.

A drop in energy stocks dragged the market lower Thursday following a government report that consumers and businesses cut back on their use of oil and gas.

Ali Far , a hedge-fund manager who pleaded guilty to insider trading and is helping prosecutors in a probe of the industry, told a judge he had payoffs made to a person at a company called Marvell in return for inside information.

RF Micro Devices has announced a fully qualified gallium nitride unmatched transistor optimised for 48V and 30W commercial and defence applications.

Advanced Micro Devices said it expects its chip design business, the backbone of the company, to be profitable next year, adding more fuel to hopes that the technology sector is rebounding.

In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Applied Materials Inc. CEO Michael Splinter speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Shares of Sigma Designs Inc. fell Wednesday after an analyst downgraded the chip maker on signs that it's losing greater-than-expected market share to rival Broadcom Corp.

ABU DHABI: Mubadala, the government-owned investment vehicle which owns a stake in Advanced Micro Devices, plans to manufacture chips in the Gulf Arab state in a bid to steal market share from industry leaders.

Elpida signed another Taiwanese DRAM maker, Winbond Electronics, to a manufacturing and technology partnership on Wednesday, putting an end to rumors that the company might join a rival alliance that uses technology from U.S.-based Micron Technology.

Apple Inc. will launch a smaller "worldmode" iPhone next year that will be ready for Verizon Wireless to sell in the third quarter of 2010, according to an analyst report citing unnamed handset maker sources in Taiwan.

Chip maker Altera Corp. said Tuesday that Michael Nevens has joined its board of directors.

While we're busying ourselves with arguing about how to replace the perfectly usable book gadget, Intel is right to point out that plenty of people, for whatever reason, can't read at all.

I've spent a lot of time with a number of hardware manufacturers recently, trying to get a glimpse into the next generation of processors and the ways in which they'll impact future gadgets and PCs.

Abu Dhabi will be home to a microchip fabrication plant within four years, and will bost of semiconductor industry workforce of up to 40,000 people by 2030, a leader of the emirate's drive into high technology said yesterday.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the largest semiconductor foundries in mainland China, has announced that its CEO, Dr.

Cree's new manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park. View Larger Cree announced on Monday that it is buying a facility in China that will be the LED technology company's first chip production plant outside of North America.

While we all know that many times the things said are not the same as what is getting done in the back rooms of the corporate world, the leader of nVidia has always appeared to be a straight shooter,A though somewhat colorful in his speaking.

Emulex Corp., which makes data storage equipment, said Monday it has filed a lawsuit against chip designer Broadcom Corp., alleging violations of federal antitrust laws.

Clearwire Corp. is reportedly getting $1.5 billion in financing to help build out its wireless network, but Google Inc.

Jen-Hsun Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA has dismissed rumors that NVIDIA was working on an X86 chip .

Infineon Technologies AG and Lantiq today announced the closing of the sale of Infineon's Wireline business to Lantiq, an affiliate of the U.S. based investor Golden Gate Capital.

An offshore Advanced Micro Devices Inc. foundry is having trouble ramping up on production of a new 40-nanometer graphics processing unit, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today.

Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep pulled from a pond, and police said they believed the women were in the vehicle when they made two desperate calls to friends for help.

MILPITAS, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Adaptec, Inc. today announced that its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time , has been canceled as a result of certain developments relating to the Consent Solicitation commenced by Steel Partners II, L.P. Adaptec provides ...

Cree Inc., a LED manufacturer located in Durham, N.C., has been selected to provide energy-efficient LED lighting to Walmart for new stores and renovations.

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA AMOS-5000, a specially designed chassis kit for Em-ITX form factor boards such as the VIA EITX-3000, offering fast and easy assembly of a variety of fanless, robust IPC designs.

Some semiconductor stocks finished lower Tuesday after a Morgan Stanley analyst downgraded the sector and individual stocks including Intel Corp.

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Dell and SunGard Higher Education announced today that they will expand their existing strategic relationship to make their solutions more interoperable and help higher education institutions worldwide improve efficiencies, streamline operations and enhance learning.

SEMTECH CORPORATION , a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced plans to release financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 after the close of the market on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

Walmart has given Cree co-founder Neal Hunter, left, and CEO Chuck Swoboda another reason to smile.

AudioCodes , a leading provider of Voice over IP technologies and Voice Network products, today announced the introduction of "MSBG PLUS", an Open Platform for Unified Communications for Small and Medium Enterprises.

Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of equipment and services to the solar photovoltaic industry, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets, including the intellectual property, of Advent Solar, Inc.

According to this article , fourteen more people have been charged in that Galleon insider trading scandal.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang seemed unsurprised by allegations made Wednesday by New York's attorney general that Intel has illegally tried to maintain its monopoly.

With its new SH7786, Renesas has introduced a new concept in modular multimedia processors and complete multimedia system solutions for the automotive industry.

ON Semiconductor Corp.'s third-quarter profit fell from a year earlier, but its adjusted results beat Wall Street expectations and its shares rose in late trading on a bullish outlook.

NVIDIA surprised investors with better than expected earnings. The company announced a fiscal third-quarter 2010 profit of $107.6 million, or 19 cents per share, compared to net income of $61.7 million, or 11 cent per share a year ago.

Semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc. said Thursday that revenue will grow in the current quarter, and set a profit target above analysts' expectations.

Evergreen Solar is shifting some of its manufacturing production from Massachusetts to China after posting an $82 million loss in the third quarter.

Infineon Technologies AG and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanometer embedded flash process technology.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has won a jury verdict over China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

Semiconductor maker Microchip Technology Inc. said Wednesday that earnings and sales fell in the latest quarter, but its CEO said profit margins would improve as the company increases production to meet stronger business conditions.

November 3, 2009 - Sundance, the leading supplier and manufacturer of advanced digital signal processing and reconfigurable FPGA systems, today extended its leadership in multiprocessor solutions through the introduction of its EVP6472 embedded development platform.

Wireless chip and technology supplier Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday set a quarterly and annual revenue target that missed Wall Street estimates, but its shares rose slightly in late trade after falling more than 9 percent in recent weeks.

New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.

Two months ago, Chartered Semiconductor announced that the Abu Dhabi government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Company is offering $2.68 a share for its shares.

The euro-area economy may expand 0.7pc next year, the European Commission said, raising its growth forecast even as budget deficits and jobless ranks swell further.

Intel expanded its chip shipment lead over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter as the rivals battle for larger market share, according to a survey released by Mercury Research on Tuesday.

Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Lipacis warned Tuesday that investors may be overly optimistic about the recovery of the semiconductor industry.

New competition entered Intela s processor market today as VIA Technologies introduced its new VIA Nano 3000 Series processors.

STMicroelectronics NV and LG Display Co. have teamed to develop the iDP interface standard in a view to facilitate interconnection and boost performance of high-refresh-rate LCD TVs.

Virage Logic Corporation , the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

Marvell and E Ink have introduced a "highly integrated" turnkey platform for next-generation e-readers. The platform - which is powered by the ARMADA 166E processor - boasts a number of new features, including the accelerated display of high-resolution PDF files and zero power mode.

As of Jan. 1, management workers at Qwest Communications International Inc. will start to feel the penny-pinching their subordinates have been dealing with for the past two years.

Programmable logic vendor Altera Corp. Monday announced the newest Cyclone low-cost FPGA family, which adds support for mainstream serial protocols and offers a rich supply of logic, memory and DSP capabilities.

After a long-running proxy battle, activist shareholder Warren Lichtenstein said Monday his holding company had amassed enough support to remove chief executive Sundi Sundaresh from the board of data storage company Adaptec Inc.

Hector Ruiz, one of the most respected statesmen in the chip industry, had his reputation tarnished last week after he was identified by unnamed sources for tipping off Galleon-related traders who used the information to make illegal insider trades.

Adaptec, Inc. , the global leader in I/O innovation, today announced that its Unified SerialA RAID controllers have been selected as the RAID solutions of choice by two leading Japanese technology product and service providers: Third Wave Corporation and A. T. Works, Inc.

About fifteen years ago, my husband and his colleague had their laptop computers stolen out of a car.

Intellon Corporation , a leading provider of HomePlugA -compatible integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax and smart grid applications, today announced that its application for funding in response to the U.S. Smart Grid Investment Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement has been selected for award ...

The installation of the equipment for capacity expansion is set to begin in the second half of 2010.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said Friday it will transfer its stock exchange listing from The New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Nov.

A prominent executive in the technology industry has been implicated in the alleged $20 million insider trading case unraveled by investigators earlier this month, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday.

" The ongoing probe into the alleged insider-trading scheme involving hedge fund Galleon Group is laying bare a landscape that's rife with opportunities for illicit profiting on stocks.

Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker run by Italy's Fiat SpA, plans to boost the number of television stations available in its vehicles to as many as 20 from 3. The optional system will cost $629 plus installation, which includes a one-year subscription, Chrysler said Thursday.