The FSA -  the voice of the global fabless business model - issued its CYQ4 2006/Year-End 2006 Global Fabless Fundings & Financials Report outlining key statistics for industry growth last year. So the fabless industry revenue totaled $49.7 billion, which equated to 20 percent of the semiconduc...

Vishay has made an offer to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of UK based PM Group Plc through a wholly owned subsidiary. Vishay intends to only acquire PM Group's on-board vehicle weighing business, PM Onboard, and to immediately sell PM Group's second business, an electrical contractin...

The turnover of semiconductors in German remained unchanged in February compared to the previous month. However, it was 4% below that of February 2006 after shrinking by 7% in January and 9% in December. But the orders received in February increased slightly compared to January. Thus, the expectatio...

Cree, a provider of LED lighting solutions, will acquire privately held COTCO Luminant Device, headquartered in Hong Kong, in a combined stock and cash transaction valued at approximately US $200 million. The acquisition of COTCO, a supplier of high brightness LEDs in China, will provide Cree with a...

Philips and TSNC have agreed to a multi-phased plan to facilitate an orderly exit by Philips from its current shareholding in TSMC as follows. Philips intends to sell in the near future up to USD 1.75 billion worth of TSMC shares to accommodate identified demand from long-term financial investors in...

National Semiconductor reported net income of $71.5 million, on revenues of $431.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. On a sequential basis, National’s third quarter fiscal 2007 revenues declined 14 percent from the second quarter, when the company reported $501.6 million in revenues. Yea...

5% Growth in 2007