The research and office buildings of the Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gemeinnützige GmbH have been opened on the campus of the TU Dresden. The NaMLab has been established by a participation of the Technical University with Qimonda. The Joint Venture is researching on innovations for memory ce...

Danaher will make a cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Tektronix for $38.00 per share. The aggregate purchase price is approximately $2.8 billion, including debt, transaction costs and net of cash acquired. With annual revenues of approximately $1.1 billion, Tektron...

XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of Software Defined Silicon (SDS), a class of programmable semiconductor, has appointed Richard Terrill as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Bringing more than 20 years of marketing and engineering experience in Silicon Valley, Terrill will handle the firm's worl...

SiConnect, a developer of multimedia-ready home networking technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ST&T Corporation of Taiwan to develop generation powerline communication based audio equipment for the home. ST&T is to use SiConnect’s single-chip PLi050A audio powerline tra...

The Micronas Group is to selectively streamline its product portfolio in the Consumer division, significantly reducing the complexity of the offering in the TV segment. A clear result of the comprehensive strategy review was that Micronas should continue to focus its market positioning on the two co...

Texas Instruments acquired Powerprecise Solutions, a fabless portable power management integrated circuit solutions company based in Herndon, Virginia. Powerprecise was founded in 2002, and currently has offices in Herndon, Virginia; Taipei, Taiwan; and San Jose, California. The company, which has 2...

Atmel has entered into agreements with TSMC and Highbridge Business Park for the sale of its eight-inch wafer fabrication equipment and related property located in North Tyneside, United Kingdom. Atmel had previously announced its intention to sell this facility as part of its strategic restructurin...