ARC International confirms that it is in discussions with a third party which may or may not lead to an offer being made for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company. The discussions are at a preliminary stage and there can be no certainty that an offer will be made for ARC or...

Mentor Graphics unveiled its Android and Linux strategy, including the acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions (San Jose, CA), an provider of Android and Linux development systems. Android and the Linux products will work with the Mentor Graphics Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS), tools and ...

STMicroelectronics reported financial results for the 2009 second quarter 2009. The net revenues total $1,993 million and include the complete integration of the former Ericsson Mobile Platforms business into ST-Ericsson and $18 million from the licensing of technology. Net revenues increased 20% se...

Agilent will buy Varian, a supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and applied market applications. Agilent will pay $52 cash per share of common stock for Varian in a transaction that represents a premium of approximately 35% to Varian’s closing price on J...

Freescale announced financial results for the second quarter ended July 3, 2009. Net sales were $824 million, compared to $840 million in the first quarter of 2009 and $1.47 billion last year. The year-over-year sales decline was attributable primarily to the company’s decision in 2008 to exit its c...

NXP Semiconductors announced second quarter sales of USD 857 million, a comparable increase of 26.2% from the first quarter of 2009. The increase in sales is mainly attributable to supply chain replenishment following a soft first quarter of 2009 and the continued impact of various, mainly Chinese, ...

Lattice Semiconductor announced financial results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2009. For the second quarter, revenue was $46.9 million, an increase of 8% from the $43.3 million reported in the prior quarter, and a decrease of 19% from the $58.1 million reported in the same quarter a year ago...