Freescale announced Dr. Vivek Mohindra as its new senior vice president of Strategy and Business Transformation. Dr. Mohindra will drive all strategic direction for the company. He was the formerly vi...

Zilog and EuroSemi announced the signing of a new Manufacturer Representative Agreement for EuroSemi to work as the demand creating sales force for Zilog in Europe. Effective Oct. 1, the agreement cov...

Avnet Memec has extended its distribution partnership with e2v. The agreement will be immediately effective for Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, UK, Irel...

The Abu Dabi domiciled investment company Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) and the semiconductor manufacturer AMD are to form a production company for manufacturing semiconductor chips. The c...

The American Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported worldwide semiconductor sales of 22.7 billion US$ in August 2008. This is 5.5% more than in August 2007. Compared to the previous month t...

Kontron will take over Intel’s Communication Rackmount Server Business Division for an undisclosed sum. This comprises System and Server products for Telecom and IP networks. The Business Division is ...

Spectris, an instrumentation and controls company, has signed an agreement to acquire the LDS Test & Measurement business from SPX Corporation. The purchase consideration is US$102 million. LDS is...