Both grew spectacularly, with Samsung up 28.9 percent, and Apple up 13.6 percent, while HP and Dell dropped 12.7 and 13.4 percent, respectively.
PBS created its own show called Silicon Valley, which promises to be an informative look back at the start of the semiconductor industry.
The larger high-tech industry employs 6 million people.
IBM is announcing today that it has taken the first real steps toward commercial fabrication of carbon nanotubes on top of a silicon chip.
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Apple and Samsung have many beefs with each other. But for now, it appears, Samsung is still manufacturing the A6 processor inside Apple's flagship iPhone 5.
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Intel’s decision to get out of memory chips and focus on microprocessors in the 1980s is still paying off. Fueled by strong sales in its core PC chips business, Intel reached its highest overall chip industry market share in more …
Micron Technology said yesterday it has appointed D. Mark Durcan to replace chief executive Steve Appleton, who died Friday when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport.
Durcan was previously Micron’s president and chief operating …
Semiconductor industry executives worry that profits and revenue are sinking, and they don’t plan to hire as many people as they did a year ago.
That’s not particularly encouraging, as the semiconductor industry — the source of chips that go …
The chip industry is expected to grow only 1.2 percent in 2011, according to a reduced forecast for the world semiconductor market by market researcher IHS.
IHS forecast in September that the world chip industry would grow 2.9 percent. The …
Broadcom said today it has agreed to buy NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion as part of a move to consolidate its presence in the communications chip market.
The deal shows that the communications chip market is still a high stakes …
Intel is planning a hybrid security technology that will combine software with chip-based defenses.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini made the announcement today during Intel’s Q2 earnings call.
The hybrid technology will be the first product co-developed Intel has codeveloped with …
Applied Materials, the largest maker of chip making equipment, announced what it called a “breakthrough” technology in manufacturing chips that could become critical for continued technological progress in electronics for years to come.
The advance comes in a category of …
The chip industry is surprisingly bullish in its outlook for 2011, even though it already enjoyed record results in 2010. Typically, a boom year in the semiconductor industry is followed by a bust.
But leading indicators suggest things won’t be …
The chip industry is starting to hit the skids, and the dramatic growth it saw in 2010 is likely to be a cyclical peak. In 2011 and 2012, growth is likely to stall, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).…
The Semiconductor Industry Association held its annual dinner for a thousand industry executives on Thursday night in San Jose, Calif. At the event, the group’s new president, Brian Toohey (left) laid out the industry’s political agenda in the wake of …
Semiconductor sales are expected to grow 32.8 percent in 2010 to $300.5 billion.
But next year and the year after will see more moderate growth, the Semiconductor Industry Asscociation, the chip industry’s trade group, predicted today. It forecasted sales growing …
Intel has agreed to make chips for semiconductor start-up Achronix Semiconductor, marking the first time that the world’s biggest chip maker has given another company access to its golden goose, its most sophisticated manufacturing processes.
The Wall Street Journal reported …
Despite some headwinds, global sales of semiconductor chips grew, if barely, in August. Chip sales were $25.7 billion, up 1.8 percent from July’s sales of $25.2 billion, according to the chip industry trade group Semiconductor Industry Association. But sales compared …
