Tagged: Semiconductors & News
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30 new jobs for Cork as chip firm M/A-COM expands News
23.04.2012 A leading supplier of high-performance analog semiconductor solutions M/A-COM Tech is to create 30 new jobs at its Cork plant, where it already employs 68 people.Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Internet, Development, Design, Engineering, Hardware -
DecaWave raises €6m, appoints former Intel VP Jim O’Hara as chairman News
28.03.2012 Dublin tech firm DecaWave, which makes fabless semiconductor chips for ultraband, wireless sensors and real-time location systems, has raised €6m in venture capital funding. It...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Funding, Engineering, Development, Design -
S3 wins major deal with Europe’s largest chronic disease service News
15.03.2012 An Irish technology company better known for its silicon design and TV and telecoms technologies has won a major contract to provide telehealth design and consultancy services... -
IEEE recognises Tyndall researcher for pioneering semiconductor work News
16.02.2012 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has honoured the head of Cork-based Tyndall’s Micro-Nano Electronics Centre for his work on advancing technology for the... -
Broadcom to buy NetLogic for US$3.7bn News
12.09.2011 Semiconductor maker Broadcom is to acquire wired and wireless communications chip maker NetLogic Microsystems for US$3.5bn in cash for shares. -
LED player Ikon Semiconductor receives €800k in funding News
09.09.2011 Fabless semiconductor company Ikon Semiconductor – which is developing a single-chip power converter for the burgeoning LED industry – has received an €800,000 investment in a... -
Profits down at Samsung despite soaring smartphone sales News
29.07.2011 Korean electronics giant Samsung’s operating profits have plunged 18pc to 3.75trn won (US$3.6bn) from 5.01trn won last year. Despite soaring smartphone sales, revenues from... -
Apple and Samsung plan solar panels for smartphones, tablets News
27.07.2011 Apple may soon look at putting solar panels on future iPhone and iPad devices. Reports from Taiwan, where Apple and Samsung have their smartphones assembled, say solar panel...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Analog Devices bringing 100 new jobs to Co Limerick News
20.07.2011 Global semiconductors and data conversion technology company Analog Devices is creating 100 high-skilled jobs in Raheen, Co Limerick, in areas such as integrated circuit design... -
US investment bank Needham & Co to work with Irish tech firms News
27.06.2011 Irish technology companies looking to grow their operations in the US or seek funding from US sources will be supported by US investment bank Needham & Company, LLC, which has... -
The digital business week News
13.06.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Apple world’s largest buyer of semiconductors - IHS iSuppli News
08.06.2011 Booming demand for iPad and iPhone devices has resulted in Apple becoming the largest buyer of semiconductors among OEMs in the world for the first time, according to IHS iSuppli. -
Xilinx revenues up 29pc to US$2.3bn News
28.04.2011 Fabless chip maker Xilinx reported 2011 sales of US$2.37bn, up 29pc on the previous year. Profits jumped 80pc to US$641.9m.Tags: Semiconductors, Xilinx -
Chip industry's very good year as sales hit US$283bn News
21.04.2011 The year 2010 was one of the best years in semiconductor industry history with sales of chips up 24pc, according to IDC. Sales of hardware like e-readers, tablets and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, ComputersTags: Data centres, Servers, Smartphones, Tablet Computers, E-reader, Samsung, Apple, Intel, Semiconductors -
Media tablets and e-readers lift semiconductors 2,000pc News
06.04.2011 The advent of tablet computers and e-book readers have been a goldmine for the chip industry, driving semiconductor revenues 2,000pc to US$3.3bn in 2010.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor for US$6.5bn News
05.04.2011 Texas Instruments (TI) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire analog chip maker National Semiconductor for US$6.5bn.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Hardware, Energy, Digital Media, Deals Done, Computers, Communications -
Japanese earthquake sends tremors through consumer tech News
15.03.2011 The Japanese earthquake and tsunami could result in significant shortages of vital electronic components that drive the consumer electronics business globally, including NAND...Tags: Samsung, Hitachi, Nintendo, Sony, Panasonic, Fuji, Toshiba, LCD, Semiconductors, Earthquake, Japan, Manufacturing -
Major nanotech breakthrough by Tyndall researchers News
01.02.2011 A team of scientists at the Cork-based Tyndall Institute have made the world’s first junctionless transistor even smaller. The breakthrough has already sparked off huge interest... -
Samsung reports earnings record in 2010 News
28.01.2011 Samsung Electronics Co. has announced revenues of 41.87trn Korean won on a consolidated basis for Q4 2010, a 7pc increase year-on-year. -
AIB investment in chip firm reaches €940k News
09.12.2010 AIB Seed Capital Fund, co-managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital, has completed the fifth tranche of equity funding in Movidius Limited, bringing the total investment from...