Semiconductors
Texas Instruments in talks to buy rival chipmaker Maxim Integrated Products
29 Oct 2015
Texas Instruments is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductors AND the second-largest supplier of chips for cellular handsets
Chipmaker Microsemi offers $2.4-bn rival bid for PMC-Sierra
20 Oct 2015
Igniting a bidding war, US semiconductor solutions provider Microsemi Corp has tabled a superior $2.4-billion offer over rival Skyworks Solutions Inc to acquire PMC-Sierra Inc
Intel pulling all stops to be iPhone’s next partner
19 Oct 2015
Slow on the uptake where the mobile market goes, chipmaker Intel has now reportedly put over a thousand employees to work on chips for the next Apple iPhone as it seeks to displace Qualcom

