Day: October 23, 2016
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Small potatoes: A closer look at chips
One of the issues with analysing the chip market, as with some others, is that the products are complex and have a huge array of applications. This often makes it difficult to compare one chip with another. Moreover, some people might not know the difference between a micro-processor and a micro-controller, or what a semiconductor is……
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Qualcomm could become king of the road if it buys NXP
Mergers and acquisitions happen quite frequently these days, and there’s a lot of interest surrounding them. For example, there are currently strong rumours that US smartphone chip giant Qualcomm is about to buy NXP Semiconductor for $40 billion. NXP itself last year bought Freescale for $12 billion. The deal gave NXP access to the market for…
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Qualcomm and NXP ‘agree $40 billion deal’
Chipmakers Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors have reportedly agreed a $40 billion takeover deal, according to CNBC. Wall Street Journal reported a couple of weeks ago that Qualcomm was in negotiations to buy NXP for $30 billion, and TechCrunch.com says the acquisition would be “a huge consolidation move for the silicon industry”. Neither company has so far…