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Marvell acquires Cavium for $6 billion| San Jose: The Bay Area semiconductor market showed few signs of settling down ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday | |
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| Apr.29 |
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Cypress Semiconductor founder T.J. Rodgers steps down as CEO San Jose: T.J. Rodgers, chip-industry legend and one of the more outspoken tech leaders in Silicon Valley, is stepping down as chief executive
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| Nov.18 |
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Storied Fairchild Semiconductor sold to Arizona chipmaker| San Jose: The $2.4 billion cash deal for semiconductor, which pioneered the integrated circuit that gave birth to Silicon Valley | |
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| Oct.21 |
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KLA-Tencor acquired by Lam Research of Fremont| KLA-Tencor, which makes semiconductor process equipment, is being acquired by another semiconductor equipment maker, for $10.6 billion | |
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| Sep.21 |
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Atmel to be acquired by Dialog Semiconductor in $4.6B deal| San Jose: A British semiconductor company that supplies chips to Apple is acquiring to strength both companies to compete in the coming Internet of Things | |
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| Apr.27 |
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Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron cancel merger Two giant semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies have called off a merger plan that would have created an industry colossus
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| Dec.1 |
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Cypress Semiconductor buys Spansion in $4B chip deal San Jose: 2 of the largest chip companies in Silicon Valley will merge. The newly formed company will retain the Cypress name and San Jose headquarters
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| Feb.4 |
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Micron CEO dies in plane crash in Idaho San Jose: Steve Appleton, 51, the CEO of Micron Technology, Inc., a semiconductor company in San Jose died in a plane crash in Idaho this morning
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| May.7 |
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Applied Materials buying Varian The maker of factory equipment for the chip industry plans to purchase Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates for $4.9 billion
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| Apr.7 |
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Chipmaker Intersil sees stock leap 16% Milpitas: Intersil's stock has jumped 16% since its main competitor, National Semiconductor, announced a deal to be acquired by Texas Instruments
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| Apr.4 |
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Texas Instruments buying Nat Semi Santa Clara: Texas Instruments Inc., the second-largest U.S. chipmaker, agreed to buy National Semiconductor Corp. for $6.5 billion
| National Semiconductor shareholders will get $25 a share in the all-cash transaction, a 78 percent premium above National Semr's closing price Monday of $14.07
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| Feb.18 |
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Intel CEO to join White House jobs council Obama will name Paul Otellino to the jobs and competitiveness council during a visit to the company's semiconductor manufacturing facility
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| Sep.24 |
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Oracle looks for chipmakers to acquire Larry Ellison: Oracle Corp., building on a run of more than 65 acquisitions during the past five years, is looking to purchase semiconductor companies
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| Sep.20 |
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Semiconductor factory being christened Livermore: Bridgelux, the clean-tech startup, showing off its new state-of-the-art facility and bringing 200 jobs and a $3.6 million-a-month payroll to...
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| Dec.17 |
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Nanometrics prices stock offering at $11 Milpitas: Nanometrics Inc., which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, is estimating net proceeds at $20.6 million
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| May.12 |
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CEO: So Far, So Good In 2nd Quarter Intel: Paul Otellini said that chip orders have been 'a little better than we expected' so far, a sign that semiconductor sales are slowly improving
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| May.29 |
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Fire at building undergoing fumigation Santa Clara: The 3-alarm fire at the headquarters of Tensilica Inc., a semiconductor company, is under investigation
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| Sep.17 |
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New Low-Power Mobile Chipset Intel: Semiconductor maker would begin shipping its next-generation wireless chips in the fourth-quarter
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| Jun.11 |
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FormFactor Raises IPO Shares. Livermore
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| Feb.11 |
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Appl. Materials Posts Loss, Orders Down. Santa Clara
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| Nov.4 |
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Appl. Materials to cut 800 Bay Area Jobs Santa Clara: Semiconductor equipment maker will cut 11% of its work force, as it struggles with the continuing high-tech slump
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| Sep.10 |
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AMD to Unveil Double-Gate Transistors| Advanced Micro Devices had shrunk key elements of the semiconductor. It could lead to a chip with 1 billion transistors | |
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| Jun.6 |
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Nat. Semiconductor Posts Surprise Profit| Santa Clara: Diversified semiconductor manufacturer was helped by sales of its chips used in cellular phones and flat-panel displays | |
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| Dec.12 |
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Applied Materials to cut 1,700 jobs Chip equipment maker will cut 10% of its work force, in response to the semiconductor industry slump
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| Sep.28 |
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Atmel to cut 2,500 jobs San Jose: Semiconductor maker will cut 26% of work force, and take a quarter pre-tax charge of $500 million
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| Jul.19 |
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Cypress Semiconductor cuts jobs| San Jose: Company posted a 2nd-quarter loss of $18 million and plans to cut 650 jobs | |
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| Jun.13 |
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Integrated Device to cut 900 jobs Santa Clara: Company plans to cut 18% of work force to cut operating costs since slowdown in semiconductor demand
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| Jun.4 |
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Cypress Semicond. lowers estimates| San Jose: Revenue will be in the range of $175 million to $185 million, down from earlier estimates | |
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| May.8 |
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Nat. Semiconductor cut 1,100 jobs Santa Clara: National Semiconductor sharply lowered its outlook for the current quarter
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