FTC wants to take a closer look at Nvidia’s Arm deal
The Federal Trade Commission is asking Nvidia to submit more documents as part of its preparation for the competition investigation into the chipmaker’s $40 billion takeover of Arm.
The Federal Trade Commission is asking Nvidia to submit more documents as part of its preparation for the competition investigation into the chipmaker’s $40 billion takeover of Arm.
SMIC has been formally added to the Entity List by the US Commerce Department, hitting the Chinese chipmaker’s access to American technology and equipment.
Samsung Electronics’ solid Q2 has benefited from strong demand for semiconductors by datacentres and PC markets to satisfied online activities that have surged during COVID-19 crisis.
The all-stock transaction will value Analog Devices at more than $68 billion, though crucially, it offers the firm a bigger footprint in the automotive and data centre semiconductor segments.
The official line is the move will allow Arm to give more attention to its core semiconductor business, but it will also allow financially strained parent-company Softbank to sell a slice.
It is increasingly becoming an ‘us or them’ situation, with tit-for-tat policies creating a fragmented ecosystem; an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and no-one wins.
With muted success in combating the sustained success of the Huawei juggernaut, the US has revealed its latest offensive play; attack the vendors semiconductor supply chain.
After reports emerged suggesting MediaTek has been cheating the benchmarking system, the chipset manufacturer has vehemently defending its position.
Having recovered from the impact of Huawei’s entry onto the Entity List, the semiconductor industry has been dealt another blow with COVID-19 impacting supply chains and product launches.
Chip giant Intel has set a new record for full-year revenues, collecting $72 billion across the course of 2019.
Almost three years ago, Apple decided it could get by without Imagination Technologies as a supplier, but 2020 gets off to a flier for the UK chip firm resigning a licencing agreement.
Samsung’s Q3 2019 numbers show improved performance in the smartphone business, but the semiconductor sector remains weak, which contributed to the 56% decrease in corporate level operating profit.
Looking at the fortunes of some of the major players in the semiconductor market, this is a segment which looks like it might need a bit of luck. Fortunately, 5G is just around the corner.
Micron Technologies unveiled fourth quarter and full-year financials for 2019, with the on-going tension between the US and China shattering the spreadsheets with distressing effect.
Samsung Electronics introduced Exynos 980, its first 5G integrated mobile chipset for the mainstream market. Mass production will start by the end of the year.
US suppliers are still staring into the abyss as reports emerge the US Government has halted its special-permissions programme to work with Huawei due to Chinese retaliation.
Mobile chip maker Skyworks solutions has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2019, with a $127 million hole in comparison to the same period of 2018.
Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) show semiconductor sales are hitting depressing levels, though history suggests this might be the fast before the feast.
While Apple registered modest growth, with the strong performance of Services compensating the declining iPhone sales, Samsung’s revenue and profit continued to plummet, thanks to weakness in the semiconductor market.
Reports emerged about Apple’s interest in Intel’s smartphone modem business a few weeks back, and now the rumour mill is back up-and-running as more sources suggest conversations.
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