It's 5 nanometers for 5G, but there's a lot at stake in the race between now and then and plenty of shifting sands. Will ARM have an arm against Intel?
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Wearied Qualcomm gives up on acquiring NXP
A $44 billion deal is going down the drain because it needs approval from Chinese regulators. The US and China are in a complicated relationship right now.
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One Apple supplier is down on blockchain, up on iPhone again
The largest contract semiconductors company in the world lost out on cryptocurrency mining chips and will rely on selling iPhone chips to make up for it.
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Broadcom buys a mainframe company for $18.9 billion, loses $18.9 billion in value
The second-largest mainframe enterprise company was snapped up by a semiconductors giant. Does it make sense? Investors take sides (and their money).
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Meitu looks to build an AI-focused GPU
It launched a new flagship smartphone that's all about the selfies as usual, but its unique position and obsession has it looking for silicon.
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Qualcomm wants to redefine low to mid-end phones again with Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 SoCs
Android bargain hunters should be happy to hear affordable phones will very soon be powered by Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 processors.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 1000 could go to 12W and battle low-end Intel Core U-series
Intel may have to watch its back if Qualcomm is able to land its ambitions next year on a big chipset for laptops and maybe even desktops.
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TSMC preparing 7nm fabrication with Snapdragon 855 orders expected
Qualcomm has been a longtime partner with TSMC, but has gone with Samsung as of late. Progress on a new fabrication turned it around.
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After recent acquisition, Broadcom lays off 1,100 employees
What would have happened if Broadcom had acquired Qualcomm? Some say we should take a cue from the aftermath of a recent actual acquisition.
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China may finally approve Qualcomm buyout of NXP
The potential move comes in the context of recent trade tensions between the US and China that could be easing up over a few isolated deals.
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Qualcomm extending lower licensing rates to appease regulators and OEMs
The San Diego-based semiconductors company is conceding some ground to smartphone manufacturers by offering a patents package at a lower price. But it doesn't mean that flagship phones will cost less soon.
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MediaTek willing to file paperwork to ship chips to ZTE
The Taiwanese government recently started cracking down on any potential weapons-related shipments to Chinese tech manufacturer ZTE.
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TSMC forecasting poor earnings this year almost certainly because of iPhone X
The world's biggest contract chipmaker is apparently facing some tough goings with its biggest client. Most high street analysts say its Apple.
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Qualcomm job cuts stand at 1,500 in California, more elsewhere
The semiconductors company is looking to cut 4 percent of its staff as part of a cost reduction regime to increase dividends to investors.
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Even after losing Qualcomm, Broadcom went ahead with its now-completed US redomiciliation
President Trump's recent blocking of Broadcom's proposed Qualcomm takeover on national security grounds hasn't stopped the company from changing its legal domicile back to the US.
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