Intel

Intel says it will invest $80 million in its manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, this year. The investment is both to modernize equipment in order to produce 22-nanometer processors and …

Micron Technologies named president and COO Mark Durcan as its new CEO following the death of former CEO Steve Appleton in a single-engine Lencair plane crash Friday. Appleton, an experienced …

Device makers spent more on chips for wireless products last year than on chips for computers or any other product. The latest research from IHS iSuppli shows semiconductor spending for …

2012 has already been a busy year for M&A at Intel. Last week the semiconductor giant inked a deal to acquire QLogic’s InfiniBand switch, chip, and adapter businesses, and 3 …

Big information technology companies posted positive results for their recent fiscal quarter and their optimist outlook for 2012 may suggest a growth in IT spending. However, Gartner recently reduced its …

When the chips are down, mobile computing is not so much about the device as about the experience that device provides, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Of course Intel …

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) today became the latest semiconductor company to announce a restructuring. The Austin-based chipmaker says it will create two new strategic product groups, one focusing on networking …

The world’s largest chipmaker will start the new year with a fresh focus on mobile. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is combining four business units into one mobile and communications group to …

Texas Instruments says fourth-quarter revenue will be lower than expected, thanks to weakness in all markets — except mobile. Success in the wireless market has been a key differentiator for chipmakers this year, as companies that have a strong presence have posted markedly better results than their competitors.

Chipmakers Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) all saw tremendous growth this year, according to preliminary 2011 market share rankings from research firm IHS. Acquisitions …

Ronaldo Miranda, Advanced Micro Devices’ (NYSE: AMD) president for Brazil and Latin America’s vice president since March, is celebrating. “We started 2011 with 7% of market share in laptops and consumer verticals in Brazil, and now we have 20%, which is higher than our goal of 15%,” he said during a news conference Tuesday.

Safer online shopping saves money for vendors, shoppers and financial services companies. That’s why MasterCard Inc. is joining forces with Intel Corp. in an effort to make online shopping safer …

Silicon Valley took it’s knocks with the rest of the U.S’ financial markets Friday, with tech stocks sinking significantly as fears of a double dip recession increased. Even the Valley’s …

Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate our chips to tablets and smartphones,” …

Despite another strong quarter for chipmaker Intel in terms of revenue, the chipmaking giant couldn’t help but be disappointed by its continued failures to break into the mobile market and …

Fairchild Semiconductor today announced the availability of its long vaunted mobile speaker amplifier, the FAB1200 stereo as well as the FAB2200 audio subsystem with stereo Class-G headphone amplifier and 1.2W Class-D mono speaker …