- Times Change at Intel — What It Means for Manufacturing
As the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer and high-tech industry bellwether, the state of affairs at Intel is critical to the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem and semiconductor industry at large. Following a company-wide review that was completed in August, Intel is now in the midst of downsizing across the entire organization as ......
- Vishay to Get CyOptics Israeli Operations
Discretes and passives giant Vishay Intertechnology Inc. said today that its subsidiary, Vishay Israel Ltd., has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of CyOptics Israel Ltd., the Israeli subsidiary of CyOptics, Inc. The companies did not put a public price tag on the deal, but Malvern, Penn.-based ......
- U.S. semiconductor industry is in trouble, says
National Academy of Sciences panel.
The United States semiconductor industry is facing "unprecedented" challenges from abroad and the U.S. risks losing a good portion of its most important manufacturing industry, a panel assembled from the National Academies of Sciences told congressional aides on Capitol Hill on May 8. Foreign governments are feverishly working with local ......
- Tower Appoints Intel Vet as VP
Tower Semiconductor Ltd.'s reorganization continues as the company today appointed Intel Corp. veteran Rafi Nave as VP of customer services. This appointment will take effect in mid-August. In this position, Nave will oversee all areas of customer service, including account management, project management, IP and design services, the VLSI design ......
- Intel, Siano Partner for Global Mobile TV
Intel has taken an interest in Siano Mobile Silicon, a fabless semiconductor maker of solutions for mobile digital TV, as the company looks to the global market for the next-generation application. The Israel-based company announced today that Intel will use its SMS1000 multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset to provide mobile digital ......
- Tower teams with medical imaging supplier to create flat panel X-ray detectors
To develop and market X-ray detectors for medical applications, Migdal Ha’emek, Israel-based semiconductor wafer foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. http://www.towersemi.com has formed a partnership with Yoqneam, Israel-based CMT Medical Technologies Ltd. http://www.cmt-med.com , an advanced digital X-ray imaging systems supplier for medical diagnosis in radiography/fluoroscopy, cardiology, angiography, mammography and similar large-size ......
- Emblaze Joins MIPI Alliance
Israeli fabless chip company Emblaze Semiconductor has joined the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance, the company said today. MIPI, a collaboration of mobile industry players, has tasked itself with establishing and promoting standards for hardware and software interfaces for mobile application processors. MIPI was founded by ARM, Nokia, STMicroelectronics ......