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S'pore chip foundry sold to Abu Dhabi
News Advanced Technology Investment Company will pay US$1.8 billion in cash for Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, reports say.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Acquisitions, Mergers, Chartered Semiconductor, Microsoft Xbox, Abu Dhabi, United Microelectronics Corp., Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Fitch Ratings
AMD finalizes foundry spinoff deal
News It will spin off its semiconductor manufacturing operations into a joint company with Abu Dhabi investment firm.
Tags: Processors, Outsourcing, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip Company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Semiconductor Manufacturing, manufacturing asset
UAE issues Gulf's first mobile TV license
News EMTC group pays US$4.6 million for 10-year license to offer mobile TV services, targeted to launch fourth quarter next year, in United Arab Emirates.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Regulations, Mobile Broadband, Mobile TV, mobile, Mobile applications, TV, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
AMD extends deadline for Abu Dhabi spin-off vote
News After failing to get a quorum, Advanced Micro Devices extends the deadline to next week for shareholders to vote on the proposed spin-off of its manufacturing business.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Chip Company, Abu Dhabi, Wall Street, U.A.E., revenue, shareholder
AMD sells mobile tech to Qualcomm
News Qualcomm is acquiring some of AMD's mobile graphics and multimedia technology, along with specialist AMD employees, in a US$65M deal.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile processors, Processors, Employee policy/training, Qualcomm Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Broadcom Corp., Manufacturing, Graphics
AMD-Intel dispute over patent licensing heats up
News Intel threatens to pull its patent cross-licensing pact with AMD in the next two months, over concerns regarding its rival's creation of a joint venture chip foundry.
Tags: Processors, Legal, Intel Corp., Patent, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Chip, Abu Dhabi, Globalfoundries, Advanced Technology Investment Co.
S'pore forms group to boost 3D chips
News New consortium seeks to advance Singapore's 300mm wafer manufacturing capabilities by focusing on through-silicon via for 3D integrated circuit packages.
Tags: Processors, R&D, Integrated Circuit, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Singapore, 3D, consortium, transistor
Chartered merger 'huge step' for Globalfoundries
News Proposed buyout of Singapore semiconductor player by key owner of Globalfoundries helps address "glaring weaknesses", says analyst.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., Manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Globalfoundries, shareholder, alliance, merger
AMD to split into two
News Chipmaker is expected to unveil plans to spin off its manufacturing operations into a joint venture, under a multi-billion dollar investment fund from Abu Dhabi, reports say.
Tags: Processors, Investments, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Chip Company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Abu Dhabi, processor, research company, Germany
AMD confirms manufacturing spinoff
News Chipmaker says it will focus its investment on plants in New York and Germany, as it gets backing from the United Arab Emirates.
Tags: Processors, Investments, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Investment, Manufacturing, layoff, Abu Dhabi, New York, Germany, Burlington
AMD shrugs off Intel cross-licensing threat
News Intel has yet to act on threat to pull out of cross-licensing agreement involving an AMD joint venture, which AMD's Asia-Pacific head insists poses no issue.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Legal, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Chip Company, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, antitrust
AMD just latest step in Abu Dhabi's tech plans
News Abu Dhabi has bought an 8.1 percent stake in U.S.-based chipmaker AMD.
AMD opens R&D center in India
News The Bangalore-based lab will house engineers who are key in the development of "Shanghai", the chipmaker's first 45-nanometer quad-core chip.
Tags: Processors
Carlyle Group expects up to US$800m for Asian venture fund
News Carlyle Group Inc, the private equity firm whose leaders include three former government chiefs, plans to raise as much as US$800 million for a venture capital fund to invest in Asian technology companies.
Satellite phones: Lost in space
News The satellite phone industry has spent the past year struggling for survival, and though its end may be near, the decisions investors made long ago continue to haunt prominent corporations.
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