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Qualcomm directly invests in Indian mobile and internet start-up companies to keenly foster the local ecosystem.
Company release
Normally, when we cover head-to-head display competitions, it's between smartphones or tablets, with the occasional dip into laptop comparisons.
ExtremeTech
Leaks from close to Apple suggest that the company is seriously considering making the transition toward OLED displays for both the iPhone 8 and the IPad series.
Varbusiness
Amazon has revealed details of six new pilot TV shows scheduled to debut in the fall exclusively through the Amazon Prime services in the US, UK, Germany and Austria.
Forbes
One of the leading lawyers in the renewable power sector has criticised the UK and Welsh governments for their approaches to green energy.
BBC News
With the enactment of the Clean Power Plan, more renewables will be coming on line. But will most of those green electrons move along traditional networks or localized microgrids that service enclosed campuses?
Forbes
AMD contracts TSMC to produce Zen at 16nm amidst concerns over 14nm woes at Globalfoundries (Sep 24)
AMD has allegedly decided to delegate the responsibility of producing its hotly anticipated Zen CPU chips to TSMC on its 16nm FinFET process. This development has allegedly unfolded amidst AMD fears of Globalfoundries' slow 14nm FinFET yield and capacity progress.
WCCF Tech
Chipmaker Marvell Technology said it would cut about 17% of its global workforce as the company trims its mobile business.
Reuters
Foxconn Technology Group has signed a letter of intent to buy a stake in Sharp Corp.'s liquid-crystal display business in a deal that would give Foxconn management control as the Japanese electronics maker spins off the unit, according to people familiar with the plan.
Bloomberg
23 Sep 2015
Company release
21 Sep 2015
Samsung could be forced to stop selling some phones after Apple won an appeal in a US court.
BBC News
Dialog Semiconductor Plc fell the most in almost seven years in Frankfurt trading after agreeing to buy Atmel for about US$4.6 billion - more than its own market value - to expand into the automotive industry and everyday objects that are increasingly connected to the Internet.
Bloomberg
Qualcomm is slashing more than 1,300 full-time jobs in San Diego and has cut hundreds more in other states.
Business Insider
CEC is discussing a bid for Atmel, a maker of chips used in industrial machinery and cars, at about US$8.50 a share and the two sides are negotiating, people with knowledge of the process said.
Bloomberg
Freescale Semiconductor has announced the acquisition of CogniVue, an image cognition IP developer based in Ottawa, Canada.
EE Times
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