Posts tagged Chip Industry
Chip sales continue recovery in October with 5.1 percent growth (via postie)
Nov 30th
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Worldwide sales of semiconductor chips rose 5.1 percent in October to $21.7 billion, compared with a month earlier, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association trade group.
The growth shows that the chip industry, a bellwether for the overall economy, is still on the mend heading into the holiday season. But sales for October are [...]
Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in legal settlement
Nov 12th
The feuding Hatfields and the McCoys of the chip industry have buried the hatchet. Intel and Advanced Micro Devices announced today they have settled all antitrust and patent cross-license litigation between them. In the deal, Intel will pay $1.25 billion and “abide by a set of business practice provisions.”
In the antitrust litigation, AMD accused Intel [...]
Verayo uses unique flaws in chips to fight counterfeiting
Nov 9th
One of the great problems of the chip industry is that no two chips are alike. Even when chip makers are fabricating the exact same chip product, like an Intel microprocessor, there are always minute and virtually unnoticeable differences from one chip to the next.
The brilliant thing about chip startup Verayo is that it has [...]
