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Headlines for Monday, July 30, 2012

Business

7 thoughts on VMWare's $1.26B bid for Nicira

Samsung eating Apple's smartphone iLunch

Analog sector to post modest sales growth, boost 300-mm production

Apple to acquire fingerprint chip firm Authentec

UMC seeks partners, offers 10% share in business

Rohde & Schwarz extends into N.A. EMC market

Wireless is bright sector in slow chip market, says IHS

Design

Synopsys buys EDA vendor Ciranova

Technology

London Calling: CIA partners with UK RF firm

Product

Intel upgrades 3G RF chip with power amplifiers

Headlines for Friday, July 27, 2012

Business

Clemmer: NXP debt under control, focusing on design wins

Auto IC gains breathe new life into car market

What Intel's 'Me The Musical' leaves out

More than a third of Android apps host malware

Reports: Fujitsu is trying to sell its main fab

Technology

UMC set to beat TSMC to FinFET process

FinFETs-on-SOI can double battery life, says GSS

Researchers claim smallest semiconductor laser

Headlines for Thursday, July 26, 2012

Technology

Ethernet group crafting cloud, SDN specs

ARM adds weight to IoT debate

European TSV summit planned

HiWave tips glasses frames that provide audio

Business

IEEE forecasts ten-fold data growth by 2015

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011

ARM, TSMC lead Intel in SoC, says CEO East

PV inverter market to resume growth in 2012

Cadence CEO sees design activity keeping pace

Extra!

Multi-screen wars: MediaTek/Mstar vs. Qualcomm, Marvell, Nvidia

Headlines for Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Technology

NASA preps spacecraft for risky Mars landing attempt

Expert, lawmakers at odds over GPS security

Business

Rambus loses ITC case against chip makers

Apple coming to dominate electronics supply chain

Brazil tees up billion dollar telecom bonanza

TI makes good on NS buy to lead industrial sector

TSMC says single-customer fabs make sense

Debating Olympic technology

Processor IP firms sue Amazon, Samsung, Huawei, ZTE, others

Micron's Elpida buy carries risks, says IHS

Globalfoundries to expand N.Y. fab

Toshiba cuts NAND production by 30%

Broadcom not threatened by Samsung's CSR buy

Conferences & Shows

Black Hat: Impersonating Microsoft Exchange servers to manipulate mobile devices

Financial

Losses up at NXP on increased sales

ARM's Q2 continues climb in sales and profits

Headlines for Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Technology

RS Components signs global distribution agreement for HiWave Technologies audio and haptic devices

Qualcomm drops Mirasol display, seeks licensees

Qualcomm, Renault team on wireless electric vehicle charging

Chinese safety spec may be de facto global standard

Business

Despite record iPad sales, Apple's revenue comes up short

SMIC says Q2 sales better than expected

The Feature phone rises (again?)

Higher gas prices drives car, automotive IC sales

Slideshow: A blacksmith shop in the heart of high tech

Chip set shortage, weak economy mars Fairchild’s sales growth

Is an emphasis on games a sign of decadence?

Financial

ST trims losses, sees soft June, cuts capex

Career

ARM to intro engineer certification