Embedded Business News

Texas Instruments Buys Luminary Micro
Texas Instruments has bought the microcontroller company Luminary Micro
May 14, 2009 - 12:35:15 PM

Renesas and NEC to Merge!
Renesas and NEC Electronics have announced that they will merge and form the world's 3rd largest semiconductor company
Apr 27, 2009 - 4:28:00 PM

Zilog Sells Off Two Product Lines
Zilog sells off the 8-bit Crimzon IR Remote Control and 32-bit Point-of-Sale Microcontroller Product Lines
Feb 19, 2009 - 9:29:43 PM

Freescale Selling East Kilbride Cellular Chip Business Comes True!
As predicted, Freescale is selling off it's RF and power management IC business.
Oct 10, 2008 - 1:44:25 PM

Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Bruno Guilmart President and CEO
Lattice has appointed Bruno Guilmart President and CEO. Guilmart has an extensive history in the semiconductor equipment industry.
Jun 16, 2008 - 6:26:05 PM

IAR Systems appoints Andreas Lifvendahl Sales and Marketing Director
IAR has appointed industry veteran Andreas Lifvendahl Sales and Marketing Director
Sep 17, 2007 - 3:10:00 PM

Darin Billerbeck of Intel Hired as ZiLOG's New CEO
Darin Billerbeck, a 14-year Intel veteran, has been named as ZiLOG's new President and CEO.
Feb 12, 2007 - 4:20:00 PM

Jazz Semiconductor Aquired by Acquicor in an Unusual Transaction
Aquicor has aquired wafer fab Jazz Semiconductor from a member of the same equity team that purchased Freescale
Sep 29, 2006 - 1:56:00 PM

Freescale Semiconductor Bought Out by Blackstone for $17.6 Billion
Freescale Semiconductor Bought Out for $17.6B
Sep 25, 2006 - 7:08:00 PM

Luminary Micro Hit with Patent Lawsuit from Microchip
Microchip Technology has filed a lawsuit against the mysterious Luminary Micro for violating Microchip patents regarding pin configuration for low pincount microcontrollers.
May 28, 2006 - 2:08:00 PM

ZigBee Company Ember Hires Bob LeFort as President and CEO
ZigBee leader Ember has hired aggressive executive Bob LeFort as President and CEO
Apr 10, 2006 - 4:25:00 PM

Microchip in Space - NASA Releases SuitSat-1 with PIC18 Microcontroller
Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL.
Feb 16, 2006 - 11:11:00 PM

Ex-AOL Employee Jailed for Selling AOL Email Addresses to Spammer
A former AOL employee who had access to AOL's email list, used his insider position to sell millions of email addresses to spammers.
Aug 17, 2005 - 2:34:00 PM

Bribery Charges at Infineon Technology; Headquarters Raided by Officials
Infineon Technology announced the resignation of Andreas von Zitzewitz over charges of bribery and corruption. !NO-SPIN!
Jul 16, 2005 - 8:10:00 PM

Most firms now use background checks [external link]
Most companies now conduct criminal background checks on potential employees, according to a recent survey. A report from the Society for Human Resource Management shows that 80 percent of companies said they run a criminal check on applicants before hiring. (Source: MSNBC)
Jan 21, 2004 - 1:26:00 AM

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Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Rise
Global sales of semiconductors in October showed their strongest month-on-month growth since March 2002, on the back of strong demand for a wide range of electronics products
Nov 28, 2003 - 11:49:00 AM

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Combine to form Renesas Technology, the World's Largest Microcontroller Company!
Hitachi and Mitsubishi have combined their portfolios to create a new semiconductor company called Renesas Technology. Renesas is now the 3rd largest semiconductor company, and the largest microcontroller company (re: Dataquest)
Apr 1, 2003 - 7:25:00 PM

Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco to be combined with Electronics USA
CMP Media and Messe Muenchen today announced an agreement to produce electronicaUSA with Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco beginning in 2004.
Oct 3, 2002 - 11:19:00 AM

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