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After Intel was late to smartphones and tablets in recent years, Chief Executive Brian Krzanich has been determined to make sure the top chipmaker is at the forefront of future trends in mobile computing.

Chipmakers are already among the market's best performers this year, but Ankur Crawford of the Alger Spectra Fund thinks Broadcom (avgo), at less than 16 times 2017 earnings, looks undervalued following its merger with Avago.

The heightened competition among the chipmakers is certain to be good for consumers, who are seeing more rapid improvements and lower prices in some cases.

LONDON, April 24 - European shares steadied on Tuesday as a batch of company updates failed to set a clear trend and chipmakers were weighed down by AMS» warning of a downturn in orders.

Shares of Apple Inc. and several chipmakers are down in Thursday morning trading after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. delivered a June - quarter outlook that came up short of expectations.

That's about $ 2 billion a year in highly profitable revenue, according to analyst estimates, and the chipmaker was forced to lower earnings forecasts.

The chipmaker is reducing its offer per share by 4 pct if its rival completes its sweetened acquisition of NXP.

The chipmaker is suspected of taking advantage of its dominant position in the chip market and under - cut the prices of its products.

Instead of driving rapid increases in speed, the chipmaker is now focusing on adding performance by stuffing additional processor cores into each of its chips, as well as building in new features such as virtualization, which helps carve a PC into different partitions to simultaneously tackle different jobs.

The chipmaker is trying to press its advantage with dual - core technology, which increases a chip's processing power considerably as long as software has been optimized to take advantage of the feature.

The chipmaker is obviously interested in showing off the power of the quad - core Tegra 3 processor inside, clocked at 1.3 GHz.

During its earnings call yesterday, Intel CEO Paul Ortellini confirmed to investors and selected press that the chipmaker was actively working on porting Googleâ $ ™ s Android Honeycomb from its base ARM supported version to the x86 instruction set.

No wonder the giant chipmaker is slowly moving past the hurd...

Chipmakers are the target of a new Android project called Treble, which is «the deepest surgery we've done to Android to date», David Burke, vice president of engineering for Android, told ZDNet's sister, CNET.

The chipmaker is said to be planning to sell a majority stake in a spinoff company that will sell this smart glasses.

The chipmaker is now suing Apple for allegedly sharing Qualcomm technology with its market rival, Intel.

This time the San Diego chipmaker is suing Apple for allegedly sharing proprietary Qualcomm technologies with its market rival, Intel.

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The chipmaker also said it's suffering from «weak demand» in the mobile market.

All eyes will be on the earnings report as recent warnings from some chipmakers, on softening demand for iPhones and other top - end models, took a toll on Apple's shares.

The chipmaker stocks, having benefited from buzz around certain tech developments, will now be judged on their individual merits, said Bapis.

The SMH ETF, an index which contains 25 of the largest U.S. - listed chipmaker stocks, is expected to post 21 percent earnings growth and nearly 13 percent sales growth in fiscal 2018.

Intel (intc) is hoping the transition to 5G may offer an opening to catch up to Qualcomm (qcom) and other more established chipmakers in the mobile area that have dominated the 3G and 4G eras.

Facebook is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chipmakers such as Intel (intc) and Qualcomm, according to job listings and people familiar with the matter.

Several companies, from chipmaker Nvidia to toymaker Hasbro, are reporting the impact of a shortage of truck drivers on their businesses.

It has since acquired other companies like LSI, and was also reportedly looking to spend about $ 10 billion buying another chipmaker like Xilinx, Renesas Electronics or Maxim Integrated Products.

Well, it's official: Avago Technologies (AVGO) is buying rival chipmaker Broadcom in a cash - and - stock deal worth a whopping $ 37 billion.

It has since acquired other companies like LSI, and was reportedly looking to spend about $ 10 billion buying another chipmaker like Xilinx (XLNX), Renesas Electronics or Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM).

The chipmaker said Thursday it expects revenue for the quarter will be $ 12.8 billion, plus or minus $ 300 million.

Qualcomm's contention that the chipmaker's future is brighter as a standalone company has become a tougher sell, given the multiple challenges that have cropped up in the past two years.

An investment by Apple would be its first direct stake in a major global memory chipmaker as it seeks to secure a stable supply of key components.

In the industrial and consumer world, the Internet of things is pressuring chipmakers in a number of ways, even as it represents a huge opportunity to sell more silicon into more devices.

They are U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (brcm), which has partnered with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners; South Korea's SK Hynix; Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, and Western Digital.

Qualcomm is open to discussing a buyout offer from Broadcom that «reflects the true value» of the chipmaker and better addresses its concerns about potential regulatory hurdles to a deal, the company said on Friday.

Marvell Technology Group President and CEO Matt Murphy told CNBC that he wasn't expecting the market to react so positively to Marvell's $ 6 billion deal to buy fellow chipmaker Cavium.

Qualcomm is open to discussing a buyout offer from Broadcom that «reflects the true value» of the chipmaker and better addresses concerns about regulatory hurdles to a deal, the company said on Friday.

The U.S. private - equity firm will, however, obtain around half that amount in financing from South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, the sources said, declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of the negotiations.

On Tuesday, chipmaker Nvidia also said it was suspending tests of self - driving cars worldwide, sending stocks plunging.

Chipmakers STMicroelectronics, Infineon, BE Semiconductor and ASML also gained, enjoying the positive mood about the sector.

April 19 - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is cutting 1,500 jobs across multiple divisions at its offices in California, as part of its promise to investors to cut annual costs by $ 1 billion.

The company's decision to decline what would be the biggest - ever tech deal simply opens the door for the inevitable proxy battle that will ultimately decide the fate of the chipmaker.

The combined company would be third - largest chipmaker behind Intel and Samsung.

Microsemi — Microsemi agreed to be bought by rival chipmaker Microchip Technology $ 8.3 billion, or $ 68.78 per share in cash.

Horton, also a director at Walmart, was chief financial officer at AT&T when it combined with fellow telecoms Cingular and SBC in 2005, and is currently at the forefront of merger negotiations between chipmakers Broadcom and Qualcomm.

Qualcomm, however, urged the Singapore - based chipmaker to provide more clarity regarding its plans for Qualcomm's licensing business, which Broadcom has been unwilling to reveal.

Chipmaker Qualcomm on Monday urged Broadcom to enter into price negotiations on its $ 117 billion offer for the company, saying the two sides had made progress on regulatory issues but were yet to agree on the deal value.

Foxconn of Taiwan, Oracle founder Larry Ellison's family office, and chipmaker Qualcomm (qcom) are said to be intending to invest in the fund..

Adding fuel to Micron's growth was its acquisition of Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory — which is a main supplier of parts for popular Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad as well as Google's Nexus products.

A tie - up between the two chipmakers would be the latest in the semiconductor industry that has been rapidly consolidating as companies try to capture a big share of the fast - growing market for connected devices and connected cars.

It also has a health - care division and makes medical imaging devices, so it's more diversified than most chipmakers.

While Apple was announcing its long - awaited smartwatch (and two updated smartphones), chipmaker Intel was unveiling its own vision for the future of wearables up the Peninsula at San Francisco's Moscone Center.