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FTC demands more details on Intel-STMicro deal

August 30, 2007 5:05 PM PDT

Government is taking a harder look at Intel's plans to create a private chip company with STMicroelectronics.

Liquid-filled chips cool like mini-fridges

April 18, 2005 6:13 PM PDT

Purdue University researchers are testing a tiny device that Mr. Freeze would have loved: a square-inch refrigerator.

Intel climbs flash rankings as market dips

November 16, 2004 10:10 PM PST

Aggressive marketing and pricing helps Intel climb back out of flash memory hole, but marketwide flash revenue declines.

SanDisk sues STMicroelectronics

October 26, 2004 11:20 PM PDT

Company files patent infringement lawsuit and asks trade commission to halt shipment of rival's flash memory into the United States.

France and China form Linux alliance

October 12, 2004 5:44 PM PDT

Plans call for a Linux-based platform that will be usable in multiple environments, including on PCs, servers and PDAs.

AMD to open engineering center in India

April 22, 2004 6:07 PM PDT

The chipmaker has joined the increasing number of American companies setting up engineering design plants in India's technology hub, Bangalore.

STMicroelectronics travels further into India

February 19, 2004 6:18 PM PST

The European chipmaker opens a new design facility in the country and plans to hire more engineers to work on embedded software.

Qualcomm-challenging cell phones to debut in 2004

December 5, 2003 9:05 PM PST

Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics say Code Division Multiple Access phone chips they developed will debut in handsets next year, stepping into a market dominated by Qualcomm.

ST builds chips for gene detection

November 8, 2002 6:33 PM PST

STMicroelectronics introduces a prototype of a chip that, if released commercially, could substantially cut the costs for scanning for genetic diseases.

ST Micro sees silicon light

October 29, 2002 1:12 PM PST

The European chip giant says it has a way to efficiently insert optical components onto silicon chips, a breakthrough that opens the door to cheaper, more power-efficient semiconductors.

ST sharpens up new camera chip

October 9, 2002 6:44 PM PDT

Finish line in sight for advanced chips

August 30, 2002 1:59 PM PDT

Motorola asserts that its partnership with two other chipmakers will probably be the first to produce a new generation of semiconductors, beating Intel by at least six months.

Three chipmakers create joint design

August 27, 2002 5:47 PM PDT

The design for chips with 90-nanometer circuits is one of the first concrete results of a five-year alliance between STMicroelectronics, Motorola and Philips.

Chip heavyweights hope alliance adds up

April 12, 2002 3:04 PM PDT

Motorola, Philips and STMicroelectronics will collaborate on manufacturing technologies that ultimately could produce new kinds of chips for consumer electronics.

Red Hat to support new embedded chip

February 13, 2002 9:09 PM PST

The top seller of the Linux operating system hopes to give its embedded computing division a much-needed boost with its adoption of SuperH's forthcoming SH-G chip.

Tech stocks get no relief

January 3, 2002 12:43 AM PST

The major indexes and technology stocks continue their sinking motion throughout the trading day. Dwindling corporate profits and economic data weigh heavily on investors.

Chip analysts duel over prospects for sector

January 3, 2002 12:43 AM PST

Salomon Smith Barney analyst John Joseph upgrades the chip sector, countering Lehman Brothers analyst Dan Niles' gloomy view.