China’s chip mega-merger plans stuck in limbo
Too many egos, not enough consolidation Beijing’s dream of creating a semiconductor supergroup to take…
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Applied Materials predicts woe
Second quarter profit and revenue below analysts’ estimates Chip gear maker Applied Materials forecast second…
Applied Materals surprises Wall Street
Chip making could be picking up There are signs that chip making might be starting…
IC Foundries focusing on 10nm
Half of R&D spent on new processing More than half of the IC foundries combined…
LAM buys KLA-Tencor becomes huge player
Rivals Applied MaterialsLam Research is buying KLA-Tencor Corp. for about $10.6 billion and will turn…
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron call off merger
Anti-trust The largest manufacturers of the machinery used to make semiconductors, Applied Materials and Tokyo…