STMicroelectronics expands its Grenoble-based Innovation and Systems Integration Center to accommodate another 600 employees and two more facilitates at the SoC-dedicated, consumer electronics-focused location.

The $4 billion purchase may prove to be hard to swallow, according to iSuppli’s Jordan Selburn.

Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor sounds off on the new trends in consumer electronics, and what’s happening behind the scenes in the semiconductor business.

NXP unveils two PC TV processors aimed at desktop and notebook multimedia PCs.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Artimi raises a total of $45 million in equity funding for the development of its high data throughput wireless USB chips.

Metalink announces the second generation of its WLANPlus technology, targeting the consumer electronics market with the 802.11n-draft-compliant dual-band chipset and aiming to double network coverage in a home environment.

Agere Systems is touting its chip packaging technology as the enabler for Samsung’s ultra-thin cell phone.

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, Apple aficionados everywhere are buzzing about the company's rumored iPhone.

The technical trial, conducted over two months in Cambridge, England, featured 11 channels from the BSkyB content menu delivered to test devices running Qualcomm’s MediaFLO system in both laboratory and mixed field test environments.

U.K. chip designer 3Dlabs is being spun off by its parent Creative Labs after three years spent developing a new multi-core chip architecture for high-definition TV in handheld devices.

Despite a bevy of recent moves streamlining the company, Royal Philips Electronics says it will miss some financial targets for the year.

In a deal valued at $4 billion, LSI Logic and Agere have entered into a definitive merger agreement.

Adding to its wireless technology arsenal, Qualcomm is set to acquire both Airgo Networks and the majority of RF Micro Device's Bluetooth assets.

Based on Intel’s multi-core processor architecture and Ericsson’s HSPA platform, the companies will co-develop broadband comms systems for mobile operators; duo will also work to promote the creation of multimedia applications for mobile networks.

Linux supplier Turbolinux develops the Wizpy, an iPod-sized portable media player with radio and audio recording capabilities that includes a device that can boot the Windows-rivaling Linux operating system on PCs.