More movement semiconductor segment

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Catherine Shu:

Sony Corporation announced today that it will acquire Altair Semiconductor for $212 million. Founded in 2005 by three former Texas Instrument executives, Israel-based Altair makes chips that connect devices to LTE and its technology will help develop Sony’s Internet of Things business.

2016 is going to be huge for this market.

Microchip Technology to Buy Atmel for Nearly $3.6 Billion

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Leslie Picker

Chip makers have been combining to cut costs and build scale for their customers. Microchip agreed to acquire the 37-year-old chipmaker Micrel in May for about $839 million. Microchip purchased Supertax for $394 million in 2014, and the year before that, bought the closely held Brussels-based EqcoLogic for an undisclosed amount.

Semiconductor manufacturing needs more heavy consolidation. This is small and mid-sized companies making deals to be able to just survive. I wonder we’ll see real big changes in operations between Qualcomm, TSMC, Samsung Electronics or Intel.

Hablando con Robots

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En Hipertextual he publicado una serie sobre las conversaciones como interfaz. A medida que la tecnología avance podremos ir dejando más atrás las pantallas y por fin ser un poco más libres.

La era Post-PC es real, claro, pero solo nos ha dado una movilidad imaginaria, seguimos atados a una pantalla con la que interactuamos, y en breve lo veremos hacer taps en nuestro smartphone como algo tan tedioso como tener que encender el ordenador de casa para mirar Facebook.