Piper Jaffray semiconductor analyst Auguste “Gus” Richard this morning raised his rating on wireless chip vendor Atheros ATHR from “Neutral” to “Buy” on the belief that the company’s business of supplying chips for 802.11n, the fastest form of WiFi wireless networking, is picking up among personal computer makers. “Checks...
By Argin Chang and Doug Young TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel INTC, the world's top PC chip maker, on Tuesday launched the next-generation of its Centrino wireless chip that it hopes will provide a new revenue stream amid a broader push into mobile technologies....
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc TXN posted disappointing quarterly results and gave a weak third-quarter outlook, blaming a broad-based slowdown in customer orders due to economic concerns, sending shares down almost 13 percent late Monday. While...
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp INTC said on Tuesday quarterly net income rose 25 percent, helped by strong sales of microprocessors used in notebook computers, and gave a revenue forecast that topped expectations. The world's biggest chipmaker also reported...
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V), the world's largest cell-phone maker, and wireless chip supplier Qualcomm QCOM go to court on Wednesday in hopes of resolving a licensing fight that involves hundreds of millions of dollars and has spawned...
