Applied Micro Devices became the latest victim of the bankruptcy of Spansion, a company it helped bring into being in a joint venture with Fujitsu that eventually was spun out into a separate public company.
As part of its reorganization, Spansion filed a motion in which it indicated that it does not intend to Read the rest of this entry »
Advanced Micro Devices adjourned a special meeting of its stockholders intended to let them vote on its plan to spin-off its manufacturing plants into a separate entity as part of an investment from the Abu Dhabi government.
The vote was to take place this morning at the Hilton Austin Airport in Texas because the company didn’t have enough Read the rest of this entry »
Opti, a former maker of semiconductors that now makes its living licensing its intellectual property, said today it prevailed over Apple, which it has sued alleging patent infringement, in a special proceeding required under U.S. patent law where both sides present their arguments to the court as to how they believe certain terms at issue in the lawsuit should be interpreted.
The court ruled that OPTi had prevailed on all “claims construction” against Apple and rejected Read the rest of this entry »
Carl Icahn placed a bet on Advanced Micro Devices in the third quarter, acquiring 1.6 million shares of the Sunnyvale chip maker, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday in which his investment company, Icahn Capital, periodically details its holdings.
The stake was valued at Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s some good news: shipments of microprocessors used in personal computers reached record levels again in the third quarter, according to market research firm IDC. They were up 14 percent from the quarter before and up 15.8 percent year over year. The firm even gave a nod to Intel’s new Atom processor (pictured here next to a penny) for “ultra low cost mobile PCs (which Intel calls “Netbooks’)” — without Atom, the growth would have been Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, my column asked the question of whether sexism played a role in the firing of VMware CEO Diane Greene. I felt that Greene’s departure was unusually abrupt and harsh, compared to the way such things usually happen. And by way of example, I cited the recent departure of CEO Hector Ruiz at AMD.
No bit surprise: I heard an earful from readers. But because I was on the road for a chunk of last week, I’m just catching up with some of the chatter. I wanted to post some of the more thoughtful responses here, both in support and against my central point: Read the rest of this entry »
Last week, I raised the question of what role gender played in the quick, harsh firing of VMware founder and CEO Diane Greene. I felt the treatment was unusually rough, particularly for a place like Silicon Valley where even the biggest screw-ups never get fired, they just get promoted out of the company, given a nice pat on the back, and a heavy dose of corporate-pr spin to help soothe their bruised egos.
Kind of like AMD’s now-former CEO Hector Ruiz. Read the rest of this entry »
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