Sun Microsystems Inc. has bought the technology assets of processor startup Montalvo Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), according to several online reports that cite Sun as their source.

Quintic Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.), a fabless semiconductor startup developing wireless connection chips for consumer and computer equipment, has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding, according to the LinkSV website.

Market research firm iSuppli suggests the worst may be over for suppliers of DRAMs and has upgraded its rating on the devices to "neutral" from the "negative" rating of November 2007.

Fiber-coupled diode laser modules with high-power, stable sources with the highest beam quality.

Samsung Electronics is claiming the first 3-D Ready plasma HDTVs.

KLA Tencor Corp. posted a lower quarterly profit Thursday and revenue sagged amid a persistent slump in the chip-equipment making industry.

Aquantia, supplier of the AQ1000 family of physical interface ICs for 10-Gbit Ethernet, has raised $26 million in its Series B round of financing.

Three of the systems-on-a-chip are designed for low power consumption in devices ranging from routers, base stations, storage, and computers to laser printers.

Uncertainty about extending a 10-year tax holiday for IT companies have left Indian chip design houses in a quandary.

Singaporean foundry provider Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. posted revenues of $388.2 million in the first quarter, up 19.9 percent from a year ago and up 10.1 percent sequentially.