Jazz Technologies Inc., which is on the block, has yet to announce a buyer.

Metrology vendor Nanometrics Inc. has acquired Tevet Process Control Technologies Ltd. for an undisclosed price.

Advanced Micro Devices disclosed a conservative road map for 45nm server processors using six and twelve cores through 2010, and lifting a page from the playbook of archrival Intel, the 12-core CPU will use two six-core die in a multichip

Two materials companies--DuPont and Honeywell--are separately expanding their efforts in emerging markets.

Artimi's Certified Wireless USB and high-speed Bluetooth connectivity products are integrated in PC peripherals, portable consumer electronic devices and mobile phones.

Optical networking company Iamba Networks Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has closed a $7 million round of financing.

Despite the weak dollar, semiconductor equipment manufacturer Aixtron (Aachen, Germany), managed to maintain sales and profit figures stable. In the first quarter, order entry doubled, driven by high demand from LED manufacturers.

ARC International has licensed its multimedia IP to Taiwanese group TM Technology, a subsidiary of Etron, one of the country's main fabless design houses that specializes in memory products.

Power amplifier technology specialist Nujira (Cambridge, England) is looking to raise further and "substantial" funding as it extends plans to commercialize its patented envelope tracking power saving technology by wireless infrastructure gear suppliers to include companies developing digital broadcast transmission

Despite opposition from various entities in South Korea, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies Inc. have expanded their ties.

The global market for semiconductors was $25.51 billion in March according to data from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), up 7.3 percent on March 2007 and up 35.8 percent from $18.78 billion in February 2008.

Vietnam-Chipscale Advanced Packaging Services (V-CAPS) has obtained its ''investment certificate'' from the Vietnamese government recognizing the company as a 100 percent foreign-owned venture.

ARM, which has 350 engineers in India and recently opened a second design center there, has set up a VLSI test lab, one of the few such labs to be set up by overseas design companies in the country.

Two more chip-equipment vendors--Brooks and ESI--have separately announced layoffs.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will pay $10 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it reported false financial information by improperly backdating stock option grants, theSEC said.

Green design'' is still not a top priority among the design considerations for OEMs and customers. Or is it?

Almost a year after announcing that it was looking to sell its wafer fab in East Kilbride, Scotland, as a going concern, Freescale Semiconductor has told staff that no buyer has come forward and that it is about to start