Fabless semiconductor companies

Qualcomm Appoints Don McGuire as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

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Monday, July 12, 2021
Fabless semiconductor companies, Computing, Technology, Qualcomm, HSA Foundation, Computer architecture, Chief marketing officer

SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that Don McGuire has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), reporting directly to Cristiano Amon, president and chief executive officer of Qualcomm Incorporated, effective immediately.

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  • SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that Don McGuire has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), reporting directly to Cristiano Amon, president and chief executive officer of Qualcomm Incorporated, effective immediately.
  • Penny Baldwin, senior vice president and chief marketing officer who joined Qualcomm in 2017, will continue to serve in an advisory role to support the transition along with other marketing initiatives until her retirement later in the year.
  • McGuire brings more than 25 years of marketing expertise, working across the service provider, device OEM, content/applications, and semiconductor industries.
  • He joined Qualcomm in 2016 as vice president of Global Product Marketing and was promoted to senior vice president last year.In this role as senior vice president, he had responsibility for Snapdragon marketing and redefined Qualcomm's strategic approach to product marketing.

Achronix And ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp Mutually Agree To Terminate Merger Agreement

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Monday, July 12, 2021
Fabless semiconductor companies, Reconfigurable computing, Achronix, Computing, Technology, Electronics industry, Hardware acceleration, Integrated circuits, Field-programmable gate array

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in high-performance field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, and ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. (ACE) (Nasdaq: ACEV), a special-purpose acquisition company focused on the Industrial and Information Technology sectors, today announced that both companies have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement ("Agreement"), effective immediately.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in high-performance field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, and ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. (ACE) (Nasdaq: ACEV), a special-purpose acquisition company focused on the Industrial and Information Technology sectors, today announced that both companies have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement ("Agreement"), effective immediately.
  • Throughout 2021, Achronix has continued to build strong momentum, and it remains committed to pursuing additional options to become a public company."
  • Neither party will be required to pay the other a termination fee as a result of the mutual decision to terminate the agreement.
  • Achronix and Speedster are registered trademarks, and Speedcore and Speedchip are trademarks of Achronix Semiconductor Corporation.

Himax Technologies, Inc. Schedules Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results Conference Call for Thursday, August 5th at 8:00 AM EDT

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Monday, July 12, 2021
Fabless semiconductor companies, Himax, Industry economics)

US EDT on August 13th, 2021 (11:30 p.m. Taiwan time, August 13th, 2021) on www.himax.com.tw and by telephone at +1 (855) 859-2056 (US Domestic) or +1 (404) 537-3406 (International).

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  • US EDT on August 13th, 2021 (11:30 p.m. Taiwan time, August 13th, 2021) on www.himax.com.tw and by telephone at +1 (855) 859-2056 (US Domestic) or +1 (404) 537-3406 (International).
  • Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies.
  • Himax has 3,023 patents granted and 503 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30, 2021.
  • Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.

Blue Ocean Smart System to Introduce Chiplet based, high-performance, low-power AI chips

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Monday, July 12, 2021
Companies, Technology, Computing, Fabless semiconductor companies, Intel, SEMI, Arm Ltd., Applications of artificial intelligence

SHANGHAI, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ocean Smart System the leading Chiplet based technology developer in the post-Moore's Law era for large-scale computing, energy efficient applications, today jointly launched as a founding member, the Artificial Intelligence Computing Power Alliance (ICPA), at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) to accelerate the commercialization of advanced artificial intelligence technology.

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  • SHANGHAI, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ocean Smart System the leading Chiplet based technology developer in the post-Moore's Law era for large-scale computing, energy efficient applications, today jointly launched as a founding member, the Artificial Intelligence Computing Power Alliance (ICPA), at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) to accelerate the commercialization of advanced artificial intelligence technology.
  • Founded in 2019, Blue Ocean Smart System was established with a deeply experienced technical team in broad fields such as GPU, NPU, multimedia, and high-performance computing.The company's core team has an average of more than 20 years of experience with a team that has shipped an accumulated 10 billion semiconductor SoCs with a peak annual volume of more than 2 billion units shipped in a single year.Blue Ocean Smart System is dedicated to developing original technology and products using our innovative Chiplet architecture.With this unique approach Blue Ocean is the first company in the world to deliver two complementary Chiplets in Q4 of 2021 using a 12nm process.Blue Ocean has created a single design to support from edge to cloud to optimize and to conquer the challenges for each of these markets.
  • The company has launched collaborative projects with core partners supporting a number of different applications.Based on the SDK provided by Blue Ocean, the first core customers have completed the porting of their original solutions and have made preliminary performance evaluations.With the help of the company's customer support team, these customers have also completed prototyping of new applications based on our unique, flexible, and scalable Chiplet architecture to significantly improve the system capability and efficiency while reducing their system costs.For product launch, technical details, product and program content, please refer to the company website.
  • Blue Ocean Smart System is an industry-leading artificial intelligence (AI) SoC semiconductor start-up headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan with different research and development facilities in other regions such as Nanjing and Shanghai.The company's innovative chip architecture is recognized by the world's top semiconductor companies and its unique scalable chipset architecture supports a wide range of AI applications from the edge to the cloud.The company completed A round financing led by IDG Capital and ARM China.The A+ round of financing was led by NEA Capital and Henderson Capital in early 2021.

Silicon Labs Announces Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Webcast

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Friday, July 9, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Fabless semiconductor companies, Silicon Labs, Slab, Silicon

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world, today announced that it plans to release second quarter 2021 financial results on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world, today announced that it plans to release second quarter 2021 financial results on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
  • The call will be webcast from the Investor Relations section of the company's website at silabs.com .
  • Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
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Cirrus Logic Announces Agreement to Acquire Lion Semiconductor

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Semiconductor, Consumer electronics, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Software, Hardware, American brands, Fabless semiconductor companies, Cirrus Logic, Companies, ON Semiconductor, Cirrus, Finance, American culture

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Lion Semiconductor for $335 million in cash.

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  • Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Lion Semiconductor for $335 million in cash.
  • The acquisition of Lion Semiconductor adds further momentum to our strategy of applying our mixed-signal expertise to new markets and driving growth through innovation in areas such as power, said Cirrus Logic President and Chief Executive Officer John Forsyth.
  • Cirrus Logic excels in delivering advanced mixed-signal technologies to the industrys most demanding customers.
  • The company will address questions regarding the acquisition of Lion Semiconductor during the Q1 FY22 earnings call on July 28, 2021.

Sonde Health Vocal Biomarker Technology Optimized on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platforms

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Consumer electronics, Health, Technology, Other Technology, Mobile, Wireless, General Health, Hardware, Technology, Science and technology, Computing, Qualcomm, ARM architecture, Fabless semiconductor companies, Gesture recognition, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Internet of things, 5G

Sonde Health announced that it will work with leading chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to optimize Sondes vocal biomarker technology for use with the flagship and high-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and 778G 5G Mobile Platforms to help bring native, machine learning-driven vocal biomarker capabilities to mobile and IoT devices globally.

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  • Sonde Health announced that it will work with leading chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to optimize Sondes vocal biomarker technology for use with the flagship and high-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and 778G 5G Mobile Platforms to help bring native, machine learning-driven vocal biomarker capabilities to mobile and IoT devices globally.
  • The optimization has the potential to unlock several native health screening and monitoring applications on hundreds of millions of mobile devices that use these Snapdragon mobile platforms.
  • Bringing the vocal biomarker technology directly into mobile hardware will make new health features more useful and secure, said David Liu, CEO at Sonde Health.
  • Sonde will work with Qualcomm Technologies to introduce Sondes capabilities and technology concept to Qualcomm Technologies mobile and IoT customers as part of the collaboration.

PureTech Founded Entity Sonde Health Announces Collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies for Use of Vocal Biomarker Technology on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platforms

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Software, Biotechnology, Internet, Hardware, Health, General Health, Data management, Technology, Computing, Science and technology, Qualcomm, ARM architecture, Fabless semiconductor companies, Gesture recognition, Qualcomm Snapdragon, System on a chip, Internet of things, Sonde Health, PureTech Health, SONDE HEALTH, PURETECH HEALTH

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210708005107/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210708005107/en/
    PureTechs Founded Entity, Sonde Health, today announced that it will collaborate with leading chipmaker Qualcomm for use of Sondes vocal biomarker technology on the flagship and high-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and 778G 5G Mobile Platforms to help bring native, machine learning-driven vocal biomarker capabilities to mobile and IoT devices globally.
  • The optimization has the potential to unlock several native health screening and monitoring applications on hundreds of millions of mobile devices that use these Snapdragon mobile platforms.
  • Bringing the vocal biomarker technology directly into mobile hardware will make new health features more useful and secure, said David Liu, CEO at Sonde Health.
  • Sonde will work with Qualcomm Technologies to introduce Sondes capabilities and technology concept to Qualcomm Technologies mobile and IoT customers as part of the collaboration.

MaxLinear, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Satellite, Software, Networks, Hardware, Data management, Technology, Semiconductor, Mobile, Wireless, Fabless semiconductor companies, MaxLinear, Carlsbad, California, Trademark, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Marketing, States of the United States, California

MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

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Lattice Semiconductor Schedules Second Quarter 2021 Results Conference Call

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Semiconductor, Security, Technology, Software, Networks, Hardware, Fabless semiconductor companies, Lattice Semiconductor, Conference call, NASDAQ, Finance, Information and communications technology, Companies

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, announced that it will hold its second quarter 2021 conference call on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

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  • Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, announced that it will hold its second quarter 2021 conference call on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
  • Jim Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Sherri Luther, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss Lattice Semiconductors financial results and business outlook.
  • The dial-in number for the live audio call beginning on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time is 1-888-684-5603 or 1-918-398-4852 with conference identification number 4897758.
  • A live webcast of the conference call will also be available on the investor relations section of www.latticesemi.com .