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Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK), which have worked together on research projects, will now turn to the task of manufacturing, collaborating on smartphones and perhaps a new class of wireless device. Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, will sell chips to Nokia, while licensing some of Nokia's modem...
Posted on June 24, 2009 1:19 PM
Cash-rich tech giants are showing signs of a willingness to open their coffers to acquire startups and rivals. The tech-focused section of our sister blog Dealscape highlighted data from the 451 Group showing conditions have stabilized to some degree for tech acquirers and potential targets alike.Leading the way this...
Posted on June 22, 2009 3:06 PM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is selling certain graphics and multimedia technology assets -- "formerly the basis of its handheld business" -- to Qualcomm Inc. for $65 million in cash. Struggling AMD is narrowing its focus to PCs and graphics. The company sold its digital TV business to Broadcom Corp....
Posted on January 20, 2009 11:28 AM
Clearwire Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday took a huge leap toward the planned rollout of the first nationwide 4G mobile broadband network by closing their multibillion dollar WiMax deal. The venture combines the companies' wireless Internet businesses and aims to begin rolling out the network in early 2009....
Posted on December 1, 2008 11:02 AM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors, is trying to bounce back amid slumping demand in a weak economy and stiff competition from industry giant Intel Corp. And on Thursday, financial analysts will get a chance to scrutinize AMD's major restructuring and its corporate strategy at...
Posted on November 13, 2008 9:41 AM
Intel Capital on Tuesday announced three new investments in Chinese startups. The corporate venture giant will invest $20 million in solar solutions manufacturer Trony Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and undisclosed amounts in electricity storage system maker NP Holdings Ltd. and healthcare...
Posted on October 28, 2008 3:20 PM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. named president and COO Dirk Meyer as chief executive. Meyer succeeds Hector Ruiz, who will become executive chairman of AMD and chair of the board. The announcement came late Thursday, about an hour after the chipmaker reported wider-than-expected losses...
Posted on July 18, 2008 10:45 AM
Intel announced on Monday that it had spun off its solar energy technology into an independent company called SpectraWatt to manufacture and supply photovoltaic cells to solar module makers. Intel Capital invested $50 million in the startup. Cogentrix Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., PCG Clean...
Posted on June 16, 2008 4:39 PM
The Supreme Court, in a ruling on Monday, made it more difficult for patent holders to collect royalties on the downstream uses of their technology. In Quanta Computer Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc., the court ruled that LG could not collect royalties on the patented LG chipsets that Quanta used...
Posted on June 10, 2008 1:01 PM
Dealmaking lends itself to certain axioms: Talk less and listen more; beware of deal fever; cherish certainty of closing. To these I would add a personal favorite -- avoid joint ventures whenever possible. No one would argue with a straight face that a joint venture is the optimum business...
Posted on June 1, 2008 11:00 AM
Coverage of the WiMax alliance between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. has focused on Sprint's huge WiMax gamble -- and for good reason. It has been a tumultuous few years for Sprint, which has been hemorrhaging subscribers in its core cell-phone business and in April saw its triple-play wireless...
Posted on May 7, 2008 12:49 PM
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are combining their WiMax businesses, creating a new mobile broadband company to be named Clearwire. And the new company is getting a $3.2 billion cash infusion from an impressive alliance of technology and cable giants including Intel Corp. (through Intel Capital), Google Inc., Comcast...
Posted on May 7, 2008 9:55 AM
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. may announce as soon as Wednesday a deal to roll out WiMax broadband wireless technology for mobile devices, according to the WSJ. They reported investments that valued the joint venture at $12 billion, with $1.05 billion from cable provider Comcast Corp., $1 billion from...
Posted on May 6, 2008 5:23 PM
In 2006, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. made a power play against chipmaker Intel Corp., with its cash-heavy $5.6 billion acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. Now, it seems, efforts to integrate the company's largest-ever acquisition, by about $4.8 billion, are at least partially responsible for weighing it...
Posted on April 8, 2008 4:59 PM
The WiMax venture between Sprint Nextel Corp. and wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. is gaining momentum. TheStreet.com cites "people close to the companies" in a report saying a deal may be announced in the next few days. No word on Google Inc. joining the foray, but...
Posted on February 15, 2008 1:29 PM
Compared with the nasty legal fight looming ahead, landing key alliance partners, mission-critical licenses and life-saving funds were a breeze for upstart mainframer Platform Solutions.
Posted on April 15, 2007 9:45 AM
Team WiMax (from Corporate Dealmaker)
If this technology fails to deliver mobile broadband internet access, it won't be for lack of companies working together to make it happen.
Posted on April 15, 2007 7:11 AM
Propelling Moore's Law forward; plus trends in joint ventures, CVC and outsourcing.
Posted on June 15, 2006 6:34 PM
The potentially disruptive technologies may be a decade or more in the future. But Xerox is exploring them through strategic R&D collaborations.
Posted on February 15, 2006 4:05 PM
Joint Ventures: electronics Technology companies have been teaming up to design and manufacture electronic components for more than three decades. The result is a huge web of JVs consisting of partnerships such as the ones that link Royal Philips Electronics NV and NEC Corp.; Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics...
Posted on February 15, 2006 1:06 PM
R&D collaborations with Chinese universities used to feature a lot more development than research, but that's changing fast.
Posted on June 15, 2005 5:52 PM
Intel Corp. launched its New Business Initiative technology incubator in 1998 with the intent of spinning out startups from its R&D labs. But the company decided soon after that spin-ins would be easier to manage and would create more value for Intel, according to NBI general manager Angela Biever. A...
Posted on June 15, 2005 5:19 PM
Longtime treasurer Arvind Sodhani takes over as president of the hyperactive corporate venture group.
Posted on June 15, 2005 4:11 PM
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