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Intel to Close Costa Rica Plant, Cut 1,500 Jobs

Intel executives said in January that the giant chip maker would have to cut about 5,000 jobs as it tries to transition to new...

Freescale to Buy Mindspeed’s ARM Chip Unit

Freescale is bolstering its capabilities in such areas as home automation, the Internet of things and the cloud through the acquisition of Mindspeed Technologies'...

Dell Unveils Ruggedized Convertible Latitude PC

Dell last year introduced its XPS 12 convertible device, which can be used as a traditional laptop or—when its "ferris wheel" screen is flipped—as...

Juniper to Cut 6 Percent of Workforce, Consolidate Buildings

Juniper Networks will cut 6 percent of its workforce, exit the application delivery controller business and consolidate facilities as part of a streamlining effort...

Arista Files for IPO Seeking $200 Million

Arista Networks, led by a former Cisco Systems executive and taking aim at the networking industry leader, is looking to raise $200 million by...

AMD’s $1.2 Billion Globalfoundries Deal Includes Game Chips, GPUs

Advanced Micro Devices has revamped its deal with chip manufacturer Globalfoundries, which will now not only produce computing processors but also graphics chips and...

Apple Said to Be Eyeing Chip Maker Renesas SP

Apple reportedly is considering buying a controlling stake in a unit of Japanese-based Renesas Electronics that makes chips and controllers for displays used in...

Chrome Desktop Browser’s Latest Release Gets Google Now Card Feature

Google Chrome desktop Web browser users are just now receiving one of the coolest features that's been available to Android smartphone users since June...

Intel’s Cloudera Investment Hits $740 Million

Intel invested about $740 million in Cloudera, taking an 18 percent share of the Hadoop-based big data software maker.Cloudera officials on March 31 said...

Midokura, Cumulus to Offer Network Management Solutions

Midokura and Cumulus Networks plan to give customers a look in May of a joint solution designed to enable organizations to manage workloads on...