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Consolidation in the chip-making industry continues apace as Qualcomm discusses a possible merger with NXP Semiconductors:
Qualcomm is in discussions to buy NXP Semiconductors in what would be another act of consolidation in the chip-making industry, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday. If completed, a deal could be valued at more than $30 billion, given NXP's market value of roughly $28 billion as of Wednesday's market close. Talks were continuing and could still fall apart.
A union of Qualcomm and NXP would be the latest in an industry that has recently experienced big mergers. Earlier this year, SoftBank of Japan struck a takeover deal for ARM Holdings, a British chip designer, for $32 billion. Last year, Avago Technologies bought Broadcom for $37 billion, while Intel paid nearly $17 billion for Altera.
Also at TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Ars Technica .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 02 2016, @01:30AM
Technically, since silicon doesn't exist in nature, you start with silicone and break it down to silicon.
+1 silicone anal suppository
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday October 02 2016, @02:23AM
Not really. Semiconductor-grade silicon is sometimes made from silane (SiH4) which, a bit confusingly, is also called silicane. Silicones are polymeric and contain oxygen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silane [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone [wikipedia.org]