Business
Altera’s stock soared to its highest price in nearly four years Friday on a report the chipmaker is in talks to be sold to industry leader Intel.
March 27, 2015
Intel Corp., the Santa Clara microprocessor giant and pillar of Silicon Valley, joined the merger wave sweeping through the industry by agreeing to purchase smaller chip maker Altera Corp. for $16.7 billion in cash.
June 1, 2015
Technology and the Internet
San Jose-based Altera Corp. said a federal court has ruled that it did not violate Advanced Micro Devices Inc. patents, allowing the chip maker to pursue its own patent infringement claims against AMD.
Oct. 24, 1997
Altera Corp, the world’s No. 2 maker of programmable computer chips, said fourth-quarter and 2001 sales will be lower than expected because of reduced demand.
Nov. 30, 2000
The chip maker expects to post higher noncash expenses after finding that some grants may have been backdated.
June 22, 2006
Xilinx Inc. and Altera Corp. led the tech sector’s latest plunge Tuesday after analysts cut their ratings on the stocks--warning that the specialty computer chip makers’ profits may be hurt because chip supplies are increasing relative to demand.
Oct. 11, 2000
Rodney Smith, 67, the former chairman of computer chip maker Altera Corp., died Friday morning after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle near the San Francisco Bay Area city of Portola Valley, the California Highway Patrol reported.
May 30, 2007
Xilinx Inc., the No. 1 maker of programmable semiconductors, said fiscal fourth-quarter sales will be less than expected because customers canceled orders.
March 6, 2001
Chip Makers Plan $1.2-Billion Washington Plant: Plans call for the project, known as WaferTech, to be built by three U.S. companies in a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, and other partners.
June 26, 1996
Security software company McAfee Inc. said Tuesday that it fired its chief lawyer in connection with employee stock option grants while several other companies reported further fallout from an expanding government probe of option practices.
May 31, 2006