Technology and the Internet
GigaBit Logic and TriQuint Semiconductor said Wednesday that they plan to merge, forming the nation’s largest producer of gallium arsenide semiconductors.
Jan. 24, 1991
Communications chip maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. said it would acquire wireless communications parts maker Sawtek Inc. in a stock deal worth about $1.3 billion that is a move to boost its offerings for cell phone handsets and other devices.
May 16, 2001
Third Firm Joins in Chip Merger: Gazelle Microcircuits, a Santa Clara vendor of gallium arsenide integrated circuits, has joined in the previously announced merger of gallium arsenide chip firms Gigabit Logic and Triquint Semiconductor.
May 13, 1991
Business
BankBoston Corp. plans to close two offices in Europe to consolidate its underperforming corporate banking business in London, resulting in a first-quarter pretax charge of $13 million and 45 job cuts.. . .
Jan. 10, 1998
Is there a semiconductor company left that hasn’t warned about a weak fourth quarter?
Dec. 13, 2000
GigaBit Logic Inc., a Newbury Park semiconductor concern, has lowered its stake in Cray Computer Corp. from 9% to 6.7% of the company’s stock.
Feb. 5, 1991
The major indexes pull back on the eve of the second anniversary of 9/11 and release of a videotape of Bin Laden. Treasury bonds rally.
Sept. 11, 2003
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
The world is still buying a lot of mobile phones, but evidently not enough to give some investors confidence about phone makers’ long-term earnings growth.
Jan. 10, 2001
Gallium-arsenide microchips make computers run faster than the ubiquitous silicon chip used today.
June 1, 1994