Inphi loses $1.5M in Q1
Nearly three months after Inphi. Corp. hired a new CEO to recover from a 93 percent drop in profits in 2011, the semiconductor company reported a net loss of $1.5 million for the first quarter. The Santa Clara-based company, which designs chips aimed at packing more memory onto Internet servers and increasing bandwidth, employs a Read More →
Inphi taps new CEO after profits fall 93%
Inphi Corp., the Santa Clara-based chip firm with a large engineering force in Thousand Oaks, ousted its CEO on Feb. 1 as it announced that profits plummeted by 93 percent in 2011. Inphi designs chips aimed at packing more memory into Internet servers and increasing bandwidth in the Internet backbone. The company announced that Ford Read More →
A $494M bet on bandwidth: Semtech places its chips on Canadian firm
Ontario-based Gennum makes chips used by video firms for high-integrity signals.
Semtech to buy Canadian firm for $494M
Camarillo-based semiconductor firm Semtech plans to buy a Canadian chipmaker for $494 million. The agreement to buy Burlington, Ontario-based Gennum is Semtech’s second large acquisition since 2009, when it closed a deal to buy Irvine-based Sierra Monolithics for $180 million. The Gennum deal fits neatly into the strategic plan put in place by Semtech’s leadership Read More →
Semtech’s earnings rise
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:SMTC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”30-05-2011″ enddate=”30-11-2011″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Camarillo-based Semtech, a chip design firm, posted 67 percent increase in quarterly earnings on a slight increase in sales for the most recent quarter. Semtech, which is in its 2012 fiscal year, said third quarter net income came to $27 million, compared with $16.1 million a Read More →
10-K report: Vitesse looks for profitability
In the space of a decade, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. fell from the throne of a blue-chip stock to a largely unprofitable player in the communications industry.
Inphi shares take beating on lower profits
Wall Street punished Inphi Corp. on July 27, pushing down shares 20 percent after the company reported lower-than-expected earnings and gave a gloomier financial forecast than analysts had predicted.