5 posts and columns on chip design

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Mentor Graphics Rejects Icahn's $1.91 Billion Bid

in News on March 28, 2011 at 8:46 am PT

Mentor Graphics Corp. rejected billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s $1.91 billion takeover offer, saying the bid undervalues the company and putting itself up for sale isn’t in the best interest of shareholders.

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Icahn Makes $1.91 Billion Bid for Mentor Graphics

in News on February 22, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered to buy Mentor Graphics Corp. of the U.S. for $1.91 billion, less than two weeks after saying the chip-design software company should put itself up for sale.

Agnilux? Is That Latin for Annoy Steve Jobs?

in News on April 21, 2010 at 7:07 am PT

Of the 66 acquisitions Google has made in its history, the purchase of Agnilux ranks among the most curious. So little is known about the company’s mission that it’s impossible to say definitively what Google wants with it. But what we do know is interesting, to say the least. You see Agnilux was reportedly founded by a group of former Apple employees.

What's Apple Building in There?

in News on April 27, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT

Apple has fleshed out its chip design group with another key hire. The company has recruited Bob Drebin, former CTO of AMD’s Graphics Products Group, as a senior director. Apple won’t say what it is exactly Drebin’s going to work on, though it’s a safe bet it’s related to the multicore graphics processors in which Drebin has his expertise.
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What’s Apple Building in There?

in News on April 27, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT

Apple has fleshed out its chip design group with another key hire. The company has recruited Bob Drebin, former CTO of AMD’s Graphics Products Group, as a senior director. Apple won’t say what it is exactly Drebin’s going to work on, though it’s a safe bet it’s related to the multicore graphics processors in which Drebin has his expertise.
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