Wiston chairman says notebook industry facing a crisis
Market stagnation from an industry led only by Microsoft and Intel
While most notebook brand vendors expect the notebook industry to grow steadily in 2017 as a result of increases in shipments, at least one ODM vendor is claiming that the proliferation of more feature-rich smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices is still a good reason to consider otherwise.
AOL lays off 500 employees in regrowth strategy
Cuts will happen in corporate units
On Thursday, AOL said it will be laying off five percent of its staff with nearly 500 employees expected to lose their jobs as part of a regrowth strategy for its mobile and video businesses.
Cavium snaps up QLogic
More consolidation
ARM Chip outfit Cavium has written a cheque for QLogic, a semiconductor firm which specialises in server and storage networking.
SanDisk about to be bought by Western Digital
More consolidation
It is almost certain that Western Digital will buy the memory-maker SanDisk and we are expecting an announcement later in the week.
ARM under pressure after customers merge
Atmel and Dialog could be bad news
Chip designer Arm is under pressure after two of its customers decided to combine their businesses. Anglo-German Dialog Semiconductor wrote a cheque to buy US rival Atmel for $4.6bn.
Dell warns about industry consolidation
Top three will hold 80 per cent of the market
The top three global PC makers will control 80 per cent of the market as companies are forced to consolidate, warned tin box shifter Michael Dell.