New Twist In The Intel–ARM Tale

The Intel–ARM rivalry took a new turn this week with Intel announcing plans to acquire Infineon’s wireless chip business for $1.4 billion. Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, has been eyeing the smartphone microprocessor market, which is dominated by ARM (NASDAQ:ARMH). ARM, on the other hand, is pushing its low-power processors for netbooks. Let’s take a

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Efficiency Is The Priority For First Solar, SunPower

With Germany’s feed-in tariff cuts for the solar industry kicking in from February 2011 and Spain having announced 45% tariff cuts for new solar farms, 25% for large rooftop installations, and 5% for residential systems, solar players are looking at alternative markets for growth. The United States itself offers tremendous opportunity because solar demand is expected

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Citrix Becomes Latest Cloud Consolidator

Early this week, Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS), a leader in virtualization with annual revenue of $1.58 billion, announced its plans to acquire VMLogix, a leading provider of virtualization management for private and public clouds. The VMLogix acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter, and Citrix plans to use the technology from VMLogix to extend the

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Still Too Many Players In EDA

For the fiscal 2010, Gartner projects the global semiconductor market to grow 27% over the year to $290 billion after having dropped 9% over the year in 2009 to $225 billion. Recently reported results of major electronic design automation (EDA) industry players saw growth exceed market expectations.

Dolby, On A Roll, Courts Apple

Dolby (NYSE:DLB), the industry leader in audio technology, has expanded from cinema to home entertainment, PCs, Blu-ray DVDs, 3-D, and mobile markets. Airtel Digital TV, one of India’s leading commercial broadcast services, recently announced its selection of Dolby Digital Plus for its high-definition programming. With the global transition from analog to digital broadcasting, Dolby can

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Netflix’s Time Has Come

The television landscape is changing rapidly, with players such as Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), entering into deals aimed to attract more viewers by increasing streaming content library and thus posing stiff competition for cable giants such as Comcast. Earlier, Netflix signed a billion-dollar deal with Epix for exclusive digital rights to stream Lionsgate, MGM, and Paramount content.

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Social Networking: A Major Trend in SaaS CRM

Last week Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the pioneer of SaaS customer relationship management (CRM) with annual revenue of $1.3 billion, reported strong results that beat estimates. Earlier this month, Salesforce.com settled its legal dispute with Microsoft. RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW), another SaaS CRM vendor, also reported strong results this quarter. Let’s take a closer look.

Time Warner And Disney Focused On Magazines, iPad, And Social Gaming

As the U.S economy recovers, analysts expect spending on media and communications to increase at an annual average rate of 6.1% to $1.42 trillion over 2009 to 2014. Entertainment and leisure media spending will grow 6.3% annually to $353.9 billion by 2014. Internet and mobile services within the segment are forecast to increase 15% annually during

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