A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Freescale planning to off-load handset chips, and Micron posting a loss, to Semiconductor sales rising, and TSMC offering 28nm process while ARM joins IBM in plans for 32nm and 28nm chips...

Freescale follows NXP with plan to off-load handset chip business

Micron posts $1.6bn net loss for fiscal 2008

Thursday 2 October

Are ARM-based processors behind Microchip's bid for Atmel?

ARM's Cortex M3 gets more friends at ESS

Semiconductor sales grow strongly - SIA

Wednesday 1 October

Avago buys Infineon RF filter design team

Atmel sells German wafer fab to Tejas Silicon Holdings (UK)

Researchers efficiently slice germanium wafers for solar power cells

Tuesday 30 September

Cree has commercial samples of its brightest LED

Vishay begins tender offer for IR

IC Insights sees cautious growth for 2008

Monday 29 September

ARM joins IBM in plans for 32nm and 28nm chips

TSMC offers 28nm process this year

Keithley cuts 5% of workforce

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