A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index this week, from Freescale strategy on LTE and AMD going fabless, to ARM boosting smartphone performance and a cutting-edge laser fusion programme...

Friday 10 October

Avnet buys Abacus for £42.2m

Freescale completes multi-core purchase

Semi market to grow 3.5 per cent - iSuppli

Thursday 9 October

Osram signs key LED lighting patent deal with Philips

Freescale LTE strategy has zero defects - CEO Rich Beyer

Renesas and Panasonic join push for 32nm chips

Cree moves into the European LED downlight market

Wednesday 8 October

East Kilbride terms 'exceptionally high' - Freescale CEO Rich Beyer

Intersil CEO holds steady on analogue strategy

Europe announces its HiPER laser fusion programme

Tuesday 7 October

Agilent works with Aeroflex to design satellite chips

AMD foundry spin-out to see $6bn investment from Abu Dhabi

Freescale Semiconductor plans investment, but sees consumer confidence falling

ARM boosts processor performance for smartphones

Monday 6 October

Qimonda well-placed, but credit worries in DRAM market

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