Can the Switzerland of Semiconductors Stay Neutral?
Cambridge-based chip designer ARM has become one of Britain’s most successful tech companies by staying strictly independent.
Cambridge-based chip designer ARM has become one of Britain’s most successful tech companies by staying strictly independent.
AccelerComm – The Southampton University spinout supercharging 5G, satellite and other wireless communications with IP which increases spectrum efficiency and reduces latency – has raised £5.8m in Series A funding in a round led by IQ Capital alongside existing investors Bloc Ventures and the IP Group.
As the pandemic propels the cloud market to new heights, cloud-data startup Snowflake is going public amidst a flurry of listings from private cloud companies.
Atlas Copco Group, a Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions has acquired iTrap® mass spectrometry technology from ZEISS.
TikTok has replaced chipmakers at the frontlines of the US-China trade war. But while semiconductors have been caught in the crossfire, social media is unlikely to take a hit.
As Covid-19 drives corporations into cyberspace, videoconferencing platform Lifesize is adding digital whiteboards to its virtual meeting rooms with the purchase of Kaptivo.
The wave of digital transformation triggered by Covid-19 is washing over traditional finance, motivating slow-moving firms to make new acquisitions while the pieces of the post-pandemic world are still falling into place.
As the line between software and telecoms gets blurrier than ever, leading companies from both industries are joining forces; a trend which we see accelerating as the world gets used to a “new normal” after COVID.
Despite battling economic headwinds, the semiconductor industry continues to consolidate with big players joining forces to satisfy the growing global appetite for electronic chips.
H1 2020 was very much a “game of two halves” as we say in the UK.