You would be very hard pressed to find any sort of CPU or microcontroller in a commercial product that uses anything but binary to do its work. And yet, other options exist! Ternary computing ...

FPGAs are finding new applications in the age of artificial intelligence, high-speed wireless communications, medical and life science technology, and in complex chip architectures where they can ...

Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today announced that Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, has completed its acquisition of a 51% stake in the company from Intel ...

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Keeping its promise to be a leaner, meaner business, semiconductor supplier Intel took a major step earlier this week by selling over half of its FPGA unit Altera to Silver Lake, a technology ...

Beleaguered chip maker Intel has been looking for ways to capitalize on non-core, not large, but profitable parts of its business to raise funds for its ambitious plans to revitalize Intel Foundry and ...

JP Morgan analyst Harlan Sur reiterated an Underweight rating on Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) on Tuesday, setting a price forecast of $23. On Monday, before the market opened, Intel announced a 51% stake ...

Intel is selling a 51% stake in the FPGA company at a large loss. The deal simplifies Intel's operations and raises cash. Intel will still benefit from Altera's success with a 49% minority stake.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced on Monday that it had agreed to sell a 51% stake in Altera, the FPGA specialist it acquired in 2015, to investment firm Silver Lake. While Intel will retain a 49% stake ...