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Trident Microsystems Reports Results for Fourth Quarter Ended Dec. 31, 2010
Feb 3, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced results for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010. For the quarter, the company reported net revenues of $118.6 million, which compares with $176.6 million in the prior sequential quarter.
News categories: Trident Micro, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Zoran Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
Feb 3, 2011 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $74.2 million, compared to $99.3 million last quarter and $93.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009.
News categories: Zoran, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
Feb 1, 2011 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Net revenue for the quarter was a record $1.95 billion, an increase of 44.9% compared with the $1.34 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2009.
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor

Cavium Networks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire China-Based Celestial Semiconductor
Jan 31, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) has announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Celestial Semiconductor, a fabless provider of ARM-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor solutions for a range of digital media applications.
News categories: Cavium Networks, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

STMicroelectronics Reports 2010 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results
Jan 24, 2011 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010. On a year-over-year basis, all market segments, except Telecom, posted growth, with Consumer up by 14%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Amazon to Acquire LOVEFiLM International Limited
Jan 20, 2011 – Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in LOVEFiLM International Limited.
News categories: LOVEFiLM, Denmark, Germany, MandA, Norway, Streaming, Sweden, UK

Rovi Corporation Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sonic Solutions
Dec 22, 2010 – Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) have announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Rovi to acquire Sonic in a stock and cash transaction.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Sonic Solutions, MandA, Media Player, Middleware, Smart Home, Streaming

French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) to purchase AREVA's stake in STMicroelectronics
Dec 16, 2010 – The French Strategic Investment Fund's (FSI) binding offer to acquire the 10.9% indirect stake in STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) owned by AREVA (Paris:CEI) amounts to 695 million euros, which corresponds to 7 euros per share.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, AREVA, MandA, Semiconductor

AltoBeam Closed Series C Funding with USVP and Long-Term Investors
Dec 12, 2010 – AltoBeam has announced that it has successfully closed a 6 million US dollars round of Series C funding, led by US Venture Partners (USVP).
News categories: AltoBeam, US Venture Partners, MandA, Semiconductor