Semiconductors give self-driving vehicles their brains, help servers crunch data and dictate how fast a smartphone can juggle texting and streaming videos. That has put the unheralded chips business at the front line of Silicon Valley’s biggest battles today. The proliferation of connected devices and big data is giving new clout to chip makers such as Samsung Electronics Co., Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Toshiba Corp. The result...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 26, 2017 14:37 UTC