Another One Bites the Dust: National Semi

According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, TI plans to acquire National Semiconductor for US$6.5B

EETimes: Momentum builds for 3-D chips

The wise folks over at EETimes have a nice piece identifying the "rise" (get it?) of die stacking.

Wow, Tabula Scores Some Serious $$

Congratulations to the folks at Tabula on raising US$108M in their Series D round.  It looks like they'll have an opportunity to take a run at grabbing the brass ring.