Chips – Semiconductor

Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent …

LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which last week was acquired by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is taking Napster mobile. The Internet music vendor is introducing Napster To Go, a mobile music …

It didn’t take long for Qualcomm Inc.’s planned mobile television network to attract attention. Sprint PCS Chief Operating Officer and President Len Lauer said Tuesday his firm is negotiating with …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Zeevo announced a new reference design using Wolfson audio CODECs that will allow original device manufacturers to design wireless stereo headsets, speakers or wireless MP3 players with CD-quality …

Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within a two-week span, the San Diego-based …

In spite of a slowdown in cell-phone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. still roared to a 46-percent profit compared with the same period last year. Much of its boost came from …

KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. launched three single-chip melody LSI solutions that offer sound technology for mobile phones. The product line-up consists of the microPD9993 chip, which offers 64 polyphonic tones …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers said it has set up a working group for a standard to tap open channels in the television spectrum for wireless broadband …

Before the spinoff of its chip business, Motorola Inc. often came across as an octopus-a many-sided giant. With Freescale Semiconductor Inc. now a standalone company, the wireless vendor still weighs …

A year ago, the semiconductor sector seemed on cruise control, while other sectors of telecom had just begun to rev up their economic recovery engines. Quarter after quarter companies reported …

A tremor of restructuring is rippling through the infrastructure players, signaling a new approach to the market. Such moves, some of them imposed and others induced, are spawning a new …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired chip design company Spike Technologies Inc. for $19 million in cash to enable it to provide third-generation CDMA customers and partners with design, …

With a view to focusing on its wireless business, Motorola Inc. said it plans to slash 1,000 jobs, or 1 percent of its staff, and absorb charges of about $50 …

LONDON-Graphics processor manufacturer Nvidia will announce its latest offering at Mobile Content World in London this week. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will unveil its GoForce 3D 4500, which features …

Qualcomm Inc. said it anticipates a rosy fourth-quarter result, emphasizing the traction of its chipsets in the wireless market. The company said it expects earnings per share of between 28 …

AirGate Technologies, a subsidiary of The X-Change Corp., said it has completed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) prototype for car child safety seats. The prototype uses the company’s “Smart Buckle” technology …

With 802.11n still lurking in the distance, wireless players are stepping up efforts to wed cellular and wireless local area networks while earnestly preparing Wi-Fi for wedded bliss. The “n” …

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. disclosed its broadband chip for WiMax products, otherwise known as 802.16. The component, known as Rosedale, will be a system-on-a-chip design to enable long-distance high-speed Internet access …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Building on its original VideoCore solution, Alphamosaic has launched the VC02 Mobile Multimedia Processor chip. The solution is designed to display video on 3.5-inch color displays and to …

TOKYO-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will deploy cellular devices that use Royal Philips Electronics’ Near Field Communication chip solutions. An NFC-enabled mobile phone could connect wirelessly with an NFC-enabled personal computer …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space. Other chip companies like Broadcom, Atheros Inc. and …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space. Other chip companies like Broadcom, Atheros Inc. and …

A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week …

NEW YORK-Nexense, an emerging sensing technology and research and development company, contracted Fujitsu Ltd. to manufacture an ASIC chip for non-invasive monitoring and tracking of vital signs via mobile phones. …

TOKYO-Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has announced a two-chipset solution for global positioning system/assisted-GPS receivers that generate high performance and low power in wireless handsets. It consists of a baseband chip and …