Chips – Semiconductor

DALLAS-Texas Instruments signaled the chip industry’s assured return to good times with a net profit of $512 million, or 29 cents per share, in the fourth quarter. This trumps the …

Going by the quarterly reports of major vendors, wireless equipment business is whirring back to favor. Putting panic behind them, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. recorded solid growth, while …

Motorola Inc. posted a net income of $489 million, or 20 cents a share for the fourth quarter of 2003, trumping Wall Street expectations. This figure contrasts with a year …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has unveiled what it calls the first complete EDGE smart-phone chipset and reference design. The product, known as TCS3500, is buoyed by the OMAP processor and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging Micron Technology Inc. is infringing on Motorola’s patents for dynamic random access memory. Motorola, which plans to spin off its chip division, claims …

Two chip companies say their chips have been selected for wireless devices, while another has begun shipments of its products. Nvidia Corp. said its multimedia graphics processor known as GoForce …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics said it has acquired wireless local area networks chip developer Synad Technologies Ltd., a startup based in the United Kingdom. The acquired company, which has 50 engineers, will bring …

In what might be the first stamp of Edward Zander, new chief executive officer, Motorola Inc. said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a $2 billion initial …

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week. Looking …

DALLAS-Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports the CDMA2000 1X standard for wireless …

Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports the CDMA2000 1X standard for wireless …

Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are missing from the membership list of Khronos Group, an open standards alliance that is pursuing open application programming interfaces for dynamic media in the …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-MontaVista’s Linux consumer electronic edition will support Renesas Technology Corp.’s multimedia application processor for mobile phones, according to both Renesas and MontaVista Software Inc. The product is known as …

WESTPORT, Conn.-STMicroelectronics said it is sampling the Java-based smart card chip known as ST22FJ1M from NCT Group Inc. ST believes it “opens up a host of new market opportunities in …

Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies. In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years …

Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group’s meeting, which …

WASHINGTON-While the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was laboring to find a new leader whose conservative politics would align with the GOP-led Congress and as top members steered hundreds of …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has extended its deal with ARM Ltd. to license the ARM1136J core and the ARM1136JF core for smart phones and personal digital assistants. The ARM …

News on the Wi-Fi vendor front continues to move along, with several new funding announcements and additional consolidation. First, hot-spot aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it completed its Series B round …

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. said it has demonstrated what it describes as the world’s first silicon germanium transistor that can improve performance four times and reduce power consumption five times …

On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry’s only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Micro fuel cells face a number of hurdles before wide-scale use and acceptance is possible, according to research from ABI. The firm emphasized that regulatory approvals must be …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments took some zip out of semiconductor optimism when it narrowed its quarterly forecast. The chip bellwether said it expects third-quarter earnings of between 20 cents and 23 cents …

Intel Corp. this week announced plans to build a $375 million assembly and test plant in western China’s Sichuan province and a research and development center for digital home and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to profitability. “It was a tough day,” …