Semiconductor

BATH, U.K.-Intel Capital was among the investors fueling a $20.5 million round of funding for PicoChip, the wireless semiconductor vendor said Thursday. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, which brought …

CHINA Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. …

Following are wireless company and industry ratings changes made by financial services and investment banking firms this week. In a telecom services report, Merrill Lynch said it expects Verizon Wireless …

SINGAPORE—Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. will …

To the Editor: I just read the article “Connecting dots draw future of wireless” in the May 23 issue. In the article, the section on 802.15.3a states that “Both sides …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Semiconductor Industry Association revised its worldwide semiconductor sales projections for 2005. The association previously had predicted flat sales compared with the $213 billion the industry reported in …

Red Bend Software Udi Dagan joined Red Bend Software as chief financial officer. Dagan joined the company from IBM where he was business consulting services country manager in Israel. Before …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Location specialist SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. will pay $20 million for global positioning system chipset product lines from Motorola Inc., the company announced Thursday. SiRF, which makes tracking …

AUSTIN, Texas-A wireless handset with a $25 cost of production could come within the next two years, according to a recent survey conducted by Portelligent of its customers in the …

The following wireless companies received upgrades or downgrades from financial and investment firms this week. Moody’s Investors Service assigned a B3 rating to the proposed senior secured credit facilities of …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Alereon and Intel Corp. demonstrated an integrated prototype running at 480 megabits per second for the wireless USB market at the Wireless USB Developers Conference this week. The …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The worldwide wireless local area network semiconductor market is expected to grow to 487 million units by 2009, according to new studies from IDC. WLAN semiconductor revenues will reach …

OTTAWA-Mosaid Technologies Inc. said it signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire the assets of TriCN Inc. for $3.1 million. San Francisco-based TriCN, which filed for bankruptcy protection late …

SINGAPORE-Electronics manufacturer Flextronics announced Chief Operating Officer Michael McNamara will helm the company following the retirement of its current chief executive officer next year. The news comes as Flextronics plans …

SINGAPORE-Electronics manufacturer Flextronics announced Chief Operating Officer Michael McNamara will helm the company following the retirement of its current chief executive officer next year. The news comes as Flextronics plans …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department today said antitrust czar Hewitt Pate will resign next month, creating a vacancy amid a pending $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. and …

AMSTERDAM-Dutch electronics manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics has reorganized its semiconductor business into four units to cut costs and better address specific markets, the company said late Tuesday. Philips said it …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said Hynix Semiconductor Inc., a Korean manufacturer of dynamic random access memory, agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $185 million fine for participating in an …

AMSTERDAM-Dutch electronics manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics has reorganized its semiconductor business into four units to cut costs and better address specific markets, the company said late Tuesday. Philips said it …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide sales of semiconductors increased 13.2 percent to $55.3 billion during the first quarter compared with sales of $48.9 billion during the first quarter of last year, said …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Chip vendor Agere Systems today released its new TrueAdvantage line of products, which the company said would save carriers millions of dollars by combining second- and third-generation network technology …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-EDOM Technology and Magnolia Broadband Inc. signed a distribution agreement that allows EDOM to sell, distribute and support Magnolia’s DiversityPlus handset chipsets to original equipment manufacturers in Taiwan and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor reported net sales of $1.44 billion compared with net sales of $1.43 billion in the fourth quarter and $1.4 billion during the first quarter of 2004. Net …

OTTAWA-Zarlink Semiconductor and Wavesat said they have conducted a successful test of circuit-switched traffic over a WiMAX connection. The tests demonstrated carrying E1 and T1 services across a WiMAX broadband …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-EDOM Technology and Magnolia Broadband Inc. signed a distribution agreement that allows EDOM to sell, distribute and support Magnolia’s DiversityPlus handset chipsets to original equipment manufacturers in Taiwan and …