WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week stepped up criticism of South Korea for pursuing wireless Internet standards it regards as discriminatory and harmful to U.S. companies, a move that comes as top U.S. officials prepare to meet with Chinese government representatives later this month on...
Although Aura Communications Inc. executives maintain that the company's technology is merely an ancillary part of the massive wireless industry, the potential of the company's offerings is certainly noteworthy.Founded in 1995, Aura is a fabless semiconductor vendor. The company sells chips to electronics manufacturers...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Jazz Semiconductor said it has entered a partnership to manufacture Magnolia Broadband's chipset known as DiversityPlus with a view to improving coverage and doubling subscriber reach for operators."Using this chipset, Magnolia is the first to improve both transmission and reception capabilities in...
KFAR SABA, Israel-M-Systems' Fortress Security Division and Emblaze Semiconductor have teamed to develop embedded security solutions for next-generation multimedia processors for the mobile industry.Emblaze will integrate M-Systems SuperMAP low-power cryptographic coprocessors, software protocols and application program interfaces into its semiconductor products and make them...
TOKYO-NEC Electronics Corp. said it has licensed the semiconductor products of Transmeta Corp for low-power technology and to manage transistor leakage.Transmeta's product, known as LongRun2, will be in the 90, 65 and 45 nanometer packages.NEC also announced it is purchasing "a small percentage" of...
The future market for mobile-phone memory will total almost $6 billion, according to some in the industry, and could surpass the potential of the massive desktop computer industry in just three years. Indeed, the amount of storage available in next year's high-end mobile phones...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about China's tax treatment of integrated circuits imported from the United States, likely raising the stakes in a separate trade dispute between the two countries over a Chinese Wi-Fi security...
Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor space is not on the verge of a slowdown.In a study titled, Worldwide Desktop...
Standard and Poor's ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.'s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry. "Standard & Poor's believes industry revenues have stabilized in recent quarters, after declining steeply from their peak in 1999, while Lucent's...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company's news came on the heels of new phone news from a variety of players.Sony Ericsson's...
LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. shares took a 4-percent tumble on the news of its optimistic first-quarter revenue forecast on its semiconductor business.TI said it anticipated revenue of between $2.8 billion and $2.9 billion and earnings of between 19 cents and 22 cents."I would describe...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it cut 50 positions from its research and development facility in Texas. The company said the layoffs were primarily in its radio network and core network research divisions.Nokia spokeswoman Laurie Armstrong said the move was part of an effort to...
OTTAWA, Canada-Zarlink Semiconductor said it has developed what it describes as the first digital microphone technology for cell phones."For consumers, digital microphone technology offers better sound quality for voice and recorder applications, and superior noise cancellation capabilities to improve phone performance in noisy environments,"...
CANNES, France-M-Systems and Emblaze Semiconductor said they will work together to deliver an advanced on-board multimedia memory solution for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices.This will entail including M-System's Mobile DiskOnChip flash disk product on Emblaze Semiconductor's reference platforms."As the cornerstone...
CANNES, France-SiGe Semiconductor introduced its RangeChargerT SE5120, a power amplifier for cellular handsets compliant with wideband CDMA technology.The product is optimized for W-CDMA handsets operating in the 1920 to 1980 MHz band. It is the first new cellular amplifier to be produced by SiGe...
CANNES, France-The MultiMediaCard Association introduced version 4.0 of the MultiMediaCard specification, which offers wider bus width, dual-voltage operation and higher transfer speeds.The new specification includes three key features. The wider bus width allows for host design flexibility and higher data transfer bandwidth at a...
OTTAWA, Canada-Atsana Semiconductor Corp. and RF Micro Devices Inc. respectively introduced a media processor and transmit module for mobile handsets.Atsana's product, the J211, is for embedded applications such as multimedia ones. RF Micro Devices transmit module is called the RF3177. It covers quad-band GSM/GPRS...
ATLANTA-Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. signed a cooperation and co-marketing agreement with Renesas Technology Corp. that will allow Renesas' SH-Mobile Consortium to offer ART's speech and handwriting recognition solutions to its customers.Renesas was formed by the merger of Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s semiconductor...
BOSTON-Emblaze Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement to license wavetable technology from Sonic Network Inc. for use in current and future integrated circuits for mobile multimedia appliances including support for polyphonic MIDI capabilities for the mobile-phone market.Emblaze said using Sonic's wavetable technology on...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduced its Wireless USB LR device, which is a 2.4 GHz radio system-on-a-chip solution that provides more than 50 meters of wireless connectivity.The company said the new product extends its presence into the longer-range commercial and industrial multipoint-to-point applications,...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it recorded a six-fold increase in its net profits to $479.3 million.The company attributed this to a rise in customer demand. Some of its customers include Motorola Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., which also enjoyed profits in their...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its mobile phones.Samsung is the latest in a line of major licensing deals for RIM. Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson and others...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a micro-size electronic component known as film bulk resonator duplexer for handsets, data cards and other wireless products. The company said the product is its smallest ever and can shrink phone sizes and create more...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
