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...
Siemens AG has reduced its stake in chipmaker Infineon Technologies Inc. by selling 150 million shares, leaving Siemens with about a 20-percent stake in the semiconductor firm. Siemens had a 40-percent stake in the company. The decision comes as Infineon's shares have been on...
OTTAWA-Atsana Semiconductor Corp. said it has raised $10 million in equity financing. The company, which makes multimedia processors for mobile phones and personal digital assistants, names such companies as Siemens Mobile Acceleration, GrowthWorks WV Funds, Covington Capital Corp. and Greenstone Venture Partners as some...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG has reduced its stake in chipmaker Infineon Technologies Inc. by selling 150 million shares, leaving Siemens with about a 20-percent stake in the semiconductor firm.Siemens had a 40-percent stake in the company. The decision comes as Infineon's shares have been on...
It is payment without tears and without contact, thanks to a new technology Philips Semiconductor and Visa International are showcasing at the Consumer Electronics Show. Known as Near Field Communication, the protocol will allow consumers to pay for goods and services with their handsets,...
In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions and initiatives.In its report released last week, which was an optimistic revision of its earlier forecast, IDC said it expects...
It is payment without tears and without contact, thanks to a new technology Philips Semiconductor and Visa International are showcasing at the Consumer Electronics Show.Known as Near Field Communication, the protocol will allow consumers to pay for goods and services with their handsets, personal...
AUSTIN, Texas-Ultra-wideband semiconductor company Alereon said it has received $31.5 million in the first round of its series A financing.The financing, which was led by Austin Ventures, included companies such as Pharos Capital, Centennial Ventures, Kinetic Ventures, eCentury, Duchossois Technology Partners, PTV Sciences and...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family. Zander, most recently of private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out...
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 public offering for its proposed chip unit spinoff.The new company, which bears the temporary...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family.Zander, who is at private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out Motorola...
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 forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That is the metaphor for the...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The overall market for GaAs and silicon-based power semiconductors will remain relatively flat during the next five years, hovering around the $2 billion mark, according to market research firm ABI. ABI expects the market to rise at just 2 percent per year...
Even while two major third-generation protocols, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA, snap up the spotlight in China, the nation's homegrown technology will not eat humble pie.The protocol was upgraded into an alliance last October, and the group announced that it will add five new members by...
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 ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with their core competencies."The long-term trend...
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 ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months earlier-without the 75 percent votes...
TEMPE, Ariz.-The market for digital signal processors is enjoying a continuing boost, according to a bulletin from electronics market research firm Forward Concepts. Citing figures from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, it describes DSP as a clear winner over "monolithic IC" (integrated circuit). WSTS...
Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking service provider IMS Research.The...
Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking service provider IMS Research.The...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with the Semiconductor International Corporation in China.Under the deal, Motorola will transfer its MOS-17 wafer fabrication facility in Tianjin to SMIC in exchange for SMIC shares. SMIC will build out and operate the facility, according...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible.Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, the company describes it as...
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 products "feature a combination of high performance, low power, small size, high-code density and powerful...
NEW YORK-Chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said it has added 145 software engineers from former parent company Siemens AG.The newly redeployed engineers will be posted to its software development firm Comneon GmbH & Co."This transaction takes us another huge step forward in our ambition to...
OTTAWA-Atsana Semiconductor Corp said it has unveiled its platform kit for makers of mobile phones and personal digital assistants.The product, known as the J2210 Mobile Evaluation Platform, "enables developers to quickly evaluate and implement support for MPEG-4/H.263 video encode, decode, video conferencing, megapixel digital...
