Semiconductor

AUBURN, Calif.-Tahoe Semiconductor Inc. said it has unveiled its CDMA radio-frequency front end and integrated VCO Internet Protocol blocks for multiple wireless standards. The blocks will use Jazz Semiconductor SiGe …

OTTAWA-SiGe Semiconductor said it has introduced a pair of power amplifiers for IS-95 and cdma2000 1x handsets in the 824 through 849 MHz hand. “Handset designers can now achieve the …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to spend $500 million to upgrade its dynamic random access memory chip plant in Texas. The company still leads in memory …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Integrated wireless semiconductor provider Bermai Inc. announced that George Palmer has joined the company as vice president of operations and manufacturing where he will oversee the company’s operating …

CHICAGO, Ill.-RF Micro Devices Inc. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $138.3 million, or 7 cents a share, in contrast to a net profit of $2.8 million, or 22 …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. slightly lowered its mobile phone sales forecast for the coming year, but reported revenues on track for a recovery in its business. Motorola Inc. reported sales of …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Bluetooth semiconductor supplier Cambridge Silicon Radio said it’s providing its customers with an extended version of its BlueCore Host Software that includes the source code for all layers down …

DALLAS, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. said it earned $117 million in the first quarter in contrast with a $38-million loss in the year-ago period, signaling an uptake in its semiconductor business. …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who late last month led the charge for the military to deploy CDMA technology in post-war Iraq, on Wednesday seemed to step back from his CDMA-only …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. presented Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company with a design for excellence award for contributions in new process development, manufacturing technology and engineering support for the calendar year. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In a stock transaction of undisclosed value, Chrontel Inc., producer of video interface technology, has acquired Wireless Interface Technologies, which has developed radio-frequency transceivers using low-cost Complimentary Metal …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wintegra Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, has closed its third round of venture financing, raising $13 million from existing investors, including Texas Instruments and China Development Industrial Bank and …

CROLLES, France-Three semiconductor companies STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola Inc. opened a research and development center to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to 32 nanometer processes over the next …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -National Semiconductor Corp. said it will cut 500 jobs from the company’s worldwide 10,000 workforce as part of its plan to save cost and reach profitability. “The …

CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as …

SAN JOSE-The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization said 2002 shipments of digital signal processors reached its highest monthly figure in two years with a net revenue growth of 14.1 percent …

PARAMUS, N.J.-Penton Media Inc. said Intel Corp.’s Gadi Singer and Philips Electronics’ Paul Marino will give the keynote addresses at the 2003 Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo later this …

SAN DIEGO-Ethertronics is entering the Chinese market via a sales agreement with King Horn Enterprise, a semiconductor ASIC distributor with offices in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, through which King …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has thrown its support behind the OMAPI standard initiative announced by STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments last December to boost open standards for 2.5-generation and third-generation mobile phones, …

RA’ANANA, Israel-Emblaze Semiconductor and RFWaves said they have entered into a collaboration to develop advanced wireless multimedia application platforms. The two entities debuted a mobile digital wireless video baby monitor …

BOSTON-SiGe Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement with IBM under which it will be granted assignments and licenses to intellectual property associated with IBM power amplifier products. Separately, SiGe …

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to $1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The claim contradicts some signals …

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to US$1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The claim contradicts some signals …

TOKYO-Sales of Japanese chips may rise to 17.3 percent from April 2002 to April ’03 $9.06 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan. “Orders are showing that with …

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced an upbeat fourth-quarter result with a net income of $1 billion, or 16 cents per share, beating an optimistic market forecast. Last year the company posted …