Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. revealed early last week that their second-quarter report cards would be less than stellar. Add Texas Instruments to the list.All three companies offered common excuses-a soft economy and the SARS epidemic. Their lowered forecasts underlined the importance of China...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Philips' semiconductor division has signed a deal to license L.M Ericsson's new Bluetooth baseband core technology, which offers strong voice and audio quality, as well as coexistence with other wireless technologies."Philips and Ericsson Technology Licensing are already partners, but this deal brings us...
SAN FRANCISCO-Semiconductor giant Texas Instruments Inc. has reduced its second-quarter sales forecast to a 5-percent rise instead of 7 percent, with a total restructuring charge of $55 million instead of $40 million.The chip maker now projects sales of $2.19 million in the quarter with...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp.'s stock jumped on the company's announcement that it narrowed its sales estimates for the second quarter owing to improved demand.The company, which serves as the bellwether of semiconductor companies, said it expects revenues to stand between $6.6 billion and $6.8...
In spite of the rough and tumble of the market, investments remain on an even keel in the wireless sector for the first quarter, according to venture-capital researcher Rutberg and Co.Zeroing in on such areas as 802.11, data acceleration, network software and radio-frequency semiconductors...
PARIS-Webraska Mobile Technologies has received an additional investment of $5.26 million from its current investors. The company said the capital will be used to fund growth opportunities in Webraska's core LBS, telematics and automotive markets and in the growing mobile enterprise market. Apax Partners,...
STAMFORD, Conn.-The worldwide semiconductor market is expected to show 8.3-percent year-over-year growth in 2003, with revenue totaling $168 billion, up from $152 billion in 2002, Gartner Inc. cautiously predicted."With quarterly sequential growth at about negative 3.5 percent in the first quarter of 2003, but...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-National Semiconductor Corp. reported its progress with restructuring activities designed to improve profits it announced in February. The company expects to save about $30 million per quarter via the streamlining.The company said it is actively pursuing the sale of its Information Appliance...
PARIS-Webraska Mobile Technologies has received an additional investment of $5.26 million from its current investors. The company said the capital will be used to fund growth opportunities in Webraska's core LBS, telematics and automotive markets and in the growing mobile enterprise market. Apax Partners,...
IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable phone maker Hop-On announced it appointed Samuel Demissie as its interim president. Demissie joined Hop-On in February 2003 as president of its Handset Development Group. The company is still looking for an interim chief executive.The company's former chief executive officer, Peter Michaels,...
Chipmakers continue to stake claims in anticipation of an assured industry upswing.Bellwethers Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. offered optimistic second-quarter projections, reinforcing a view that the sector has seen its worst days. In separate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, both companies...
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 BiCMOS process."We believe these blocks will enable our customers to significantly reduce their design cycle...
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 required performance at a fraction of the cost of most solutions on the market," said...
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 chips with Micron Technology and Hynix Semiconductor Inc still struggling.
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 locations in the United States and Asia and manage relationships with strategic production partners.Before...
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 cents a share in the same quarter last year.The company attributes its poor showing...
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 $6 billion for its first quarter and net earnings of $169 million. The company's net...
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 to the host controller interface.CSR said access to the source code will enable a...
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.The company earned seven cents a share in the quarter compared with a net loss...
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 position when he urged the Semiconductor Industry Association to ask the U.S. Agency for...
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."This marks the third year in a row that QCT has recognized TSMC with an...
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 Oxide Semiconductor manufacturing processes.These are critical to a variety of personal computer-based applications, including...
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 an undisclosed new participant it described as a privately held European investment group."Our strategic...
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 five years.The center, known as Crolles2 Alliance facility, will also include 300 mm wafer...
