EINDHOVEN, United Kingdom-Royal Philips Electronics and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a successful commercial network field trial of single antenna interference cancellation chips for GSM/GPRS mobile phones. The companies said the semiconductor technology improves voice quality, decreases download times for data and increases the number...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said it has sampled the first solution that will link human interface devices like PC mice, keyboards and gaming consoles to personal computers."Operating at 2.4 GHz, the CY694X can connect as many as seven devices up to 10 feet...
ARLINGTON, Ill.-Neither Motorola nor STMicroelectronics has confirmed press reports that both companies are in talks that could lead to Motorola's semiconductor division being sold to STMicroelectronics. Such a merger will make STMicroelectronics the second-largest chip company in the world."We don't comment on rumors," said...
Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said they have decided to bring their semiconductor units together to form a new company called Renesas Technology Corp. The new company, which should begin operations in April, is intended to combine the system Large Scale Integration (LSI)...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-ARM Ltd. said it will collaborate with China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to develop an ARM7TDMI microprocessor core-based test chip for the Chinese company's 0.18 CMOS process."The ARM7TDMI test chip will enable local semiconductor houses to develop and validate products around ARM's...
CARY, N.C.-UbiNetics said it has signed a development and licensing agreement to allow Hitachi to sell its 3G/GSM radio-frequency chip."The 3G market represents an enormous growth opportunity for Hitachi," said Kunio Kobayashi, general manager of the radio-frequency device division, multipurpose semiconductor and integrated circuits...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it has rolled out its double-gate transistors, across which electrical current flows in microprocessors, in wireless devices."The entire semiconductor industry is working to meet the increasing challenges of developing new transistor designs that are smaller and higher-performing and...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Corp. said it has unveiled a number of products to bring personal computer applications to wireless and handheld products using its Personal Internet Client Architecture building blocks.They include the Intel Wireless MMX technology, Intel Persistent Storage...
SAN DIEGO-The first International Wireless Symposium, scheduled to be held October 2-4, 2002, in San Diego, will be attended by wireless experts specializing in third-generation technologies, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, according to the symposium's organizers.Among several others, confirmed speakers at the show include: Adam Gould,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This will give Ericsson access to Philips' semiconductor and product portfolio, the companies said.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Chips for wireless phones and network equipment have witnessed a rise in demand so far during the third quarter of this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association."The July data and the year-on-year increase confirm that a moderate but sustainable recovery continues,...
OTTAWA, Canada-Atsana Semiconductor Corp. said it has licensed ARM core for multimedia applications in mobile phones, personal digital assistants and network digital cameras."By licensing the ARM922T core, we are ensuring our ability to deliver a high-performance, low-power processor, which will encourage growth in the...
BERLIN, Germany-Siemens AG said its voting rights in chip maker Infineon have dropped to 25 percent, following the sale of 4.3 million shares of its pension fund on the stock market. Siemens decided to shed its stake in the semiconductor firm last year.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Samsung Semiconductor Inc. said it has rolled out a line of embedded ARM-based application processors to support Windows CE.NET version 4.1. in empowering next-generation wireless devices like personal digital assistants and smart phones."Both companies (Microsoft and Samsung) share a commitment to bring...
DALLAS-Thanks to sales of analog chips and digital signal processors, Texas Instruments reported a second-quarter net income of $95 million, or five cents a share.This contrasts with a net loss of $197 million, or 11 cents a share, during the same quarter last year....
DUBLIN, Ireland-Wireless data platform provider Parthus Technologies plc announced revenue for the second quarter of $10.8 million and a net loss of $2.3 million, news that sent the company's stock up about nine percent to about $4 per share."While the semiconductor operating environment remains...
KIRCHHEIM/TECK-NABERN, Germany-Dialog Semiconductor plc and Sarnoff Corp. said they have agreed to partner to develop imaging technology for wireless devices."Its (Dialog) power management and audio chipsets are already established in mobile phones, and now Dialog can offer advanced camera-on-a-chip technology as a high volume...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said its DragonBall MXI microprocessor has been certified for the recently delivered Palm OS 5, enabling the semiconductor company to provide solutions to licensees of the Palm platform."With its low power consumption, high level of integration and performance, the DragonBall MXI...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesSony EricssonSony Ericsson Mobile Communications introduced several new handsets, including the T61d, T600, ...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Jazz Semiconductor announced a joint manufacturing and marketing agreement with MEMSCAP, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems solutions.The agreement will allow Jazz Semiconductor to provide its customers with a single source for wireless semiconductor integrated circuits incorporating MEMS-based components. "By teaming with MEMSCAP...
OTTAWA, Ontario—SiGe Semiconductor announced its RangeCharger-based PA2423MB power amplifier has been chosen by W-Link for use with it's Class 1 Bluetooth products.SiGe's power amplifier strengthens signal integrity in W-Link's Bluetooth products to improve the performance of wireless data exchange and network and Internet access...
OTTAWA, Ontario—Atsana Semiconductor Corp. said it has introduced a programmable media processor for video camera-enabled phones and WiFi Web cameras."Atsana's unique technology enables handset designers to deliver a low battery drain and low cost camera-enabled handset design, while providing full programmability to support any...
OTTAWA, Calif.—Atsana Semiconductor Corp. and Omnivision have agreed to jointly develop reference design to improve the performance of mobile video and imaging devices like wireless cameras and video-enabled phones."Our efforts with Atsana are intended to optimize the interoperation of the CameraChip and the media...
SEOUL, Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported $7.6 billion in total sales for the first quarter and $1.46 billion in profits, which marked a record 764-percent increase from the fourth quarter.Samsung reported $948.4 million in profits for first-quarter 2001.The company attributed the strong results to...
