Semiconductor

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.—Broadband wireless company IPWireless Inc. announced it will partner with Flextronics Semiconductor to develop and manufacture the IPWireless System on a Chip (SoC). “The SoC design will open …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—AMD said it has unveiled a new mobile Athlon XP processor that delivers high performance and requires low power to notebooks. “The launch of the mobile AMD Athlon XP …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. beat analyst expectations and reported a net loss for ongoing operations, excluding special items, for the first quarter ended March 30, of $174 million, or 8 cents …

PARIS—Three semiconductor companies announced they would forge a US$1.4 billion alliance to develop new chips with a view to cutting costs and defining standards for the industry. The companies, Motorola …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Technology firm DSP Group announced it will merge its digital signal processing subsidiary, Ceva Inc., with wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc. The new combined company will be …

LONDON—Wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc announced it sold its NavStream GPS location-based services platform to the semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics.

LONDON—Although global computer chip sales are down sharply form a year ago, year-on-year comparisons are improving, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, commenting on numbers recently released by the European …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB and Texas Instruments have signed an agreement to make reference designs for GPRS and 3G platforms based on TI’s silicon technology as an extension of a memorandum …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xtreme Spectrum Inc. said it demonstrated streaming video applications using ultra-wideband technology. The demonstration used four DVD players broadcasting four different MPEG-2 video streams running at 10 megabits …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—UltraRF Inc. announced at the Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo this week that it has appointed Arrow Electronics Inc. to distribute its RF power semiconductor products in …

CANNES, France—Sasken announced this week at the 3GSM World Congress that its wideband CDMA protocol stack software has been optimized to work on Intel Corp.’s semiconductor platform.“Working with Intel is …

LONDON—Symbian announced six semiconductor companies have joined its Semiconductor Partner Programme, showing support for Symbian OS and ARM core-based chipsets. The six new partners—Agilent Technologies; Epson; Parthus; Philips Semiconductors; Samsung …

AUSTIN, Texas—Advanced Micro Devices said it plans to acquire chipmaker Alchemy Semiconductor by the end of the first quarter of this year. The companies have disclosed the financial terms of …