Semiconductor

Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution. For …

The world’s largest chip maker, Intel Corp., said it plans to invest billions to help ease a global shortage of flash memory chips used in mobile phones. Intel said about …

MANASSAS, Va.-Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. signed an agreement to create a new semiconductor company, FlashVision L.L.C., to produce advanced flash memory using fabrication space at Dominion Semiconductor in Manassas, …

FREMONT, Calif.-Consumers are accustomed to the sleek and small handsets available in the market today. But as the data revolution unfolds, the components needed to facilitate new functions threaten to …

EDINBURGH, Scotland-Motorola Inc. announced plans to acquire a manufacturing site in Dunfermline, Scotland, for its European semiconductor operations. The facility, currently owned by Hyundai, is expected to employ 1,350 people …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Metricom Inc. and National Semiconductor entered a strategic alliance to develop Metricom’s Ricochet modem technology for the information appliance market. National will integrate Ricochet technology into its information …

Analysts covering Motorola Inc.’s stock were surprised and irritated last week after the company unexpectedly indicated wireless handset profits would face pressure the rest of the year. Though the company …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $14.5 billion in February, an increase from $10.9 billion during the same period last year. Asia Pacific …

IRVINE, Calif.-Toshiba Corp. has developed a complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor that incorporates an analog-to-digital converter and achieves the industry’s lowest power consumption in this class of device, according …

SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Semiconductor and Symbol Technologies said they plan to jointly develop solutions for the Bluetooth wireless personal area networking market. The deal combines Peregrine’s Ultra-Thin Silicon Complementary Metal Oxide …

Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $14.8 billion in January, an increase from $11.1 billion reported in January of 1999. The report noted …

Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed …

DALLAS-Specialty manufacturer Dallas Semiconductor Corp. announced its latest battery-management chip, which significantly reduces the size and cost of battery electronics. According to the company, the DS2438 Smart Battery Monitor makes …

Crown Castle International Crown Castle International Corp. announced Michael G. Ramke has been named vice president of business development for the United States and Philip M. Kelley has been named …

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Speaking at a Goldman Sachs Technology Symposium, the head of Texas Instruments Inc.’s wireless business unit said the company expects last year’s accelerated pace in the market for …

NEW YORK-Siemens AG’s U.S. business units recorded increases in both sales and orders for the first quarter of fiscal 2000, ended Dec. 31, 1999, compared with the previous year. Sales …

Expectations among industry financial analysts that Motorola Inc.’s fourth quarter earnings will exceed consensus estimates of 81 cents per share caused the company’s stock to skyrocket Friday to $150 a …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-According to a report just released by Strategies Unlimited, a Silicon Valley market research firm, the worldwide market for Radio Frequency semiconductor devices in cellular telephones will grow …

SINGAPORE -Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and L.M. Ericsson announced they jointly plan to develop advanced wireless communications technologies. The technologies, radio frequency CMOS and BiCMOS, will support a range of wireless …

NEW YORK-In the last seven years, semiconductor processing capacity has increased by about 2,600 percent while battery technology has improved by approximately 65 percent on a watts basis, said Phillip …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Labs said it has built the world’s thinnest functional transistor using a class of perovskite materials that will enable future transistors to be smaller and faster while consuming …

DENVER-Newly formed UltraRF, the former semiconductor division of Spectrian Corp., announced a new amplifier integration technology, in addition to details of its focus as an autonomous business unit. UltraRF produces …

Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue’s new SkySpeed.com network for mobile Internet applications for automotive and …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. said its semiconductor division will operate as an autonomous business unit named UltraRF. “With its formation as an independent business unit, UltraRF is now free to design …