HILLSBORO, Ore.-TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. received its first production order from Ericsson Components AB under terms of a joint development agreement signed last year.The first product is a power amplifier, which Ericsson plans to use in a dual-band Global System for Mobile communications handset. TriQuint...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for power semiconductors, integrated circuits and modules is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 19 percent, to reach $2.8 billion by the end of 2003, according to a new Allied Business Intelligence report, "Wireless Power Devices, Transistors,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Romances don't always last forever. Mostly they decay gracefully at the close of a seemingly predetermined life cycle. Sometimes they blossom into universally admired permanent relationships. Other times they collapse suddenly and acrimoniously, leaving bitterness and recriminations.The telecommunications and financial industries have...
IBM Corp.'s Microelectronics Division last week introduced its first standard, high-volume chip based on the company's silicon germanium manufacturing process.The company said the new standard chips can be used in cellular phones, pagers and other wireless communications devices to provide extended battery life, support...
WASHINGTON-Last week's annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund ended with a blueprint-but not a bold solution-for containing a worsening global financial crisis that is taking a toll on wireless firms in the global market.Highly symbolic of the contagion, which began...
Motorola Inc., remaining cautious about its financial outlook for 1998, said it likely will reach $7.9 billion in sales with earnings per share around 22 cents for the fourth quarter.The manufacturer, which implemented a restructuring program months ago, last week exceeded Wall Street's estimates...
Paging carriers looking to provide airtime for telemetry and off-the-hip paging applications received a big boost when Motorola Inc. introduced its first-generation ReFLEX chipset solution.The chipset includes a ReFLEX encoder/decoder equipped with ReFLEX Stack two-way software and a complete transceiver/receiver subsystem. The release marks...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-GE Harris Railway Electronics L.L.C. announced it has joined with Harris Semiconductor to develop and market a railroad-specific wireless communications system called TrainTalk Intra-Train Communications.The system was designed for commanding, controlling and monitoring on-board operating functions using Harris Semiconductor's Prism Direct Sequence Spread...
The year-old Asian financial crisis is being blamed for an increasingly gloomy outlook for the third quarter, which ends this week. The situation is compounded by growing economic worries in Russia and Latin America and a weakened semiconductor market.Several companies warned investors last week...
NEW YORK-By incorporating Silicon Germanium into its components for wireless handsets, CommQuest Technologies, Encinitas, Calif., announced Sept. 14 it has advanced significantly toward its goal of offering a Global System for Mobile communications phone-on-a-chip within a few years.The IBM Corp. subsidiary said Silicon Germanium...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-U.S. chip manufacturers endorsed a compromise legislative plan regarding Year 2000 disclosure issues that provides liability protection to encourage businesses to share problem-solving information about Y2K problems and solutions, the Semiconductor Industry Association said.The bill enables companies to disclose technical information about...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co. said weak orders for semiconductor capital equipment is the primary reason for a planned restructuring of its operations that would reduce its global work force by about 20 percent.Watkins-Johnson expects its third-quarter loss, net of taxes, to be approximately $50...
Determined not to miss out on market opportunities provided by third-generation technology, NEC Corp. has taken early steps into the 3G arena.The Japanese manufacturer has begun operation of a new subsidiary in Singapore that will design and develop hardware and software for wideband Code...
Audiovox Corp. and Tendler Cellular introduced a system to provide location information for wireless 911 callers using a Global Positioning System receiver built into a cellular handset. Using FoneFinder, emergency calls go through to public-safety answering points just as any other 911 call would,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-World semiconductor sales dropped 1.9 percent from June to July 1998-to $9.67 billion-and 17 percent since July 1997, because of pricing pressures and continued economic turmoil in Japan, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association's "Global Sales Report."Sales in the Japanese semiconductor market...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Corp. are considering whether to downgrade about $400 million of Hyundai Semiconductor America Inc. debt because of uncertainties generated by the South Korean government's plan to merge the semiconductor operations of its parent and another company.Headquartered...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. last week said its third-quarter revenue and earnings per share will be lower than analyst estimates.The company expects revenues for the third quarter ending Sept. 26 will be 5 percent to 10 percent lower than the $137.8 million recorded...
Chile's Undersecretary of Telecommunications Juanita Gana announced mobile phone carriers no longer can force subscribers to sign long-term contracts, according to an article in El Diario. Until now carrier contracts have been for between 12 and 24 months.Ericsson Radio Systems announced it bought telecommunications...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell Semiconductor Systems last week introduced its first chipset using Code Division Multiple Access technology.The chipset is an integrated radio-frequency subsystem for CDMA that also supports Advanced Mobile Phone Service analog cellular phones. The chipset can be used in single-mode CDMA applications,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-U.S. semiconductor companies maintained their share of the Japanese chip market during the first quarter of 1998 despite the economic slowdown there, said the Semiconductor Industry Association.The numbers from the U.S. Department of Commerce and United States Trade Representative showed the overall...
NEW YORK-Sirf Technology Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif., company established in 1995, announced agreements last week with Ericsson Inc., Hitachi America Ltd. and Nokia Corp. designed to propel the use of global positioning system technology in wireless devices, including cellular phones."Sirf's objective has always...
NEW YORK-Amid a broader trend of increasing mergers and decreasing initial public offerings among information technology, communications and media companies, carriers seized both options with gusto during the first six months of this year.The number of individual IPOs in these sectors dropped 18 percent...
VLSIVLSI Technology Inc. said its president and chief operating officer, Richard M. Beyer, left the company for personal reasons. "We have a very solid team that can weather the current semiconductor industry downturn while we continue to invest in the strategic technologies that position...
rain's Chicago BusinessCHICAGO-Motorola Inc. has quietly exited the business of making programmable computer chips used in consumer electronics and other products.Late last week, a spokeswoman for Motorola's semiconductor components group, based in Phoenix, Ariz., confirmed the move, saying it is part of a restructuring...
