Described by its supporters as disruptive, MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) technology has spawned a triangle of love and suspicion.Airgo Networks, which claims to have pioneered the idea of MIMO as we currently know it, said it is pleased the industry is embracing the...
LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. said it signed a deal to provide a chip for Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.'s mobile-phone cameras.The chip will allow Samsung's mobile phones to feature multimedia services such as still photography and video-on-demand.Neither company disclosed the terms of the order.Both companies...
DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution.The chips will be embedded in cell phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices.EV-DV technology is the next migration step from EV-DO...
Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution.The chips will be embedded in cell phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices.EV-DV technology is the next migration step from EV-DO...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance announced Bill Carney, senior director of strategic marketing and business development for Texas Instruments' Wireless Networking Business Unit, has been elected as its new chairman. Carney, who has served as vice chair of the group since 2003, succeeds Dennis Eaton...
For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword.Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to cut both ways as Qualcomm is now in the midst of a chip shortage due...
While waiting to pry loose of Motorola Inc. later this year, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will be walking the path of other companies like Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon Technologies Inc., which were previously parts of bigger behemoths.These three companies want to exercise the same...
Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.'s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against overheating with inventory overload.Chipmakers that supply Cisco products suffered slides in their stock prices when Cisco announced double-digit profits that...
HOUSTON-Texas Instruments has released a new Hands-Free Kit (HFK) Development Platform and a Bluetooth subsystem to go with it. According to TI, combining the digital signal processor (DSP)-based platform with a Bluetooth solution means higher quality, faster time-to-market and lower costs for developers than...
While market watchers sounded their disapproval of Nokia Corp.'s handset sales in the first quarter, the Finnish vendor witnessed sound activities in its infrastructure business, including a 16-percent increase in net sales to $1.68 billion, compared with $1.4 billion in the year-ago period. Meanwhile...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. brought more cheer to the semiconductor industry with a first-quarter result featuring higher profits, revenue and sales in line with Wall Street expectations.The chipmaker reported net income of $367 million, or 21 cents a share, an increase of 214 percent...
If Motorola Inc.'s position as the No. 2 handset maker has remained tenuous during the past two years, the company just lost that same spot in another space in the semiconductor world-digital signal processors. DSPs process voice and video signals in the baseband of...
Amid predictions of the largest year ever for the mobile-phone industry, market leader Nokia Corp. stunned investors with news that its first-quarter revenues will clock in below expectations due to poor mobile-phone sales. The company's stock dropped almost 20 percent following the announcement, leveling...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Mobile-phone chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. said its revenues for the quarter will come in at the high end of its expectations of between $152 million and $163 million. The company said it is experiencing strong customer demand and anticipates increasing sales in...
Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts.The report, titled, "WLAN for Enterprise and The Multimedia Home," anticipates a 21-percent compound growth rate to the $8.5...
TEMPE, Ariz.-In spite of price declines, wireless local area networks chip market witnessed a 176-percent growth in 2003 with Broadcom Inc. as the big winner in revenues, according to a study released by Forward Concepts.The report said prices fell 40 percent last year, and...
SAN DIEGO-The Delaware Court of the Chancery has denied Texas Instruments Inc.'s motion to dismiss in the breach of contract dispute over Qualcomm Inc.'s claim to some CDMA patents.The court said Qualcomm "has alleged facts that, if accepted as true, may support a finding...
Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor space is not on the verge of a slowdown.In a study titled, Worldwide Desktop...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company's news came on the heels of new phone news from a variety of players.Sony Ericsson's...
LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. shares took a 4-percent tumble on the news of its optimistic first-quarter revenue forecast on its semiconductor business.TI said it anticipated revenue of between $2.8 billion and $2.9 billion and earnings of between 19 cents and 22 cents."I would describe...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has shipped more than 50 million voice over Internet Protocol ports to more than 200 networking equipment vendors and designers.VoIP is regarded as one of the fastest-growing technologies today. "We work diligently to exceed our customers' expectations and are...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. officially announced its new dual-OS strategy at the company's developer conference, an effort to support both high-end smart phones as well as low-end personal digital assistants. The company also announced processor company Nvidia Corp. will join the likes of Intel...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
