Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance of the technology, the Open Mobile Alliance today released an updated version of its DRM specifications."There is a strong market...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it recorded a six-fold increase in its net profits to $479.3 million.The company attributed this to a rise in customer demand. Some of its customers include Motorola Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., which also enjoyed profits in their...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments signaled the chip industry's assured return to good times with a net profit of $512 million, or 29 cents per share, in the fourth quarter. This trumps the company's result of the same quarter last year when it suffered a loss of...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has unveiled what it calls the first complete EDGE smart-phone chipset and reference design.The product, known as TCS3500, is buoyed by the OMAP processor and supports all leading mobile operating systems, including Symbian, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Linux and Palmsource, according...
In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions and initiatives.In its report released last week, which was an optimistic revision of its earlier forecast, IDC said it expects...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has unveiled a universal router known as wONE that delivers simultaneous 802.11g and 802.11a from a single chipset.This also incorporates central processing units, baseband, radio frequency and MAC. The product simplifies the computing process, according to the company, and...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family. Zander, most recently of private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out...
In what might be the first stamp of Edward Zander, new chief executive officer, Motorola Inc. said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a $2 billion initial public offering for its proposed chip unit spinoff.The new company, which bears the temporary...
LGP Allgon has been awarded a contract to provide an indoor distributed antenna system to improve wireless phone and data coverage at Moscone West, the expansion of San Francisco's Moscone Center conference facility. The contract was awarded by InSite Wireless, which leases wireless capacity...
While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week.Looking forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That is the metaphor for the...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has released its latest multimedia applications processor, known as the OMAP1710, for cell phones and other mobile devices.TI said the new processor "enjoys improved performance due to higher frequency, larger data and instruction caches and an instruction set-enhanced TI...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wisair Inc. said it will offer a royalty-free intellectual property for its ultra-wideband solution if the multi-band OFDM standard wins the battle for approval.Texas Instruments made a similar announcement Monday. Both companies belong to the Multi-band OFDM Alliance, which is up against...
DALLAS-Chipmakers STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments Inc. said they are jointly developing a standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution, which they hope to market to handset manufacturers worldwide.The protocol, which provides both voice and data, will enable cell phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices...
DALLAS-Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports the CDMA2000 1X standard for wireless communications. The companies aim to grab market share from Qualcomm Inc., which has enjoyed...
Adding to recent optimism surrounding the uptake of CDMA technology-based products, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced they have created an open solution that supports the CDMA2000 1X standard for wireless communications. The companies aim to grab market share from Qualcomm Inc., which has enjoyed...
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are missing from the membership list of Khronos Group, an open standards alliance that is pursuing open application programming interfaces for dynamic media in the wireless space.In spite of stellar members like Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and Motorola...
Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group's meeting, which ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months earlier-without the 75 percent votes...
TEMPE, Ariz.-The market for digital signal processors is enjoying a continuing boost, according to a bulletin from electronics market research firm Forward Concepts. Citing figures from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, it describes DSP as a clear winner over "monolithic IC" (integrated circuit). WSTS...
DALLAS-In what both companies see as a signal of future collaboration, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. are working together to deliver optimized end-to-end wireless solutions for 2.5- and third-generation networks.In the deal, TI licensed Sun's Connected Limited Device Configuration HotSpot Implementation for...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible.Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, the company describes it as...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. said it enjoyed a net income of $447 million, or 25 cents a share, for the third quarter. This contrasts with the same period last year when it had income of $188 million, or 11 cents a share.Its sales stood...
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them.Working its vision under what it describes as adaptive communication technologies, the chipmaker plans to roll out cohesive...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has unveiled enhancements for its solutions for wireless notebooks, cell phones, personal digital assistants and other handhelds.The chipsets include Dothan, which is the code name for the next Intel Pentium M processor; Sonoma, a code name for the...
