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Articles tagged with: Nxp and Analog
Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008
Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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The Birth of a Mobile-Handset Powerhouse
Epcos's recent acquisition of nxp Semiconductor's Radio-Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS) business establishes the company as the leader in a technology that promises to expand the capabilities and cut the costs and power consumption of mobile handsets, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, semiconductor, isuppli, power-amplifiers, battery, switches, mems, chipset, Germany
Sending Mobile Display Signals to a TV Screen
nxp Semiconductors has launched a mobile TV-out processor to enable TV-output on any mobile phone having a standard LCD screen. The nxp SAA8510 converts mobile digital video signals into high-quality analog TV signals, which can then be displayed on any NTSC and PAL TV set. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, semiconductor, semiconductors, lcd, mobile-content
Wireless-Chip Market Outpaced Wireline-Chip Market in 2007
Growing adoption of 3G technologies and feature-rich cell-phone chips led to a 13% increase in sales of cellular baseband processors in 2007, according to The Linley Group. Sales of networking chips, in contrast, declined by about 1% during the same period according to their new report. The slowdown in wired-communications chips is also reflected in the FPGA market as sales of FPGAs for communications systems declined 7%. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, broadcom, ethernet, texas-instruments, wcdma, qualcomm, texas, sony, infineon, freescale, mediatek
NXP Semiconductor Launches Chipset for Low-Cost Multimedia Phones
nxp Semiconductors (formerly part of Philips) says that it has launched a GSM/GPRS-optimized multimedia solution for the Ultra Low-Cost (ULC) segment of the mobile handset market. The PNX4903 delivers a complete system-level operation in a single monolithic IC. The ULC+ multimedia solution enables a music phone with color screen, MP3 playback, removable flash memory card and FM Tuner for a total bill of materials under USD$20. more
Related Tags: flash-memory, semiconductors, memory, mp3, modem, flash
Mobile WiMAX Quickly Taking Over WiMAX IC Market
Fixed WiMAX IC vendors have recently re-directed their energies towards Mobile WiMAX, particularly in the second half of 2006 and into 2007, reports In-Stat. This represents a dramatic change, as the overwhelming majority of 2005 and 2006 WiMAX chipsets were Fixed WiMAX (802.16d)-compliant, with a very small percentage in 2006 representing chipsets used in early WiBro (mobile WiMAX-based) devices, the high-tech market research firm says. more
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