Articles tagged with: Nxp and Gps
Compound Growth Rate for China's Mobile TV Output - Report
China's CCID Consulting, has reported that with the drive of export and domestic demands, China's mobile phone output continues to grow in 2007, reaching 554 million sets, with a growth rate of 25.4%. The export volume wass 322 million sets, which accounts for 58.2% of all phones made in the country. Currently, China's global mobile phone manufacturing base is quite steady. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have transferred their capacities to China; because of this factor, the export volume of China's mobile phone increases 26.2%. Meanwhile, China's domestic mobile phone enterprises' capacity increases are evident, especially ZTE, Huawei and K-Touch. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, broadcom, intel, samsung, motorola, qualcomm, bluetooth, huawei, zte, sony, infineon, seven, mp3, rfmd, China
STMicroelectronics and NXP Merge their Wireless Businesses
nxp Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics have announced plans to combine their wireless operations to form a joint-venture company. The new organization will combine key design, sales and marketing, and back-end manufacturing assets from both companies into a streamlined worldwide joint venture that will rely on its parent companies and foundries for wafer fabrication services. The JV will also integrate the Silicon Laboratories' wireless and GloNav's GPS operations recently acquired by nxp. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, stmicroelectronics
Cameras help to drive 5-fold increase in GPS Consumer Market
Traditionally, geo-tagging has been a complicated procedure, restricting the market to hardcore enthusiasts and professional users. However, new GPS and LBS advances are enabling this market while also driving consumer growth for GPS into cameras and laptops. As analysed in a recent IMS Research report, GPS is going to be integrated in a number of portable devices, such as laptops, PMPs, cellular and digital cameras. The overall market is set to increase 5-fold by 2011, with laptops and digital cameras representing over 20% of the market. more
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