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Articles tagged with: Nxp and Semiconductor
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
Related Tags: broadcom, texas-instruments, intel, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, isuppli, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek
NXP to Transfer its Mobile Services Business to Gemalto
nxp Semiconductor has announced that it is selling its mobile services business to smartcard vendor, Gemalto for an undisclosed amount. The related unit based in France will continue to develop and market software and service solutions compliant with the MIFARE4Mobile interface specifications which manage MIFARE-based applications in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile devices. more
Related Tags: gemalto, intel, nfc, near-field-communication
First MIFARE Compatible SIM-Based Solution for Mobile NFC Services
Gemalto, nxp and Infineon have announced they are demonstrating the first mobile contactless solution compliant with the Single Wire Protocol (SWP) standard and compatible with MIFARE infrastructures. nxp's MIFARE contactless technology is widely deployed for transport networks and access management worldwide. Being compatible with MIFARE, in addition to all the ISO 14443 contactless infrastructures, the solution will enable users to benefit from any contactless service on his/her mobile phone. more
Related Tags: gemalto, sim, nfc, infineon-technologies, infineon
A Forgettable Year for Memory Chip Makers
For memory chip makers, 2008 will go down as a year to forget, as a major downturn in this segment caused revenue to fall for nearly all suppliers and contributed to negative results for the overall semiconductor industry, according to preliminary market-share figures from iSuppli. more
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Shakeups Rock 1H08 Top 20 Semiconductor Supplier Ranking
IC InsightsÃ' recent research for its Strategic Reviews Online IC company database uncovered a big shakeup in the 1H08 top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking. There are eight U.S. companies in the top 20 (including three fabless semiconductor suppliers), six Japanese, three European, two South Korean, and one Taiwanese company (IC foundry supplier TSMC) in the ranking. As shown, it required at least $2.1 billion in 1H08 sales to make the top 20 ranking. Although the top four ranked companies remained the same, there were a number of "movers and shakers" up and down the remainder of the 1H08 ranking as compared to their full-year 2007 positions. more
Related Tags: broadcom, amd, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, nec, panasonic, seven, memory, hynix, foundry, flash, dram
Private Equity Group Buys Sagem Mobile - Folds Assets into Purple Labs
Mobile phone software developer, Purple Labs is to acquire the mobile applications suite and software engineering team of Sagem Mobiles. The asset sale to Purple Labs is linked to an announcement by SAFRAN, a French technology group, that it is selling its Sagem Mobiles business unit to the private equity group, Sofinnova Partners - which is also an investor in Purple Labs. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, ericsson, edge, sony, limo-foundation, linux, France
Openwave Sells Mobile Phone Client Software Business to Purple Labs
Openwave Systems has sold its mobile phone software business to French mobile Lunix developer, Purple Labs for US$30 million in cash plus options. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, avea, semiconductors, linux
Mobile Linux Trade Bodies Agree to Merge
The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has announced that its activities and membership are to be folded into follow Mobile Linux forum, the LiMo Foundation from the end of this month. In a joint statement, they said that this pooling of efforts and resources reflects the industry-wide trend towards unification of Linux-based mobile telephony platforms and will serve to accelerate the emergence of common mobile Linux specifications and implementations. more
Related Tags: orange, huawei, texas, france-telecom, mobile-linux, limo-foundation, linux, chipset
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, isuppli, power-amplifiers, battery, switches, mems, analog, chipset, Germany
Launching the World's Fastest Cellular Modem
nxp Semiconductors has announced what it says is the world's fastest high-bandwidth cellular soft modem - Nexperia Cellular System Solution PNX6910. Powered by nxp's Embedded Vector Processor (EVP), a Digital Signal Processing core, the PNX6910 is capable of achieving data transfer rates of 150 Mbits downlink and 50 Mbits uplink, and supports multi-mode LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM capability. more
Related Tags: mts, hspa, lte, semiconductors, modem, tdd