Articles tagged with: Nxp and Stmicroelectronics

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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Taiwanese OEMs Switching from Ericsson to Qualcomm for 3G Phones

Taiwan's handset manufacturers are increasingly switching from the Ericsson mobile phone platform to Qualcomm's own handset platform - report local industry sources. Sources told DigiTimes that because HTC has had good success with its Qualcomm-based 3G handsets, other major handset vendors such as Motorola, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Palm all intend to adopt the Qualcomm platform for their 3G products.  more

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Infineon Damps Merger and Acquisition Speculation

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies, Tuesday damped speculation that it could be part of merger and acquisition activity in the sector any time soon.  more

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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

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