Articles tagged with: Power Amplifiers and Nxp

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

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LBO Threatens Freescale's RF Business

Strategy Analytics has released a research note, commenting that the Freescale buyout will force the company to assume much larger debt than NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor) or Avago Technologies (formerly part of Agilent), two recent semiconductor LBOs. more

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