Articles tagged with: Semiconductors and Lte

Anadigics Fourth Quarter Sales Down on Supply Difficulties

Anadigics, a provider of semiconductors for the broadband wireless and wireline markets, has reported fourth quarter 2008 net sales of US$45.2 million, a decrease of 22% sequentially and a decrease of 33% from the fourth quarter of 2007. Revenue for the year ended 2008 was $258.2 million, up 12% from 2007.  more

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Global Semiconductor Sales Fell by 2.8 Percent in 2008

Global sales of semiconductors were severely impacted by the world-wide economic turmoil in 2008 resulting in the first year-on-year drop in sales since 2001, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Total sales for 2008 were $248.6 billion compared to $255.6 billion in 2007, a decrease of 2.8 percent. Sales fell from $22.3 billion in December 2007 to $17.4 billion in December 2008, a decline of 22 percent. December sales declined by 16.6 percent from November 2008 when sales were $20.9 billion.  more

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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

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UPDATE: Verizon Picks LTE as 4G Wireless Broadband Path

.. loser," he said. "We're supportive of both." Qualcomm shares were recently down 15 cents to $41.40. Lynch said Qualcomm will still provide LTE chips, and continues to have a strong relationship with Verizon. "I think Qualco more

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