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Articles tagged with: Texas Instruments
DoCoMo Windows Mobile Handset Using TI Chipsets
Texas Instruments has announced that its OMAP2430 applications processor was selected to deliver advanced multimedia capabilities to Fujitsu's new F1100 smartphone. The new Fujitsu handset, which also uses TI's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity technology, is the first Windows Mobile phone available on DoCoMo's 3G network. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, windows-mobile, bluetooth, docomo, fujitsu, analog, Japan
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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Azingo Demonstrates Mobile Linux Solution on TI's OMAP Platform
Mobile Linux developer, Azingo is demonstrating its Azingo Mobile Linux platform on the Texas Instruments OMAP platform at Computex in Taiwan. The two companies are collaborating to provide mobile phone and internet device manufacturers with a cost-effective Linux platform based on LiMo Foundation software. That platform - featuring touch screen Internet browsing, web widget applications, audio, video and personalized user applications - will be demonstrated on a device featuring a TI OMAP3430 application processor. more
Related Tags: texas, mobile-linux, limo-foundation, sdk, linux
Nokia Says Single-chip Plan Not Hit by Infineon Delay
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia said Thursday its plan to use one chip for radio technology in its mobile handsets is still on track, despite news from supplier Infineon Technologies of delays. more
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Europe to Remain the Fastest-Growing Market for WCDMA in 2008 - Report
Forward Concepts has announced the publication of its newest annual study of the worldwide cellphone market and virtually all of the chips that go into them. Market metrics are the central focus of the study, but some key findings are: more
Related Tags: wi-fi, mobile-tv, wcdma, nfc, qualcomm, bluetooth, gps, driving, texas, mp3, mediaflo
Wireless Semiconductors Outgrow Overall Chip Market in 2007
Riding the momentum of continued strong demand growth for mobile handsets, sales of semiconductors for wireless products rose at a faster pace than the overall chip market in 2007, according to iSuppli. The global wireless semiconductor market generated $29.5 billion in revenue in 2007, up 7.6 percent from $27.4 billion in 2006. These figures consist of revenue from sales of application-specific semiconductors - excluding memory - for wireless applications, including mobile handsets, wireless infrastructure equipment, wireless LANs and connectivity products. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, wcdma, qualcomm, isuppli, hspa, texas, stmicroelectronics, compete, semiconductors, memory
French Mobile Market Creates 100,000 Jobs
The size of the French mobile telephony market reached almost €22 billion in 2007 and was the source of 100,000 direct and indirect jobs in France. By the end of 2007, investment in mobile telecoms networks in France totalled almost €33 billion, according to the French Association of Mobile Operators. more
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Wireless-Chip Market Outpaced Wireline-Chip Market in 2007
Growing adoption of 3G technologies and feature-rich cell-phone chips led to a 13% increase in sales of cellular baseband processors in 2007, according to The Linley Group. Sales of networking chips, in contrast, declined by about 1% during the same period according to their new report. The slowdown in wired-communications chips is also reflected in the FPGA market as sales of FPGAs for communications systems declined 7%. more
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TI Launches Digital to Analog Convertor for 3G Networks
Texas Instruments has introduced a 16-bit, dual channel, 800 MSPS digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The DAC5688 expands on TI's portfolio of full-featured DACs and represents a 67 percent space reduction over the previous generation. Offered in a 64-pin 9 mm x 9 mm QFN package, the DAC5688 features enhanced performance to support existing 3G applications, including WCDMA and China's 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, and emerging applications including WiMAX and LTE. For instance, for an output frequency of 70 MHz, the device achieves 81 dBC ACLR for a single-carrier WCDMA application. more
Motorola Invests in VirtualLogix
Motorola, through its strategic venture capital arm, has made an equity investment in VirtualLogix, a maker of virtualization software for communications devices and infrastructure equipment. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. more
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