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Articles tagged with: Texas and Semiconductor
Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson Shine, Even as Wireless Chip Market Tanks
How bad was the fourth quarter of 2008 for the global wireless communications semiconductor industry? So bad that the accumulated 10 percent revenue growth during the first three quarters of 2008 was wiped out by a 23.3 percent decline during the last three months of the year, causing annual growth for wireless semiconductors to go flat with a marginal 0.7 percent increase. more
Related Tags: isuppli, qualcomm, st-ericsson, hspa, ericsson, wcdma, semiconductors, memory
Strong Consumer Interest in Wireless Power Charging
Citing research from sources including Ipsos Vantis, AcuPOLL, and Frost & Sullivan, the Wireless Power Consortium says there is a strong demand for its wireless power charging systems. However, it should be noted that much of the mobile industry had already agreed to standardise on a micro-USB charger for all future phones. more
Related Tags: frost-&-sullivan, wireless-power-consortium, micro-usb, ovi, iden, driving, tim, lte, rsa, texas-instruments
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, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek
Nokia Deal to Boost Qualcomm's Dominance in Mobile Handset Baseband Chips?
Due to its recent agreement with Nokia, Qualcomm is likely to solidify its lead in the global market for mobile-handset baseband semiconductors, according to iSuppli Corp. Based on iSuppli's preliminary estimate, Qualcomm in the fourth quarter accounted for 40.6 percent of worldwide revenue from shipments of mobile handset baseband semiconductors, up from 36.3 percent in the third quarter. more
Related Tags: broadcom, 3g, nokia, sim, texas-instruments, intel, qualcomm, isuppli, ict, rcom, mts, ericsson, mobile-broadband, stmicroelectronics, semiconductors, partner, chipsets, umts, 4g
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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Texas Instruments and Fulton Innovation focus on wireless power
texas Instruments (TI) says that it is working with Fulton Innovation to accelerate development of efficient wireless power solutions that can charge portable devices without traditional power cords. TI semiconductor technologies can help minimize cost, board space, and accelerate time to market of Fulton's eCoupled technology-based power delivery and charging systems in low-, medium- and high-power applications ranging from cell phones to notebook computers to power tools and other rechargeable applications. more
Related Tags: texas-instruments, rsa, battery, mp3, notebook
Texas Instruments' In-Line Outlook Boosts Shares
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- With all the uncertainty faced by chip companies and the broader tech sector, texas Instruments has surprised analysts by affirming its outlook, especially after a market share warning from its top customer, Nokia Corp. more
Related Tags: texas-instruments, cisco, citigroup, analog
Chip Stocks Rallying In August, But September Looms
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- During the normally listless dog days of August, chip stocks have staged a rally, but some caution it could be short-lived. more
Related Tags: sandisk, broadcom, texas-instruments, intel, cisco, memory, micron-technology, USA
Nine New Members for the Symbian Foundation
Following Nokia's proposal to buy out its fellow shareholders in the Symbian mobile OS company and release it as an open source platform - the company has now announced that nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, texas-instruments, samsung, docomo, lg, sony, symbian, open-source, symbian-foundation
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, france-telecom, nxp, mobile-linux, limo-foundation, linux, chipset