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Chips and cars, and the keys to auto innovation – who’s driving who?

Semiconductor companies Analog Devices, Bosch and Infineon argued with automotive manufacturers Daimler and Audi this week at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, about who holds the keys, and who is taking the wheel, in the development of autonomous vehicles, and the disruption of...

Cisco starts certifying Wi-SUN industrial routers for smart grids, cities, factories

Cisco has started certifying a number of its industrial routers for smart grids, smart cities, and smart manufacturing under new Wi-SUN standards, as the San Jose based outfit throws its weight behind the Wi-SUN Alliance’s field area networks (FAN) certification programme. Wi-SUN, based on open...

IoTS World Congress keynotes include GE, Intel, Microsoft, MIT, Red Hat, Schneider and the World Economic Forum

The factory of the future, artificial intelligence and security in industrial cloud hosting among key IoTS World Congress topics The new edition of the Internet of Things Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) will gather once again the world’s leading industrial internet experts in Fira de Barcelona...

Bits and Bytes: Mobile shopping habits revealed; TCS, Mitek patents granted; and more

A new study found consumers are using mobile devices to expand their in-store shopping experience. The study was conducted by Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. company, and Demandware Inc. The survey of nearly 4,000 U.S. consumers found that 15% use their mobile device to...

Alliances: eNational chooses Mocapay solution; Firethorn collaborates with Discover; and more

Mocapay and eNational Payments formed a strategic partnership that calls for eNational Payments merchants and retailers to be able to use Mocapay's secure mobile payments solution and mobile marketing engine to reach customers in real time. eNational Payments provides financial services, including check warranty...

Smartphones a bright spot for chips: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G help in down year

No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot out the sun altogether. Handset sales, of course, drive chip sales, and most analysts have been revising their forecasts downward...

Moto’s global contraction matched by Chinese expansion: New study charts handset and chip markets for last two years

As Motorola Inc.'s growth sharply contracted between 2006 and 2007, four Chinese handset vendors were among the fastest growing in the business, although at markedly lower volumes.The finding is one of many disparate conclusions drawn in a new study from Forward Concepts that examined...

Analyst: Motorola snubbing Qualcomm on 3G

Motorola Inc. has shifted its 3G chip business away from Qualcomm Inc. in favor of Texas Instruments Inc. and Freescale Inc., according to analyst Mark McKechnie. "We believe Motorola's decision was purely business," McKechnie wrote in a note to investors yesterday. "Our checks reveal...

Analyst Angle: iPhone Impact

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...

WiMAX integrated circuit market moves to mobility

The WiMAX integrated circuit market has made a dramatic shift from fixed WiMAX to Mobile WiMAX during the past three quarters, according to In-Stat.The company said the WiMAX IC industry was focused on fixed 802.16d technology for the majority of 2005 and 2006, with...

Philips Semiconductor sold to private-equity firm: Repositions for future competition

Look out, Texas Instruments Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG. Your closest competitor in EDGE baseband chips and W-CDMA RF transceivers, respectively-Philips Semiconductor-has a new, ambitious owner anxious to position its acquisition to eat your lunch. Or at least grow Philips Semiconductor by feeding on...

Analog Devices bulks up for mobile TV with $127M Integrant buy

NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. plans to purchase privately held, South Korean-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move should bolster ADI's portfolio with Integrant's low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, according to the two companies. The acquisition is expected to increase ADI's revenue...

Intel speculation on mobile hits high note

In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel focus on core competencies, even if that's in cooling markets, or should it endure a slide in earnings and stock...

Analog Devices bulks up for mobile TV with $127M Integrant purchase

NORWOOD, Mass.—Analog Devices Inc. will purchase privately held, South Korea-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move will bolster ADI’s portfolio with Integrant’s low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, according to the two companies. The acquisition is expected to increase ADI’s revenue by...

Reports: Intel looking to ditch communications unit

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. is rumored to be exploring the sale of its communications chip business as it seeks to slim down its operations and focus on its leadership position in microprocessors for personal computers. Intel today said that it had announced in April...

Phone suppliers OK without 3G sales in India, China

The news that India's government plans to delay the launch of 3G services in that country is probably grabbing attention in the executive suites of the world's most ambitious handset vendors; India's market potential is enormous and among the fastest growing on the planet....

Texas Instruments leads 3G chip race, but market only on first lap

The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market. Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and others have vaulted into the space. Although...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

Following are changes in wireless company ratings reported by financial services and investment banking firms this week.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. remain on CreditWatch with positive implications based on operating and financial improvement.  Raymond James downgraded Crown...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

Following is a list of debt and financial ratings changes for wireless companies announced this week by financial firms.Merrill Lynch upgraded its view of the overall technology market from underweight to market weight, saying the firm's recent changes on the Internet and wireless sectors...

Analog Devices teams with Datang on TD-SCDMA reference design

NORWOOD, Mass.-Chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. announced a teaming with Chinese vendor Datang Mobile to offer a phone reference design for the TD-SCDMA wireless standard. The move furthers the possibility the technology will see the light of day in China."We believe our reference design answers...

Memory chip companies enjoy strong 2004 revenue growth

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-The memory business did not fail chip companies last year, according to an annual semiconductor ranking from iSuppli Corp. The ranking showed that memory chip companies outperformed companies that concentrated on other products, said iSuppli.The sales revenue of companies such as Samsung...

Convergence-back with a vengeance

More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that allows them to talk to other people-and nothing more. The wireless industry, however, is spending billions of hours and dollars...

As VoIP evolves, MOP lurks in the shadows

For all the play Voice over Internet Protocol snags in the wireless arena, a new and broader technology is lurking to gulp it up. Media over packet technology, as it is called, will also threaten to make multimedia messaging services obsolete. But its arrival...

Chip industry humming along

Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.'s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against overheating with inventory overload.Chipmakers that supply Cisco products suffered slides in their stock prices when Cisco announced double-digit profits that...