Semiconductor

With each side of the ultra-wideband technology conflict ratcheting up rhetoric and maneuvers, the turf of war is sizzling with less love and more politics. With another voting session looming next week in Berlin, both the direct-sequence companies and their …

Intel Corp’s shares fell on the news that its third-quarter revenue will come short of its forecast, casting a blight of doubt on the semiconductor space that witnessed a burst of growth and enthusiasm during the past year. The company …

No company is an island. With three major acquisitions last week, Cisco Systems Inc., ARM Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Co. have demonstrated that many firms are involved in the mobile world. The trend is not restricted to the smaller firms …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said it has signed deals to supply chips to Siemens AG and Ningbo Bird Co Ltd., showing it can fend for itself after cutting the cord from parent Motorola Inc. The company also announced its i.250 …

ARM Holdings plc said it has agreed to acquire system-on-chip company Artisan Components Inc. for about $913 million based on Artisan’s stock value of $33.89 as of Aug. 20. The transaction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2004, …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak will acquire the imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which develops and manufactures metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices. The acquisition aims to boost Kodak’s development of sensors used in mobile-phone cameras, digital cameras and other gadgets. …

Fitch Ratings said it has upgraded Motorola from stable to positive, reflecting the company’s improvement in credit protection measures, balance sheet and cash flow. The debt ratings agency also said the company’s former company, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., will help strengthen …

A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week that is backed by a group of top wireless players. …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said five of its semiconductor components have been incorporated into Samsung’s new VM-A680 mobile phone. The Samsung VM-A680 mobile phone operates in the PCS and 800 MHz frequency bands. It features a clamshell design and …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans to retire up to $1.7 billion of outstanding debt. Analysts expect the company to roll out …

In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans to retire up to $1.7 billion of outstanding debt. Analysts expect the company to roll out a …

Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided with a software glitch in several of its Nextel Communications Inc. A-GPS-enabled phones. The company’s second-quarter …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. unveiled a second-quarter profit that tripled last year’s figures, owing to strong demand for wireless handsets and its semiconductor products. TI roared to a $441 million, or 25 cents a share, profit as against $121 million, or …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s second-quarter 2004 earnings reflected strong year-over-year growth with the exception of a hefty net loss due to the spin-off of its semiconductor business. The company reported sales of $8.7 billion for the second quarter of 2004, up …

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference last week. This time, however, it had an unexpected twist. In a vote tally often won by MBOA, …

The standards deadlock over ultra-wideband technology between the Multiband OFDM Alliance and the Direct Sequence UWB Forum continued at the IEEE conference this week. This time, however, it had an unexpected twist. In the vote tally often won by MBOA, …

AUSTIN, TEXAS-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and parent company Motorola Inc. Friday announced the initial public offering of 121,621,622 shares of Freescale Semiconductor Class A common stock at a price of $13 per share, for a total offering of $1.58 billion. Freescale …

OTTAWA-Zarlink Semiconductor said it is researching an in-body antenna design for “Body Area Networks” as part of the Healthy Aims’ European Union Framework VI project. Body Area Networks enable wireless communication from implanted medical devices to a base station up …

WASHINGTON-The high-tech industry applauded the resolution of a trade dispute between the United States and China over the latter’s semiconductor tax. “As the world’s two largest markets for telecommunications equipment and services, it is important that industry and government from …

WASHINGTON-The high-tech industry applauded the resolution of a trade dispute between the United States and China over the latter’s semiconductor tax. “As the world’s two largest markets for telecommunications equipment and services, it is important that industry and government from …

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IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Zyray Wireless Inc. Zyray makes a semiconductor product called Spinnerchip for the baseband of third-generation mobile phones. “Pairing the Spinnerchip technology with Broadcom’s single-chip EDGE/GPRS/GSM and GPRS/GSM baseband processors …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Two reports confirm the growing optimism about the semiconductor market. Research Group Gartner said general global chip sales will grow 25 percent this years and 15 percent in 2005. In another study, IDC said it anticipates base station …

WOBURN, Mass.-Wireless semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions Inc. said licensing rights for its patented Selectable Mode Vocoder technology are immediately available to be incorporated into CDMA mobile handset applications. SMV is capable of increasing subscriber capacity by up to 75 percent, …

For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword. Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to cut both ways as Qualcomm is now in the midst …