Semiconductor

Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family. Zander, who is at private equity company Silver …

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week. Looking forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The overall market for GaAs and silicon-based power semiconductors will remain relatively flat during the next five years, hovering around the $2 billion mark, according to market research firm ABI. ABI expects the market to rise at just …

Even while two major third-generation protocols, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA, snap up the spotlight in China, the nation’s homegrown technology will not eat humble pie. The protocol was upgraded into an alliance last October, and the group announced that it will …

Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies. In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with …

Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group’s meeting, which ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months …

TEMPE, Ariz.-The market for digital signal processors is enjoying a continuing boost, according to a bulletin from electronics market research firm Forward Concepts. Citing figures from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, it describes DSP as a clear winner over “monolithic …

Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking …

Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with the Semiconductor International Corporation in China. Under the deal, Motorola will transfer its MOS-17 wafer fabrication facility in Tianjin to SMIC in exchange for SMIC shares. SMIC will build out …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible. Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has extended its deal with ARM Ltd. to license the ARM1136J core and the ARM1136JF core for smart phones and personal digital assistants. The ARM products “feature a combination of high performance, low power, small …

NEW YORK-Chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said it has added 145 software engineers from former parent company Siemens AG. The newly redeployed engineers will be posted to its software development firm Comneon GmbH & Co. “This transaction takes us another huge …

OTTAWA-Atsana Semiconductor Corp said it has unveiled its platform kit for makers of mobile phones and personal digital assistants. The product, known as the J2210 Mobile Evaluation Platform, “enables developers to quickly evaluate and implement support for MPEG-4/H.263 video encode, …

Having cast his shadow over the company for more than half a decade, the resignation of Christopher Galvin as chief executive officer of Motorola Inc. has foisted on the company the challenge of which path to follow next. The appointment …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it is offering sensors that interoperate with the ZigBee protocol in environments as diverse as a factory floor to a game console in the family room. “Wireless sensor networks should obtain real-time data on systems or …

Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. announced an innovative plan to sell low-end mobile phones in Europe, a move that further expands the mobile-phone market to include telecommunications providers. Further, the company said it plans to introduce a tri-band phone that will …

Communications company Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. announced an innovative plan to sell low-end mobile phones in Europe, a move that further expands the mobile-phone market to include telecommunications providers. Primus is a global telecommunications company offering bundled voice, data, Internet, …

On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry’s only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter forecast. The semiconductor bellwether said it revised its earnings per …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments took some zip out of semiconductor optimism when it narrowed its quarterly forecast. The chip bellwether said it expects third-quarter earnings of between 20 cents and 23 cents per share as against its July prediction of between 19 …

RA’ANANA, Israel-Emblaze Semiconductor said it has launched its latest multimedia system-on-a-chip product known as RE4525 for cell phones, personal digital assistants and other devices. “The ER4525’s enhanced multimedia capabilities include MPEG-4 video capture and playback at CIF resolution, JVT video …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to profitability. “It was a tough day,” said Amy Halm, spokesperson for Motorola, explaining that the layoffs …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Amalfi Semiconductor announced it has secured $12 million in Series A financing, which it will use to develop and market a new generation of RF IC solutions. “Amalfi’s products will address large existing markets, with solutions that provide …

NEW YORK-Shares of semiconductor giant Texas Instruments were up Thursday morning following SoundView Technology Group’s ratings upgrade to “outperform” from “neutral.” The company was trading at $19.90 per share after closing Wednesday at $19.32.

One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor. With a myriad of technologies in the market, vendors and …