Semiconductor

OTTAWA-SiGe Semiconductor said it has introduced a pair of power amplifiers for IS-95 and cdma2000 1x handsets in the 824 through 849 MHz hand. “Handset designers can now achieve the required performance at a fraction of the cost of most …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to spend $500 million to upgrade its dynamic random access memory chip plant in Texas. The company still leads in memory chips with Micron Technology and Hynix Semiconductor Inc still struggling.

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Integrated wireless semiconductor provider Bermai Inc. announced that George Palmer has joined the company as vice president of operations and manufacturing where he will oversee the company’s operating locations in the United States and Asia and manage relationships …

CHICAGO, Ill.-RF Micro Devices Inc. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $138.3 million, or 7 cents a share, in contrast to a net profit of $2.8 million, or 22 cents a share in the same quarter last year. The …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. slightly lowered its mobile phone sales forecast for the coming year, but reported revenues on track for a recovery in its business. Motorola Inc. reported sales of $6 billion for its first quarter and net earnings of …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Bluetooth semiconductor supplier Cambridge Silicon Radio said it’s providing its customers with an extended version of its BlueCore Host Software that includes the source code for all layers down to the host controller interface. CSR said access to the …

DALLAS, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. said it earned $117 million in the first quarter in contrast with a $38-million loss in the year-ago period, signaling an uptake in its semiconductor business. The company earned seven cents a share in the quarter …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who late last month led the charge for the military to deploy CDMA technology in post-war Iraq, on Wednesday seemed to step back from his CDMA-only position when he urged the Semiconductor Industry Association to ask …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. presented Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company with a design for excellence award for contributions in new process development, manufacturing technology and engineering support for the calendar year. “This marks the third year in a row that QCT …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In a stock transaction of undisclosed value, Chrontel Inc., producer of video interface technology, has acquired Wireless Interface Technologies, which has developed radio-frequency transceivers using low-cost Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor manufacturing processes. These are critical to a variety …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wintegra Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, has closed its third round of venture financing, raising $13 million from existing investors, including Texas Instruments and China Development Industrial Bank and an undisclosed new participant it described as a privately held …

CROLLES, France-Three semiconductor companies STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola Inc. opened a research and development center to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to 32 nanometer processes over the next five years. The center, known as Crolles2 Alliance facility, will …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -National Semiconductor Corp. said it will cut 500 jobs from the company’s worldwide 10,000 workforce as part of its plan to save cost and reach profitability. “The company will realign some manufacturing, product development and support personnel …

CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as a former semiconductor partner. The Swedish vendor signed a contract …

SAN JOSE-The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization said 2002 shipments of digital signal processors reached its highest monthly figure in two years with a net revenue growth of 14.1 percent to $4.85 billion. “TI continues to be the dominant company …

PARAMUS, N.J.-Penton Media Inc. said Intel Corp.’s Gadi Singer and Philips Electronics’ Paul Marino will give the keynote addresses at the 2003 Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo later this month in San Jose, Calif. Singer is vice president of …

SAN DIEGO-Ethertronics is entering the Chinese market via a sales agreement with King Horn Enterprise, a semiconductor ASIC distributor with offices in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, through which King Horn will market Ethertronics’ TrueWave internal antenna family in China …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has thrown its support behind the OMAPI standard initiative announced by STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments last December to boost open standards for 2.5-generation and third-generation mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other portable and multimedia products. “By …

RA’ANANA, Israel-Emblaze Semiconductor and RFWaves said they have entered into a collaboration to develop advanced wireless multimedia application platforms. The two entities debuted a mobile digital wireless video baby monitor at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month.

BOSTON-SiGe Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement with IBM under which it will be granted assignments and licenses to intellectual property associated with IBM power amplifier products. Separately, SiGe will also acquire certain design and test equipment from IBM …

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to $1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The claim contradicts some signals that a rebound is in the offing. On a cheerful …

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to US$1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The claim contradicts some signals that a rebound is in the offing. On a cheerful …

TOKYO-Sales of Japanese chips may rise to 17.3 percent from April 2002 to April ’03 $9.06 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan. “Orders are showing that with the rapid development of China, the semiconductor equipment industry can …

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced an upbeat fourth-quarter result with a net income of $1 billion, or 16 cents per share, beating an optimistic market forecast. Last year the company posted $504 million or 7 cents per share net income. Its …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with SpaceBridge Semiconductor to develop a family of broadband wireless modem chips and two-way set top box solutions. “The jointly-developed technology will allow providers to rapidly deploy high capacity broadband set-top …