Semiconductor

SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. received $35 million in its second round of financing, which was led by Shelter Capital Partners L.L.C. and Baker Capital Corp. “We are extremely excited about Zucotto’s prospects as the industry leader in semiconductor Java and …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. completed the sale of its UltraRF semiconductors division to Cree Inc. for about $30 million and 1.8 million shares of Cree stock. The transaction calls for Cree to supply radio-frequency power semiconductors to Spectrian for two years. …

Worldwide silicon chip sales for 2000 likely will top $200 billion for the first time, the Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, Calif., projected last week. “The chip industry remains on track to achieve sales of $205 billion in 2000,” said …

While the number of products incorporating Bluetooth technology was slim this past holiday season, the number of companies interested in producing Bluetooth chipsets is bountiful. Of the 82 exhibitors at the recent Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., a …

Multiplier Industries Multiplier Industries Corp. released its new line of rechargeable replacement batteries for Motorola radios. The line, which features polycarbonate plastic material with greater impact strength, includes the 1,400 mAh capacity M9012; the 1,700 mAh capacity M9012C; the 1,600 …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Just a week after rival L.M. Ericsson introduced its first i-mode phone for the Japanese market, Motorola Inc. laid out plans to get in to the i-mode game as well by licensing compact HTML browsing technology from Access Co. …

The year is ending on a bleak note for Motorola Inc. after it cut its fourth-quarter sales and earnings expectations, causing its stock to hit a new 52-week low and sending a tremor throughout the market to other telecom and …

After months of struggling financially and falling behind technologically, Motorola Inc. stands to make its mark as the first handset manufacturer to provide Java-enabled mobile phones. The company entered an agreement with Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Lutris Technologies Corp. to bundle …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. announced it will sell its UltraRF semiconductor division to Cree Inc. The deal calls for Cree to purchase UltraRF for about 908,000 shares of its common stock and $30 million in cash. The transaction is expected to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless networking provider Radiata Inc. and ShareWave Inc., a provider of semiconductor technology for multimedia-capable wireless home networks, formalized a partnership to provide a commercially available 802.11a wireless networking solution expected to support the full spectrum of the …

In a move that the company said would strengthen its New World strategy and its ability to deliver next-generation wireless networks using the IEEE 802.11a standard, Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to purchase Radiata Inc., a supplier of chipsets for high-speed …

NEW YORK-Tokyo-based NEC Corp. has ambitious expansion plans for its wireless handsets and infrastructure business, but the plans do not target North America, said Koji Nishigaki, president. In Asia, the company sees a big opportunity to supply third-generation mobile networks …

NEW YORK-Transmeta Corp. and its Crusoe line of processors received enthusiastic applause from investors as the San Francisco company went public Nov. 7. The 13 million share initial public offering, lead managed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, priced at $21 …

NEW YORK-The 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio-frequency band is getting a bit crowded these days, with cordless phones, microwave ovens and the new guest, Bluetooth, all tapping into it. By contrast, the 5 GHz band is wide open territory. The HiperLAN2 …

NEW TRIPOLI, Pa.-Revenues for semiconductor processing equipment will rise 76 percent this year and another 46 percent next year, according to a new report. The report, published by market research company The Information Network, is titled “The Global Market for …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Five Motorola Inc. employees and one executive from Cellport Systems Inc. in Boulder, Colo., were killed in the crash of Singapore Airlines’ flight SQ006 in Taipei, Taiwan, last week. Neo Lee Keow, Jasmine Lim Lay Har and Tan Yip …

BEIJING-Amiosonic’s new range of GSM mobile phones will be able to interoperate with Lucent Technologies Inc.’s GSM network infrastructure under a deal announced by the two companies. Mobile operators in China will now have an end-to-end solution starting next year, …

SINGAPORE-The once sleepy telecommunications market in technology-centric Taiwan is finally stirring from its slumber. Having taken a back seat to the country’s more well-known semiconductor industry until now, Taiwan’s mobile-phone industry has now become one of the fastest-growing sectors in …

TOKYO-Japanese vendors are in the final stages of developing third-generation (3G) terminals. Japanese 3G services are scheduled to be launched earlier than any other country in May 2001 by NTT DoCoMo, followed by J-Phone, the mobile business of Japan Telecom …

NEW YORK-The $41.6 billion bid by Deutsche Telekom AG for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was the largest merger announced last quarter and the second-largest during the first nine months of this year, Mergerstat L.P., Los Angeles, reported. The semiconductor sector, with …

Motorola Inc. stunned investors and analysts last week, lowering its fourth-quarter and 2001 earnings estimates despite reporting third-quarter earnings that mostly fell in line with expectations. Upon release of the poor financial outlook on Wednesday, the company’s stock tumbled nearly …

Sygate Technologies Internet security and access management solutions provider Sygate Technologies Inc. introduced its OneNIC Internet Sharing Solution through the release of the newest version of its flagship software product, Sygate Home Network 4.0 Internet access sharing software. Sygate said …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999. Those early predictions seemed believable at …

MUNICH, Germany-U.S. chip manufacturer Amtel Corp. plans to take over Siemens AG’s North Tyneside semiconductor factory in northeastern England, with plans to supply Siemens with specific semiconductor products and help secure future availability of flash memory chips. Siemens opened the …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium III processor at speeds up to 650 MHz. Amrel said …