Semiconductor

NEW YORK-Dallas-based Texas Instruments has begun making samples of its new Bluetooth chipset available and will begin shipping them by year-end, Christian Dupont, general manager of the short-distance wireless unit, said. Developed by Butterfly VLSI Ltd., an Israeli company TI …

BEIJING-The Tianjin, China, municipal government announced approval of Motorola Inc.’s planned $1.9 billion investment for semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications facilities in China. Motorola said the investment will be focused on two sites-the Motorola Tianjin Integrated Semiconductor Manufacturing Complex and the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Parthus Technologies plc, a semiconductor developer, launched NavStream, a global positioning system platform for Internet-enabled mobile devices, the company announced. Parthus said NavStream is capable of location accuracy of less than five meters in about 10 seconds, anywhere …

IRVINE, Calif.-Intersil Corp., a semiconductor supplier, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire SiCom Inc. for 3.7 million shares of class A common stock. SiCom manufactures broadband modem silicon application specific standard parts and board level products for …

NEW YORK-Venture-capital investments in American telecommunications and wireless companies during the first six months of this year have surpassed the total invested in this sector during all of 1998 and 1999 combined. During the second quarter of 2000, venture-capital funding …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. finalized its acquisition of analog semiconductor developer Burr-Brown Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction. TI will issue 1.3 shares of its common stock for each outstanding share of Burr-Brown common stock. TI said it expects to issue approximately …

Pathnet Pathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and independent telephone companies into the Pathnet network in under-served regions …

Analog Devices Analog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said …

TOKYO-Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. and ST Assembly Test Services developed an RF chip package and production test solution with Bluetooth specifications for the wireless market. “This Bluetooth device uses the [complementary metal oxide semiconductor radio frequency] process, which can …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Allgon Mobile Communications and Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector signed a letter of intent to cooperate in the development of antenna systems for third-generation wireless multimedia terminals. Allgon’s Digitally Controlled Antenna concept will use RF MEMS technology from Motorola, …

SAN DIEGO – Meltronix Inc., a semiconductor interconnect company serving wireless Internet, broadband communications and Internet equipment markets, launched a Bluetooth wireless technology business development program to target relationships with Bluetooth industry consortium companies. “With our success in expanding our …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $700 million during the next five years to jointly develop manufacturing technologies for future generations of integrated circuits targeted at high-growth communications markets. As part of the joint …

PHOENIX-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector and Atmel Corp. have agreed to provide a reliable supply of radio-frequency Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor technology for wireless applications. The licensing agreement calls for Motorola to share its BiCMOS technology with Atmel, enabling …

NEW YORK-Amid the clutter of conflicting and shifting capital market indicators, the outlook for companies in any sector related to wireless telecommunications nevertheless appears positive. The daily whipsawing of the Nasdaq, where the stocks of many high technology companies trade, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide semiconductor sales reached a record high of $16.6 billion in June, a 48-percent increase from the $11.2 billion in sales for June 1999, and a 5.2-percent increase over May 2000 numbers, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, a new PCIA division designed to provide consumer and market …

SAN DIEGO-Intellectual property provider ARM and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaboration to integrate PacketVideo’s wireless video decode software with ARM’s microprocessor core in an attempt to help accelerate the deployment of wireless multi-media services and applications. “The two companies are …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for …

Motorola Inc. posted net income of $515 million on sales of $9.25 billion in the second quarter, up from $269 million on $7.59 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share rose by 10 cents, to 23 cents, compared with the …

TORONTO-Embedded Linux system software developer Lineo Inc. said it will combine its Embedix Linux software with Hitachi Semiconductor Inc.’s SuperH RISC processor, enabling manufacturers to develop devices and technologies for wireless handhelds and car information systems. Lineo and Hitachi said …

NEW ORLEANS-A sense of urgency surrounded attendees of the Wireless Communications Association’s “Xtreme Wireless” conference in New Orleans last week as it became clear the marketplace is ready-but still waiting-for high-speed fixed wireless broadband service. Keynote speaker and Sprint Corp.’s …

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, focusing on the company’s regional expansion program. Ehrlich also will …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached a record high of $15.2 billion in April, increasing 35.6 percent from the $11.2 billion reported for the same time last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association said. “Coupled with strong PC sales, industry …

When most people in the United States hear the name “Hyundai,” they think of a car. But the reach of the Hyundai organization is extensive, and for the past six months, its electronics subsidiary has been readying itself to become …

Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution. For 10 years, Seagull has offered Web-to-Host and Windows-to-Host solutions, basically …