Semiconductor

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. has put its money where its mouth is to support Internet content providers, whose creativity and innovation it sees as critical for sustaining and expanding the wireless telecommunications revolution. “That is why [the company] is investing …

Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II …

While market research firm Dataquest has diminished its previous 1998 forecast for the semiconductor industry by $15 billion in light of the Asian financial crisis, Harris Semiconductor has experienced a positive second quarter, formed two new business units and introduced …

oseph B. Cahill Crain’s Chicago Business CHICAGO-As economies from South Korea to Indonesia convulse, China has become the last line of defense in Asia for Motorola Inc. The importance of China to the Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer of semiconductors and wireless …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Harris Semiconductor announced earlier this month its new 800 MHz Interim Standard-95A chips for cellular handsets. With these new products, the company now has two chips for Qualcomm Inc.-based cellular applications, together with a dual-mode chipset for DSP Communications. …

IBM Microelectronics Division and CommQuest Technologies Inc. last week announced a merger agreement, giving IBM an entrance into the wireless industry with CommQuest’s experience in semiconductors for wireless applications. The arrangement is valued at $180 million, which IBM said will …

Motorola Inc. announced that it will use and distribute the full family of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java platform technologies, according to a licensing agreement the two entered. Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will incorporate the Java technology into …

Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its aggressive strategy to grab a 40-percent share of the U.S. …

MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic Corp. announced the availability of what it calls the industry’s first programmable single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution. The GSM baseband processor architecture contains the baseband processing logic required for GSM 900 mobile terminal and …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co. increased its production capacity with the purchase of Samsung Microwave Semiconductor Inc., the company said. Watkins historically produced semiconductor devices primarily for its own use, but began offering its products to external customers last year. The …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service placed the ratings of the Republic of Korea and the publicly held foreign currency debt of its major companies under review for possible downgrade. Telecommunications carriers and electronics component and equipment manufacturers account for four of …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., reported higher sales and earnings for the fourth quarter of 1997 and for all of last year, but slightly below analysts’ expectations due to the unsettled condition of its Asian markets. Christopher Galvin, chief executive …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-In-Stat, a market research company serving the semiconductor and communications market, predicts that revenues from paging integrated circuits will peak at $511.3 million in 2000 and begin falling annually in 2001. The firm’s recent report, “Paging IC Market Analysis,” …

NEW YORK-Twenty years ago, her parents-both civil servants-gave Rosanne M. Cahn, chief economist of equities for Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, a cartoon she said aptly describes her profession. It reads: “What we did is plug in all the …

Astronet Corp. announced the promotions and additions of several employees. Dave Segbers was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing, from director of the same division. Max Ohyama was hired as his assistant vice president. Randy Terman was promoted …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. confirmed Monday its speculative grade ratings, all in the `B’ range, on $1.4 billion of debt and preferred stock either outstanding or pending issue by Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass. The ratings confirmation, albeit …

Motorola Inc. last week released its third quarter financial results, which detailed the lower-than-expected performance of the company that was forecast in December. Earnings per share, previously expected to be 60 cents, instead totaled 44 cents per share, or $266 …

Southern California’s emergence as a burgeoning wireless hub was reinforced when yet another new telecom company, Kokusai Communications Systems Inc., opened its world headquarters last month in San Diego. Kokusai Communications is the newest subsidiary of Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd., …

After three years in Motorola Inc.’s Information Systems Group and 23 years with the company, Frank Lloyd has returned to paging, his mind set on growing international markets and advancing voice paging and two-way messaging. Lloyd is senior vice president …

An executive shuffle is taking place at Motorola Inc. In the company’s annual report for 1996, Hector Ruiz is titled executive vice president of Motorola Inc., and president of the Semiconductor Products Sector, located in Mesa, Ariz. Ruiz currently is …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported first-quarter earnings of $325 million, a level below the same quarter a year ago but ahead of analysts estimates. The announcement was made public April 7 just before the close of trading on the New York …

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Contactless smart cards are becoming hot business. Motorola Inc. announced last month its plans to be a leader in the business of contactless smart cards. Meanwhile, the France-based Gemplus Group claims to have already achieved “world leadership in the area …

BERKELY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group announced it will provide semiconductor chips for several Motorola Inc. two-way messaging units, in development. The chip’s marked features include low-power consumption and the integration of more functionality, said Lucent. The new mixed …

After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has created a new business unit to take advantage of the enormous potential it sees for …