Intel and ST Announce Common Memory Subsystem for Mobiles
STMicroelectronics and Intel announced a common flash memory subsystem to lower development costs for handset OEMs and enable them to ...
Tag: Silicon
Agilent's Semiconductor Group Begins Operations as Avago
Agilent Technologies completed the divestiture of its Semiconductor Products business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Silver Lake ...
TI's OMAP2 Processor Accelerates H.264 and VC-1
Texas Instruments (TI) began sampling its new OMAP2-based processor for 3G mobile phones, boosting video performance by up to 4X ...
Tropian Secures Funding for Multimode Radio Silicon
Tropian, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, announced the completion of an additional financing round led by Crosspoint Ventures for ...
PMC-Sierra Adds Processors for Network Storage and Media Servers
PMC-Sierra announced the addition of network storage devices to its portfolio of Multi-Service Processor (MSP) solutions. The new MSP devices ...
Conexant Selected by LG for DVB-S2 Set-Top Box
LG Electronics has incorporated Conexant's satellite set-top box (STB) DVB-S2 demodulator and CX24118 advanced modulation 8PSK tuner in their new ...
Freescale Develops 24-Mbit Nanocrystal Memory in CMOS
In what it termed a major step toward replacing conventional floating gate-based flash memories, Freescale Semiconductor announced the first production ...
NEC Selects Ikanos for New VDSL Equipment
NEC Magnus Communications has selected Ikanos' Fx 100100 and Fx100100S-4 chipsets to deliver up to 100 Mbps symmetrical data services ...
QUALCOMM Announces Foundry Partnership with Samsung
QUALCOMM announced a new manufacturing partnership with Samsung Electronics focused on advanced CMOS-based foundry processes for CDMA. QUALCOMM and Samsung's ...
CopperGate Secures $14.5 Million for Home Networking Silicon (HPNA)
CopperGate Communications, a start-up based in Tel Aviv, raised approximately $14.5 million in a third round funding for its chipset ...
Infineon Enhances IMS Client for Mobile Phones
Infineon Technologies' Comneon subsidiary began shipping the second release of its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Client for mobile phones. The ...
Vitesse Passes 15 Million GigE PHY Port Shipments
Vitesse Semiconductor has shipped in excess of 15 million Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHY ports to the worldwide market. The company ...
Latest Atheros WiFi Chip Integrates Processor, MAC, Baseband, and Radio functions
Atheros Communications introduced its most integrated single-chip wireless LAN for access point and router products to date. The Atheros AR5007AP-G ...
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