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Monday 30 August 2010
Intel to buy Infineon wireless unit for US$1.4 billion
Infineon Technologies and Intel on August 30 jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon's Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel...
Monday 16 August 2010
MediaTek denies buying AST Wireless
MediaTek has denied a recent Chinese-language Apple Daily report that the company has acquired AST Wireless, a China-based developer of TD-SCDMA modem chips, for US$20 million,...
Friday 13 August 2010
iPad-type devices open new opportunities for wireless chip suppliers, says iSuppli
Booming sales of emerging wirelessly enabled consumer devices will generate new growth opportunities for semiconductor suppliers, spurring soaring shipments of embedded wireless wide...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Infineon CFO departs, after company confirms talks over wireless chip unit
Marco Schroter has left his post as CFO and labor director of Infineon Technologies, effective immediately, according to Infineon. His departure "was caused by differences in...
Thursday 22 July 2010
Ralink ships 21 million wireless networking chips in 2Q10, says paper
WLAN chipmaker Ralink Technology shipped 21 million networking chips in the second quarter of 2010 with 802.11n chips accounting for over 80% of the total shipments, the Chinese-language...
Thursday 1 July 2010
VPEC reportedly lands orders from Skyworks; to see July revenues hit record
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) will likely see July 2010 revenues score the company's monthly high, and revenues for the third quarter of 2010 grow over 15% sequentially,...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Wireless charging market set to expand by factor of 65 by 2014, iSuppli says
With a flood of electronic products with wireless charging capability arriving on the market in the coming years, global shipments of such solutions will soar to 234.9 million units...
Friday 11 June 2010
Atheros aims to make strong presence in Ethernet and business-grade WLAN networking markets
Jason Zheng, vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific at Atheros Communications, has outlined the company's roadmap pertaining to WLAN networking, Ethernet, GPS, and PLC...
Monday 7 June 2010
MediaTek Wireless settles patent dispute with UK Telecom
MediaTek Wireless, a subsidiary of MediaTek, has signed an agreement with UK Telecom ending a patent lawsuit that the UK carrier filed against MediaTek Wireless in November 2009,...
Friday 4 June 2010
Broadcom to launch Maestro wireless connect middleware
Broadcom plans to launch its in-house developed wireless connect middleware, the Maestro, for design-in by terminal-end and peripheral device makers as well as by other chipset vendors...
Friday 4 June 2010
Broadcom talks about growing opportunities in wireless
Michael Hurlston, senior vice president and general manager for the Home and Wireless Networking Business Unit at chip specialist Broadcom recently sat down with Digitimes to share...
Thursday 3 June 2010
Computex 2010: AzureWave exhibits latest mobile Internet, wireless entertainment solutions
With the demand for and ubiquity of notebook computers and smartphones, wireless transmission capabilities have become standard equipment on mobile devices, and consumers are now...
Thursday 3 June 2010
Computex 2010: Broadcom, Atheros, Ralink and Realtek showcasing latest 802.11n wireless solutions for Internet TVs and STBs
Broadcom and Atheros Communications as well as Taiwan-based WLAN chipmakers Ralink Technology and Realtek Semiconductor all are showcasing their latest 802.11n wireless solutions...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Spansion emerges from bankruptcy
Flash memory solutions provider Spansion on May 10 announced it has emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. During the reorganization, Spansion focused its business on serving embedded...
Friday 23 April 2010
Amigo looking to create a win-win situation with clients
In a wireless market filled with numerous products and players, Taiwan-based network device maker Amigo Technology has been able to successfully establish its products and solutions,...