A pick of the main stories crossing the ElectronicsWeekly.com News Index, from Freescale naming Intersil's Beyer as its CEO, and Qimonda getting government support for its German DRAM fab, to Femtocell firms jockeying for position at the Mobile World Congress, where TI prototypes Android-based handsets...
Friday 15 February 2008
Freescale names Intersil's Beyer as CEO in analogue push
Freescale Semiconductor has named its new chairman and CEO, Intersil's Rich Beyer, in an apparent move to regain profitability through the analogue segment.
Future adds to European business with French acquisition
Future Electronics has acquired French component distributor PN Electronics (PNE).
Thursday 14 February 2008
Qimonda gets government support for German DRAM fab
Qimonda, Infineon’s DRAM subsidiary, is to get E165m of regional aid from the State of Saxony to upgrade its existing DRAM plant there and build a new one.
Renesas, Sharp, Powerchip team for LCD drivers
Renesas Technology, Sharp, and Powerchip Semiconductor are teaming for a joint venture focused on drivers and controllers for small- and mid-size LCDs.
Samsung takes Tensilica licence for digital audio
Samsung Electronics has signed a multi-year licence for Tensilica’s Diamond Standard 330HiFi audio digital signal processor (DSP).
E2v redesigns Freescale MRAM for the military
E2v has introduced a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), which is an extended-reliability version of the MR2A16A from Freescale Semiconductor.
Wednesday 13 February 2008
Cambridge firm aims to upgrade mobile clocks
Cambridge-based OptiSynx is looking for funding to take its frequency reference, which replaces atomic clocks in basestations, into production.
Scottish battery controller firm Xipower wins first deal
Stirling-based battery controller start-up Xipower has signed the first deal it can talk about. "This is one of the first sales of our technology," CEO Gary Macdonald told Electronics Weekly.
Tuesday 12 February 2008
Femtocell firms jockey for position at Mobile World Congress
The battle for the femtocell market is starting in earnest at the world's largest mobile phone show in Barcelona this week.
Scottish firm Design LED begins lighting technology manufacturing
Design LED is expecting volume manufacture of products that include the firm’s LED printed light guide technology to begin this year.
Monday 11 February 2008
TI prototypes an Android handset
Texas Instruments is using the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to showcase a prototype handset based on the Android mobile platform, the Google-backed initiative that is based on Mobile Linux.
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