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NXP and STMicroelectronics have agreed to combine key wireless operations to form a joint venture company with strong relationships with all major handset manufacturers. The combined venture will be created from successful businesses that together generated $3 B in revenue in 2007 and will own thousands of important communication...

At a ceremony in Beijing that was attended by the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, and the Swedish Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Ericsson signed GSM expansion framework agreements with China's two largest mobile operators, China Mobile and China Unicom , valued at about $1.3 B and $140 M, respectively. The...

The quality management system at BAE Systems , Hillend, Dunfermline, UK, has been accredited with Aerospace Standard AS9100 – the highest standard required by the aerospace and defense industry. The operations at Hillend currently provide electronic assemblies and circuits for leading defense programs. The approval follows a successful eight-day...

Vector Fields has published a video exploring the potential of a radical new type of tool for optimizing electromagnetic equipment designs. The video illustrates a process that makes auto optimization possible, and within practical timescales for almost any scale of problem, even if a user specifies several or even...

Aeroflex and Innowireless announced that they have entered into a technology partnership designed to accelerate the development of 3GPP LTE mobile devices for subscribers. The partnership will enable the two companies to combine their extensive engineering skills and resources to collaborate on the development of a new 3G LTE...

SiGe Semiconductor Inc. announced a new power amplifier designed to optimize performance of Wi-Fi systems including access points, personal computers and PC cards. The new SE2587L power amplifier is based on SiGe Semiconductor's proven high performance architecture, which delivers excellent linearity at industry leading transmit power levels of +19...

Cadence Design Systems Inc. , a leader in global electronic-design innovation, announced that Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDT), a leading provider of mixed signal semiconductor solutions that enable the digital media experience, was able to quickly deliver an IDT PanelPort™ device, an innovative DisplayPort-compatible digital display receiver and timing...

TECOM Industries Inc. announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, CA, to develop and qualify the next generation instrumentation antenna for a Navy missile. The conformal, dual-band antenna provides GPS and...

A timely and unique debate on the growing battle between two dominant global visions of Fourth Generation wireless technology – WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) – will be held next week at WCA 2008, the annual convention of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA). Following the record-breaking $19...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, congratulates Samsung on recently winning two prominent FEMTO cell awards. Jang Young Shil, presented by the Maeil Business Newspaper – the most influential economic daily in Korea, and the Korea Industrial Technology...