Semiconductors / Integrated Circuits

RFMD Announces 4G LTE Engagements

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, announced the company is engaged with two leading handset manufacturers and two leading baseband manufacturers in the development of fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution, or LTE, mobile broadband handsets. Specifically, RFMD is...
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Abilis Acquires Two Product Lines from Freescale

Abilis Systems , a Kudelski Group company, and a pioneer RF semiconductor company, announces the acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor CMOS Modulators and Silicon Tuner product lines. The acquisition of these assets will allow Abilis to expand its broad portfolio of leading, silicon-based digital TV (DTV) and tuner solutions and...
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Analog Clocking ICs Replace Expensive, High Frequency VCOs

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leader in high performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, expanded its clock-product portfolio with the launch of the AD9552 oscillator frequency upconverter and the AD9547 clock synchronizer. Both products streamline system designs and reduce implementation complexity and cost while improving jitter performance. The AD9552 replaces...
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Microwave IC Design Workshop at IEEE SoC Conference

Liam Devlin, Drector of RF integration at Plextek , the electronics and communications design consultancy based in Cambridge, UK, will be hosting a workshop at the 22 nd IEEE System on Chip Conference, 9 to 11 September, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The workshop, which takes place on the Thursday,...
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RFaxis Chosen for ZigBee, WLAN Design Wins

Wireless RF semiconductor company RFaxis announced that it has scored design wins with Taiwan-based CeraMicro Technology Corp. RFaxis’ industry-first RFeICs (RF Front-end Integrated Circuits) will be used in CeraMicro’s System-in-Package (SiP) solutions for Zigbee and WLAN. RFaxis' single-chip, single-die, RFeICs are poised to replace conventional larger, multi-die front-end modules....
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RFMD Powers Samsung 3G Handsets

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced it is supporting the ramp of Samsung 's Tocco Ultra Edition and GT-S8000 "Jet" 3G handsets with two of its industry-leading 3G cellular front ends - the RF3267 and RF6266. RFMD's high-efficiency and ultra-compact 3G front ends are designed to support the critical...
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CEITEC Opens Latin America’s First Chip Design Center

CEITEC S.A. , a Brazilian company focused on the development and production of application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), has opened Latin America’s first IC design center. The company will add 60 engineers to its ranks who will design RFID, digital media and wireless communication chips for its fabrication facility...
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VSAT Weathers Economic Storm

The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service report, “GaAs Device Opportunities from the SATCOM/VSAT Market: 2008-2013,” concludes that long design cycles and pent-up demand driven by the consumer sector will allow the very small aperture terminals (VSAT) market to weather the current economic storm better than...
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