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Friday 27 September 2013
Power semiconductor market plunges in 2012, says IHS
Global revenues in the power semiconductor business dropped by nearly 16% in 2012 as sluggish consumer demand, falling pricing and other factors conspired to undercut the market,...
Monday 29 April 2013
Infineon, Globalfoundries team on 40nm embedded flash process
Infineon Technologies and Globalfoundries have announced a joint technology development and production agreement for 40nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology.
Monday 10 December 2012
GaN-on-silicon for power conversion, who are the likely winners in the commercialization race, asks Petrov Group
The high importance of GaN-on-Si technology for power conversion applications is by now evident, says Boris Petrov, managing director of the Petrov Group. It is driven by cost and...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
NXP led the 2011 market for near-field communication (NFC) phone chips with a 52% share, followed by Inside Secure with 44%. The pair took a combined 96% share of the market, leaving...
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Fairchild, Infineon expand partnership
Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies have announced the extension of their compatibility partnership to encompass Fairchild's 5x6mm power stage asymmetric dual MOSFET...
Friday 2 December 2011
Intel reasserts semiconductor market leadership in 2011, says IHS
After three years of seeing its dominant position in the global semiconductor market whittled away by aggressive competition from Samsung Electronics, Intel is set to reverse the...
Friday 21 October 2011
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Infineon shipping security chips for Chromebooks
Infineon Technologies has announced that the company is shipping Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips for devices running Google's Chrome operating system. The TPM is an integral part...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Infineon purchases Qimonda assets in Dresden for EUR100.6 million
Infineon Technologies announced on May 10 that the company has purchased real estate and manufacturing facilities from Michael Jaffe, insolvency administrator managing the assets...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Despite strong 1Q11 performance, partners concerned about Intel impact from tablet PC
Intel announced first-quarter revenues of US$12.8 billion, up 24% on year with net profits of US$3.2 billion, up 21% on year, both new historical records. However, sources from PC...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Infineon to expand manufacturing capacity in Malaysia
Infineon Technologies has announced that it will invest US$160 million in 2011 to expand its production capacity, R&D and to upgrade its manufacturing facilities in Malacca, Malaysia...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Intel completes acquisition of wireless solution business from Infineon
Intel has announced that it completed the acquisition of Infineon Technologies' Wireless Solutions (WLS) business. The pair announced the US$1.4 billion deal on August 30, 2010.
Monday 13 September 2010
Apple to switch to Qualcomm chips, says paper
Apple reportedly is dropping Infineon solutions from its iPhone devices in favor of those made by Qualcomm, according to a recent report in the Chinese-language Commercial Times...
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...