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Analysis: Poor calls from Nokia and Sony Ericsson

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

John Fontana wrote an interesting post today on
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The mobile phone sector is finding it hard to find positives from this week’s glum financial figures from two of the leading players. Two others have their say next week, with Samsung likely to disappoint less than struggling Motorola.

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Mentor exec: Seeds of IC recovery being sown

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

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The seeds of a global IC recovery have been sown, a Mentor Graphics executive predicted.

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Teradyne cuts 350 jobs, lowers exec pay

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

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Teradyne Inc. is cutting more jobs.

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TriQuint retains GaAs foundry lead

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

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TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. said it remains the largest commercial GaAs foundry based largely on continued growth in communications markets like smartphones.

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Mosaid loses Qimonda IP license deal, but NXP re-signs

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

Joseph Tartakoff wrote an interesting post today on
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Memory IP specialist Mosaid Technologies Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) and NXP Semiconductors BV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) have extended their patent license deal. However, troubled and insolvent memory maker Qimonda (Munich, Germany) has terminated the six-year patent licensing agreement between the two companies that came into effect July 1, 2006

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Mosaid looses Qimonda IP license deal, but NXP re-signs

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

IT PRO wrote an interesting post today on
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Memory IP specialist Mosaid Technologies Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) and NXP Semiconductors BV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) have extended their patent license deal. However, troubled and insolvent memory maker Qimonda (Munich, Germany) has terminated the six-year patent licensing agreement between the two companies that came into effect July 1, 2006

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Researchers tout diamond transistor breakthrough

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

Michael McWhertor wrote an interesting post today on
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Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed what they suggest is with 50nm gate lengths — the smallest diamond transistor ever.

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Tyco to sell wireless systems business to Harris

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

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Tyco Electronics Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wireless systems business to Harris Corp. for $675 million in cash.

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Sony Ericsson unit sales take a dive

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 17th, 2009

Joseph Tartakoff wrote an interesting post today on
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In the first quarter 2009, mobile handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson saw its sales shrink by almost 40 percent compared to the quarter before. Unit sales declined by the same percentage. Now the company announced another round of job cuts.

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Does Renesas-NEC Electronics merger make sense?

Posted in EETimes Latest News by on the April 16th, 2009

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Loss-ridden Japanese chip makers NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. are in talks about a merger.

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