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Ericsson, STMicroelectronics form joint venture

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:56 +0000

Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB and Swiss chip-maker STMicroelectronics NV unveiled plans Wednesday to create a 50-50 joint venture that will make a key component known as chipsets for mobile...

STMicro narrows 2Q loss

AP — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:25:37 +0000

STMicroelectronics NV narrowed its losses in the second quarter as the chip maker recorded lower charges related to the spinoff of its flash memory division and other restructuring efforts.The Geneva-based company’s net loss was $47 million,...

STMicro shares rise on bright outlook, despite 1Q loss

AP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:09:44 +0000

European chip maker STMicroelectronics NV, hit by costs from a spinoff and an acquisition, reported a loss for the first quarter and fell short of Wall Street expectations, but its shares rose Tuesday on its optimistic outlook.The stock traded up...

STMicro to Buy Genesis Microchip

AP — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:28:09 +0000

Semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics NV said Tuesday that it has agreed to pay about $336 million for California-based Genesis Microchip Inc. in a cash deal that will expand its business as a supplier to the digital television market.Shares of...

Phase change memory - Hot replacement for flash memory

Bharat — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:40:01 +0000

First floppy disks formed the mainstay of nonvolatile rewritable memory then, Flash memory took on changing the realm for better, but soon the two may be forgotten, as the time is here to make way for the fast performance memory device of the...

Cheap phones impacting chip makers

Dharmendra — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:38:00 +0000

With the boost in Mobile phone sales worldwide, many suppliers of component chips do not seem to be pleased enough with it as their sales and profits began to be hurt as a result of strong demand for affordable cellphones in the emerging markets...

Will there be players to play Blu-ray as well as HD DVD

Naresh Chauhan — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:49:58 +0000

Will there be players and PCs, in future, which will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, is one of the hot considerations among different consumers. Chipmakers, including Broadcom, NEC and STMicroelectronics are looking forward to put such...

STMicroelectronics targets Impinj with its Gen2 RFID chips

Bhagaban — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:54:17 +0000

In order to give tough competition to Impinj in the RFID market, the leading semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics has launched its Gen2 RFID chips. The new chip is named as XRAG2, which has been certified by EPCglobal. Impinj had...

STMicroelectronics offers RFID chips with password security

Bhagaban — Wed, 31 May 2006 09:14:50 +0000

STMicroelectronics, a recognized leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions has announced that it will offer two 2048-bit RFID memory products, which are compliant with the ISO/IEC 15693 and ISO/IEC 18000-3 Mode 1 RFID standards...