| SiRF, NXP partner on GPS-enabled 3G handsets
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2007-02-14 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. announced a collaboration with NXP Semiconductors to speed the development of cost-effective, location-aware 3G wireless handsets. |
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| China's Bediou satellite to challenge GPS, Galileo
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2007-02-07 |
| China's launch of its Bediou navigation satellite could signal the country's challenge to the American GPS and Europe's Galileo network, in which China is already a partner |
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| Xilinx eyes great opportunity for PLD in Asia
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2007-02-05 |
| Noting Asian engineering teams' relentless efforts to innovate and add new features to industry-leading products, David Loftus, Xilinx VP and general manager for its CPLD division sees a "greater opportunity for PLDs" in the Asia-Pacific region. |
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| Seagate intros DAVE solution for mobile apps
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2007-02-02 |
| Seagate Technology has unveiled its digital audio video experience (DAVE) technology—previously the Crickett—at this week's DEMO Conference in California. |
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| Noise canceler IC suits DVB-H, cellular handsets
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2007-01-16 |
| Quellan brings noise cancellation to consumer platforms with Q:Active, extremely small noise-source emulation chips intended for handsets designed for mobile broadcast video. |
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| XM to demo 'first' in-car personal weather tracking system at CES
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2007-01-05 |
| Satellite radio company XM will display a concept vehicle with the 'first' personal weather tracking system for GPS navigation at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas |
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| Semiconductors in cars to reach $5B in 2013
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2007-01-03 |
| The market for semiconductors in vehicles is expected to be worth $5 billion in 2013 and is growing because of in-vehicle infotainment and communications demand. |
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| Taiwan eyes better displays, comms
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2007-01-01 |
| Last year, the trend in the electronic industry was integration. This year, Taiwan focuses on communication and consumer electronics. |
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| MCPs drive today's handhelds
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2006-12-18 |
| The adoption of multichip packages (MCPs) in such mobile systems as cellphones, digital cameras and MP3 players is nearing its peak, according to market research firm Portelligent. |
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| RFMD to sell Bluetooth assets to Qualcomm
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2006-12-06 |
| RF Micro Devices Inc. has agreed to sell the majority of its Bluetooth assets to Qualcomm for $39 million. |
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| ST completes NAND flash transition to 70nm
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2006-12-06 |
| STMicroelectronics announced full availability of its entire NAND Flash memory family in 70nm process technology. |
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| GSM handsets to integrate GPS
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2006-12-01 |
| After years of anticipation, GPS is expected to emerge next year in a significant percentage of cellphones built to meet the GSM standard |
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| TSMC, Samsung, MediaTek to gain from market in '07
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2006-11-24 |
| TSMC and MediaTek in Taiwan and Samsung in South Korea will be among the main beneficiaries of the trends destined to shape the Asia-Pacific semiconductor industry next year. |
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| MP3 players still favor flash over HDD
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2006-11-22 |
| Flash-based models will continue to dominate over HDDs in the MP3 player arena in the next couple of years, according to a recent report from Global Sources. |
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| SiGe chip serves both GPS and Galileo
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2006-11-16 |
| SiGe Semiconductor is sampling the SE4120L receiver, which it says is the first single-chip device to support both the U.S. global-positioning system network and the European Space Agency's Galileo. |
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