| Ceva divests GPS technology, product line
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2006-06-29 |
| Ceva announced the divestment of its GPS technology and associated product line to GloNav, in return for an equity ownership of 19.9 percent in GloNav on a fully diluted basis |
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| Nemerix uses TSMC as foundry
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2006-06-28 |
| Fabless semicon Nemerix SA announced that it is using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd as its foundry. |
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| Multigigahertz antenna gets on board
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2006-06-16 |
| Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc.'s NanoAnt surface-mount antenna, offered for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS services operating between 1.575GHz and 6GHz, does not require a ground, nor does it use thermal- or actuator-based MEMS |
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| SiRF teams with Fastrax to speed GPS deployments
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2006-06-15 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. announced an alliance with Fastrax Ltd to strengthen its global value added manufacturer program. |
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| Handset features still not a wrap
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2006-05-16 |
| The product-definition uncertainty that roiled the smart phone and PDA communities a decade ago has returned with a vengeance, as advanced services like mobile broadcast video and HSDPA leave handset developers pondering what to keep in and what to leave out of a slim-line design. |
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| Microsoft to port Windows Mobile OS to Qualcomm's MSM chipsets
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2006-05-08 |
| Qualcomm and Microsoft announced a collaboration to enable the porting of the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system to Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chipsets. |
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| Korean SoC supplier exhibits multimedia offerings at IIC-China
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2006-03-17 |
| At this year's International IC-China Conference & Exhibition, multimedia SoC supplier Boo-Ree Multimedia Inc. showcased its BMC504 (BRAC5) MCU and BMP1000 multimedia processor IC. |
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| Mobile TV may not yet be ready for prime time
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2006-03-16 |
| Receiver suppliers face a number of challenges in bringing mobile TV to the real world, including meeting the the Mobile and Portable DVB-T Radio Access Interface. |
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| Vestel selects Freescale's i.MX31 processor for PMPs
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2006-03-14 |
| Vestel Electronics announced plans to enter the burgeoning PMP market with its own product line, driven by Freescale's i.MX31 multimedia applications processor. |
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| GPS vendors to feature more value-added functions in products
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2006-03-10 |
| At this year's IIC-China, Philips, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Sharp Electronics and Freescale demonstrated their GPS solutions, featuring more value-added functions than traditional GPS, such as MP3 and MPEG4 players |
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| Integration's single-chip solution cuts ZigBee cost
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2006-03-09 |
| At this year's International IC-China Conference & Exhibition, U.S.-based analog circuit expert Integration Corp. demonstrated a short distance wireless technology based on its own standard. |
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| TI highlights DaVinci-based designs at IIC-China
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2006-03-08 |
| At this year's IIC-China, Texas Instruments' booth showcased end products from third party developers, including the TI Da Vinci-based reference design from Union Ingenient. |
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| CEVA claims one out of four cellphone makers uses its DSP core
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2006-03-08 |
| CEVA, a licensor of DSP cores, multimedia, GPS and storage platforms, announced that one out of every four international cellphone manufacturers utilizes its DSP core |
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| Silicon Motion flash disk controllers to power new UFD products
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2006-03-07 |
| Silicon Motion announced that it has achieved successful customer implementation of the world's fastest USB 2.0 flash disk controller. |
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| SoC platform aims at low-cost CE apps
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2006-03-01 |
| LSI Logic has launched a new ASIC platform targeting battery-driven consumer devices that cost less than $149. |
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