Starting in late 2011, the power electronics downturn in 2012 was quite severe, exhibiting a 20% drop. The market suffered from the global economic downturn, combined with external factors such as China controlling what happened in some ...
The move may lead to 1,600 job cuts. STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have agreed to split their struggling mobile chip joint venture, which was formed in 2008. Both firms failed to seek a buyer for JV, dubbed ST-Ericsson, and decided to ...
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Today, ST-Ericsson confers with union representatives about the effects of upcoming job cuts as required by French and Italian law. Legally the company is obliged to consult with unions before it takes steps which will involve job cuts. ...
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The company expects its sales in the wireless segment to increase by19% per year to $20bn by 2016. Swiss semiconductor firm, STMicroelectronics, expects that demand from Apple and Samsung Electronics will give a $1.4bn boost in ...
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) intends to create a standard method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power(ULP) microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, ...
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The company's Q4 loss widens Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics said it will write down about $500m to exit its struggling mobile chip joint venture, which was formed in 2008 with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson. ...
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Ericsson said it would charge SEK8bn to offset the reduction of SEK8bn of its earnings Q4 2012. Ericsson is demanding a $1.2bn charge to write off its exposure to ST-Ericsson, a venture that produces cellphone components. Established in ...
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STMicro's new plan is aimed at boosting operating margin rapidly to a targeted 10% Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has confirmed its plans to conclude mobile chip venture with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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Global and China Power Device Industry Report, 2011-2012underlines: 1. power device; 2. global and China power device market; 3. power device industry; 4. IGBT, SiC and GaN market and industry outlook; 5. 18 power device players. ...
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STMicroelectronics entered a strategic agreement with MicroOLED, a Grenoble, France-based company specialised in the development and commercialization of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), as well as announced a minority equity ...
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Semiconductor and MEMS giant aims to integrate video-sharing devices within smart phones and laptops. Projector phone:Samsung's Galaxy Beam Swiss-headquartered STMicroelectronics,rated as the world's leading maker of ...
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