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• WiMAX chip firm Beceem raises USD20m

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-22

  California-based Beceem Communications has raised USD20m in a Series E funding round from Motorola and existing investors Global Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, KTB Ventures, Walden International, Intel Capital, NEC, Mitsui and Samsung. The company develops mobile WiMAX semiconductors. by Editorial

  Tags: Chip, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, SAMSUNG, Global Catalyst Partners, Walden International, Beceem Communications, Khosla Ventures, Intel Capital, Mitsui Private Equity, KTB Ventures, Editorial, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., NEC Corp.

• Merger could create Japan’s largest chip maker

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-15

  Japanese chipmakers NEC Electronics Corp and Renesas Technology Corp are in merger talks prompted by adverse market conditions in the semiconductor sector. A merger of the two companies, which collectively made USD13.7bn in 2008, would create Japan's largest chip maker...

  Tags: Merger, Chip Company, NEC Electronics Corp., Chip, Mergers & Acquisitions, Semiconductors, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Thomas Warren, NEC Corp.

• NEC Improves Turn-On Voltage of New Micro Switch, NanoBridge®, to Enable Smaller Chips, Increased Performance, and High Reliability

  - 2007-06-12

  Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2007 - JCN Newswire - NEC Corporation, the National Institute of Materials Science NIMS, and the Japanese Science and Technology Agency JST, have together succeeded in improving the turn-on voltage of a new nanometer-scaled switch, NanoBridgeR[1], which enables the operation voltage of the switch to be...

  Tags: chip, NEC Corp., performance

• NEC to cut capex spending.(NEC Electronics Inc.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-03-15

  By Staff Semiconductor maker NEC Electronics plans to slash capital spending 30% in the next fiscal year and cut production and research costs. The Japanese firm plans to outsource more chip production and reorganize its manufacturing facilit By...

  Tags: chip, manufacturing, NEC Corp., NEC Electronics Corp.

• NEC Selects ARM for Phone Chips (Electronic News)

  - 2005-10-03

  ARM has won another deal with NEC Electronics Corp., driven by the need for next-generation phones that don't consumer more battery power than today's phones do. ARM has won another deal with NEC Electronics Corp., driven by the need for next-generation phones that don't consumer...

  Tags: ARM, chip, NEC Corp., phone

• NEC to use Ericsson W-CDMA chip for phones.(News)

  - 2005-09-12

  NEC Corp. said it will use L.M. Ericsson Mobile Platforms' new U250 W-CDMA chip in its line of mobile phones for Europe. NEC previously used Ericsson Mobile Platforms' U100 chip. NEC Corp. said it will use L.M. Ericsson Mobile Platforms' new U250...

  Tags: chip, Ericsson Inc., NEC Corp., phone, W-CDMA

• NEC develops multifunction chips for digital versatile disk recorders.(Electronics)

  - 2005-08-01

  NEC Electronics Corp has developed a pair of multifunctional chips for digital versatile disk DVD recorders that integrate features that have up until now been performed by separate chips. NEC Electronics Corp has developed a pair of multifunctional chips for digital versatile disk DVD...

  Tags: chip, electronics, NEC Corp., recorder

• NEC companies develop 45 nm semiconductor chip materials.(Electronics)

  - 2005-04-01

  NEC Corp and NEC Electronics Corp have developed novel transistor materials which can be used to manufacture semiconductors with a 45 nm design rule, in a bid to stay ahead of the technology curve. NEC Corp and NEC Electronics Corp have developed novel transistor ...

  Tags: chip, electronics, NEC Corp., semiconductor, transistor

• NEC to use Ericsson, Qualcomm chips for 3G phones.(Global Wireless)

  - 2004-12-06

  NEC Corp. said it plans to use third-generation chipsets and reference designs from Ericsson Mobile Platforms and Qualcomm Inc., moves that indicate the growing importance of such teamings for 3G services. NEC Corp. said it plans to use third-generation chipsets and ...

  Tags: 3G, chip, Ericsson Inc., NEC Corp., phone, Qualcomm Inc.

• NEC looks to develop dual-mode W-CDMA/GSM chipsets.(Business)

  - 2004-11-29

  NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets that will combine W-CDMA with GSM/GPRS and EDGE technologies. ...

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