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Electronic Components & Devices

Agere's Innovative Technology Enables Samsung to Roll Out World's Thinnest Cell Phones

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 6 /- Samsung Electronics has delivered to market the thinnest cell phone ever made. Incorporating Agere Systems' (NYSE:AGR) innovative chip packaging design, Samsung could make Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820 bar design) and Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830 clamshell design) cell phones the thinnest ever among its form factors. The technique is called package-on-package (stacking) in which a...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

Cell Phone Platform adheres to GPRS standard.

Consisting of silicon chips, software, and development kit, TrueNTRY(TM) X122 enables variety of capabilities for entry-level phones, including CD-quality music, camera/camcorder functions, and Internet access. By providing dedicated applications processor separate from communications engine, X122 boosts overall processing speed. Platform supports advanced audio processing including dynamic noise...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

China's Amoi Electronics Launches Production of Six Smart/Feature Phones Powered by the Agere Systems Vision(TM) X115 Platform

o Feature phone and smart phone features without expensive companion chips o Playback of movie clips at QVGA resolutions o 2 Megapixel camera with camcorder functionality ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 10 // -- Xiamen, China-based Amoi Electronics Company, Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600057.SS) has started shipping production quantities of six of the company's next-generation smart phones and feature...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Agere Systems Announces Breakthrough Technology That Improves Connectivity and Call Quality for HSDPA-Based Mobile Phones

Company's enhanced receiver technology increases cell phone range by up to 25 percent and reduces bill of material costs by more than $6 over competing technologies ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 5 -- Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR) today announced it is making breakthrough receiver technology available that significantly improves data connectivity and call quality for mobile handsets operating over...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Agere Systems Gigabit Ethernet Chip Achieves Interoperability with ATI Radeon(R) Xpress Platform Technology, Boosting PC Throughput, Extending Battery Life

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 8 - The Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR) ET1310 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet personal computer (PC) chip achieved interoperability with the ATI Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:ATYT) Radeon(R) Xpress chipset family. The achievement means PC manufacturers who select the ATI and Agere chips for use on their same circuit boards can increase Gigabit Ethernet throughput and reduce power...

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Controls & Controllers

Read Channel suits PCs and consumer electronics.

Targeting 2.5 and 3.5 in. HDD applications, 90 nm TrueStore RC7200 encodes and decodes data and is essential for ensuring accuracy of all data read from or written to disk drive. It delivers perpendicular recording support to expand amount of storage capacity in drive to 240 GB/platter. Offering broad dynamic range of clock speeds from 100 MHz to 2.0 GHz, unit can accommodate 2.5 V analog/1.0 V...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

HSDPA Chipset Solution enables 3.6 Mbps data downlinks.

Scalable X455 platform enables development of mass-market HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable feature phones and Smartphones. As dual-chip solution, it facilitates migration from W-CDMA to HSDPA technology while providing complete digital and analog baseband functionality. Unit simultaneously supports Release 5 Category 6 downlink, W-CDMA uplink and downlink (384 Kbps), as well as...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

USB 2.0 SoC features on-board 40 MIPS microprocessor.

Suited for USB 2.0 PC-based applications, USS2828 offers 2 options for interfacing device with end application: 16-bit external memory interface and 24 programmable I/Os. Chip integrates 10 technologies, including ARM7TDMS microprocessor; USB 2.0 high-speed PHY and device controller; memory controllers; interrupt controller; ROM; RAM; GPIO; and 2 timers. It supports high-speed USB 2.0 and...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

System-On-Chip targets portable consumer electronic devices.

Tailored for miniature hard disk drives, TrueStoreÂ-® SC1200 combines multiple drive functions, perpendicular recording support, as well as CE-ATA and multimedia card host bus interface options. For 1.0 in. disk drives, unit can enable more than 12 gigabytes of storage. Offering 3.3 and 1.8 V configurations, SC1200, in combination with TrueStore CE preamplifier, motor controller, and...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Agere Stockholders Approve LSI Merger

ALLENTOWN, Pa., March 29 -- Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR) today announced that shareholders had approved a proposal related to its previously announced merger with LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI), among other business at its 2007 annual meeting. LSI shareholders also are meeting today to vote on a merger-related proposal. The transaction is expected to close shortly after shareholder approvals by both companies...

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Electronic Components & Devices

Agere's Innovative Technology Enables Samsung to Roll Out World's Thinnest Cell Phones

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 6 /- Samsung Electronics has delivered to market the thinnest cell phone ever made. Incorporating Agere Systems' (NYSE:AGR) innovative chip packaging design, Samsung could make Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820 bar design) and Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830 clamshell design) cell phones the thinnest ever among its form factors. The technique is called package-on-package (stacking) in which a...

Read More »
Electrical Equipment & Systems

Cell Phone Platform adheres to GPRS standard.

Consisting of silicon chips, software, and development kit, TrueNTRY(TM) X122 enables variety of capabilities for entry-level phones, including CD-quality music, camera/camcorder functions, and Internet access. By providing dedicated applications processor separate from communications engine, X122 boosts overall processing speed. Platform supports advanced audio processing including dynamic noise...

Read More »
Communication Systems & Equipment

China's Amoi Electronics Launches Production of Six Smart/Feature Phones Powered by the Agere Systems Vision(TM) X115 Platform

o Feature phone and smart phone features without expensive companion chips o Playback of movie clips at QVGA resolutions o 2 Megapixel camera with camcorder functionality ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 10 // -- Xiamen, China-based Amoi Electronics Company, Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600057.SS) has started shipping production quantities of six of the company's next-generation smart phones and feature...

Read More »
Communication Systems & Equipment

Agere Systems Announces Breakthrough Technology That Improves Connectivity and Call Quality for HSDPA-Based Mobile Phones

Company's enhanced receiver technology increases cell phone range by up to 25 percent and reduces bill of material costs by more than $6 over competing technologies ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 5 -- Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR) today announced it is making breakthrough receiver technology available that significantly improves data connectivity and call quality for mobile handsets operating over...

Read More »
Agricultural & Farming Products

Agere Systems Gigabit Ethernet Chip Achieves Interoperability with ATI Radeon(R) Xpress Platform Technology, Boosting PC Throughput, Extending Battery Life

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 8 - The Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR) ET1310 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet personal computer (PC) chip achieved interoperability with the ATI Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:ATYT) Radeon(R) Xpress chipset family. The achievement means PC manufacturers who select the ATI and Agere chips for use on their same circuit boards can increase Gigabit Ethernet throughput and reduce power...

Read More »
Controls & Controllers

Read Channel suits PCs and consumer electronics.

Targeting 2.5 and 3.5 in. HDD applications, 90 nm TrueStore RC7200 encodes and decodes data and is essential for ensuring accuracy of all data read from or written to disk drive. It delivers perpendicular recording support to expand amount of storage capacity in drive to 240 GB/platter. Offering broad dynamic range of clock speeds from 100 MHz to 2.0 GHz, unit can accommodate 2.5 V analog/1.0 V...

Read More »
Electrical Equipment & Systems

HSDPA Chipset Solution enables 3.6 Mbps data downlinks.

Scalable X455 platform enables development of mass-market HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable feature phones and Smartphones. As dual-chip solution, it facilitates migration from W-CDMA to HSDPA technology while providing complete digital and analog baseband functionality. Unit simultaneously supports Release 5 Category 6 downlink, W-CDMA uplink and downlink (384 Kbps), as well as...

Read More »
Electrical Equipment & Systems

USB 2.0 SoC features on-board 40 MIPS microprocessor.

Suited for USB 2.0 PC-based applications, USS2828 offers 2 options for interfacing device with end application: 16-bit external memory interface and 24 programmable I/Os. Chip integrates 10 technologies, including ARM7TDMS microprocessor; USB 2.0 high-speed PHY and device controller; memory controllers; interrupt controller; ROM; RAM; GPIO; and 2 timers. It supports high-speed USB 2.0 and...

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