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Strategy
Tech Trendspotter June 2025 Picture this: a sleek electric vehicle hums down the highway, its brain buzzing with over 300 microcontrollers (MCUs) orchestrating everything from battery management to autonomous lane-keeping. Now, imagine those MCUs powered not by the usual suspects Arm or proprietary architectures but by RISC-V, the open-source rebel shaking up the $15 billion automotive MCU market. For new players eyeing this high-stakes are…
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Murugavel Ganesan
June 19, 2025
Technology
Image Courtesy: NXP Introduction: The Silent Revolution of Automotive Microcontrollers Microcontrollers (MCUs) are the unsung heroes powering the transformation of automobiles from mechanical machines to software-defined ecosystems. A modern luxury car contains 150+ MCUs, each dedicated to tasks as simple as adjusting seat positions or as complex as enabling autonomous driving. These chips integrate a CPU, memory (Flash/RAM), and peripherals (AD…
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 19, 2025
Technology
Infineon’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Marvell’s Automotive Ethernet business marks a significant milestone in the evolution of automotive and semiconductor technology. With the automotive industry pivoting towards software-defined vehicles and enhanced connectivity, this strategic move positions Infineon to lead the charge in delivering innovative Ethernet solutions for modern vehicles. Strategic Move to Bolster Automotive Leadership Infineon i…
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 08, 2025
Moorestown
Intel has started production of its Medfield Application processor for smartphones and is sending samples to phone manufacturers. Intel also announced a low power, multi-standard baseband processor, samples of which would start shipping in the second half of this year. The new baseband processor will support LTE, a fourth generation, high-speed network technology currently being deployed by carriers, as well as older 3G and 2G technologies. Inte…
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Murugavel Ganesan
February 19, 2011
Intel
Infineon's Wireless Solutions unit has been working together with the Dresden design house "Blue Wonder" on the development of LTE technologies for one and a half years. Now Infineon has taken over the Saxony-based company together with its 50 employees. Blue Wonder describes itself as a design house for LTE-IP and mobile communications solutions serving the telecommunications and semiconductor industries. Blue Wonder’s team is …
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Murugavel Ganesan
October 20, 2010
Intel
From the open forum that happened at Infineon today it was made clear that the carved out wireless division will be a separate legal entity with a new name (that is being figured out). It was also told that all the acquired employees will be blue badge Intel employees with their own HR, Marketing and Sales team that will work independently. That's interesting!
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Murugavel Ganesan
September 07, 2010
Intel
As per the management email sent to Infineon employees this morning, Infineon and Intel have signed the contracts related to the sale of Infineon's Wireless business to Intel Corporation for a sum of approximately US Dollars 1.4bn. Initial reports suggest that IFX's Wireless division is to become a standalone business including all related functions within the Intel group. According to the latest status they expect around 3,400 Infineon …
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Murugavel Ganesan
August 30, 2010
Intel
Linley Gwennap says "Making it clear that money is no object in its quest to become a major player in the smartphone market, Intel plans to acquire the wireless operations of Infineon. The deal is firm but has not yet been announced, as final details are being negotiated. We believe the purchase price exceeds $1.2 billion, ranking it as one of Intel’s largest acquisitions ever. Infineon’s cellular and GPS technology will complement Intel’s…
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Murugavel Ganesan
August 04, 2010
Jobs
Infineon Technologies India Pvt Ltd has some openings for full time and contract positions. If you are interested in applying for these positions, please email us directly with the title of the job description as the subject for faster processing. Please don't email us to inquire about the status. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by the company or the hiring manager directly. Please click on the title for more info. Full Time…
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Murugavel Ganesan
July 07, 2010
Jobs
Please see attached flier for more details...
SMARTi
Infineon has introduced two RF-chips for LTE and 3G - SMARTi LU for highest data rates with LTE, and SMARTi UEmicro for low cost 3G devices. SMARTi LU is a highly integrated 2G/3G/LTE multi-mode RF transceiver compliant to 3GPP Rel.7 and Rel.8. It supports up to six 3G and LTE Bands simultaneously with Quad Band GSM/EDGE. Its long feature list includes LTE FDD class 4 (up to 150Mbps downlink, 50Mbps uplink) MIMO Rx diversity (2Rx + 1Tx), HSPA+, …
Jobs
Infineon India - Bangalore is planning for a Fresher's Event in September 08 & thereby invites CVs of friends whose association with the software industry have just begun and would like to be a part of the growing Infineon family for taking up more challenging assignments. Please note that the below mentioned criteria need to be met for a CV to be short listed: The candidate should have 6 months to 2 yrs. of work experience on C Programm…
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Murugavel Ganesan
September 24, 2008
News
Hold the presses: Apple may be releasing a new iPhone this year... with 3G! Crazy, we know. The latest iteration of this rumor comes to us courtesy of UBS analysts, who say Infineon will likely be building chips for the phone -- they're powering the current iPhone, so no real surprise there. UBS is also betting on a mid-year 3G iPhone launch, and thinks that EDGE production will ramp down early so Apple gets a chance to clean out inventories…
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The Editor's Desk
March 05, 2008
TI
The official news is out! Broadcom has just announced a monolithic digital CMOS mobile TV receiver/demodulator, that reduces power consumption by up to 40 percent and physical dimensions by up to 30 percent from current handset design budgets. Designed for global digital TV reception on portable devices, the BCM2940 chip supports VHF III, UHF IV and V bands. It also supports the EU/US L-bands and integrates a 4-Mb MPE-FEC SRAM to handle DVB-H pa…
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The Editor's Desk
February 08, 2008
