Infineon

Days After Its Release, the IPad 2 Gets the Teardown Treatment

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 13, 2011 at 7:59 am PT

Like night follows day, an Apple product release is always followed by a bunch of reports by people who live to tear the latest gadgets apart to see what’s inside, and more importantly to investors, to estimate what everything inside them costs. The release of the iPad 2 has been no different.

Infineon: We’d Like to Roll In Intel’s Money a Bit Before We Spend It

John Paczkowski in News on September 22, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

What’s Infineon planning to do with the proceeds from the sale of its wireless unit to Intel? Nothing! Well, nothing yet, anyway.

Qualcomm Chip to Power iPhone 5?

John Paczkowski in News on September 13, 2010 at 7:55 am PT

Intel’s recent acquisition of Infineon’s wireless business gave Apple good reason to diversify its baseband chip suppliers, and that’s exactly what it appears to be doing, according to a report in Taiwan’s Commercial Times. The publication claims that Qualcomm, not Infineon, will provide the baseband chip for Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone.

Infineon Inside (Intel)

John Paczkowski in News on August 30, 2010 at 4:10 am PT

It took a few days longer than expected, but Intel has agreed to purchase Infineon’s wireless division. Under the terms of a deal announced early this rnorning, Intel will pay approximately $1.4 billion for the unit, which accounted for nearly a third of Infineon’s revenue last year.

Intel Intent on Ingesting Infineon Unit

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 27, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Intel’s in an acquisitive mood these days. A week after buying antivirus software maker McAfee for $7.68 billion, the company is reportedly finalizing a deal to acquire Infineon Technologies’ wireless business.

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Are the Chips Taking It on the Chin?

Yun-Hee Kim, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 21, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Samsung might need to boost spending on lawyers as well as chip plants. The electronics giant, which recently posted upbeat earnings and forecasts, was one of several chip makers slapped with steep fines by the European Commission for price fixing.

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Apple to Build Five Million iPads in First Half 2010, Analyst Says

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 9, 2010 at 10:25 am PT

Apple is on track to build 5 million iPads in the first half of 2010, according to FBR Capital chip analyst Craig Berger. “We believe various news articles and competitor notes calling for a build delay were just false alarms,” he writes. The company, of course, has now set an April 3 launch for Wi-Fi versions of the iPad, with 3G versions to ship toward the end of April.

100 Percent Obvious: Next-Gen iPhone Due This Summer

John Paczkowski in News on March 23, 2009 at 3:11 pm PT

Though it made no mention of a next-generation handset at its iPhone OS 3.0 preview last week, Apple is clearly hard at work on one. And if history is any guide, the company will bring it to market sometime in mid-June just as it did the iPhone 3G last year. And if history is any guide, this new iPhone will be a great improvement over its predecessor. So “100 percent confirmed” reports leaking out of AT&T claiming Cupertino is doing exactly that aren’t all that interesting.

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Qimonda Up 80 Percent on $845M Bailout From Infineon, Others

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 22, 2008 at 8:40 am PT

As initially reported over the past week, Qimonda–the troubled Munich-based maker of DRAM–announced yesterday that it has obtained an investment of 605 million euros from a combination of investors, including parent Infineon Technologies and the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Infineon Shares Plunge 40 Percent on Grim Outlook

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 3, 2008 at 12:33 pm PT

More bad news in the chip sector: German chipmaker Infineon’s shares dropped 40 percent today after providing an extremely grim outlook for the fiscal first quarter ending December and for all of fiscal 2009. But the truly horrific part of the story is the outlook. The company sees December quarter revenues down 30 percent sequentially due to revenue decreases in its automotive, wireless solutions and industrial and multimarket segments.