7 posts and columns on STMicroelectronics

Teardown Shows Nokia’s Lumia 900 Costs $209 to Build

in Mobile on April 11 at 5:30 am PT

Nokia’s choice in components shows a deliberate strategy to compete on price against Apple and Google in the smartphone wars.
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Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out

in Mobile on October 19, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

Research house IHS iSuppli has opened up Apple’s iPhone 4S to see who’s in and out among its suppliers and to estimate how much it cost to make.
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STMicro Makes Its Tiny Gyroscopes Even Tinier

in News on August 30, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Remember how the addition of gyroscopes made the iPhone cooler? The company that makes them just introduced the smallest gyroscope yet.
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The Clock on the Wall Says It May Be Time for More Analog Deals

in Enterprise on April 4, 2011 at 5:34 pm PT

Today’s surprising combination of Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor has market watchers going crazy for analog chips in hopes of catching the next deal. Shares of other analog chip makers rose as much as 8 percent after hours.

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

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.

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Tessera: ITC Finds No Infringement of Wireless Patents

in News on December 1, 2008 at 5:26 pm PT

Tessera Technologies is disappointed tonight after the Administrative Law Judge overseeing its patent infringement case against Advanced Micro Devices, Fresscale Semiconductor, Motorola, Qualcomm, Spansion and STMicroelectronics judged for the semiconductor companies. The company was hoping for a judgment in its favor and an accompanying windfall–instead, its share price dropped 44 percent today.