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New wireless firm cuts 500 jobs

Wednesday 19 November 2008

ST-NXP Wireless, a wireless chip firm formed by parent companies STMicroelectronics and NXP in April 2008, is to reduce its workforce by 500 in a reaction to hardening economic conditions.


Acquisition completed

Thursday 07 February 2008

STMicroelectronics announced that it has performed all necessary steps to complete its acquisition of Genesis Microchip Inc. and has therefore concluded the acquisition. Through this acquisition, STMicroelectronics expects to expand its leadership in the US$1.5 billion digital TV market, one of the


Single-chip

Monday 29 October 2007

STMicroelectronics introduced its new automotive-grade application processor with embedded GPS for navigation and telematics. The Cartesio processor perfectly couples with ST’s GPS RF chip (STA5620), creating a unique offering that significantly reduces the form factor and bill-of-materials with no


Microcontrollers

Friday 28 September 2007

STMicroelectronics announced a new family of secure microcontrollers based on a 0.13-micron state-of-the-art process technology, which are intended for banking, loyalty card and other financial applications.


Alcatel receives an order from STMicroelectronics

Wednesday 05 September 2007

Alcatel Micro Machining Systems announced that it has received an order from STMicroelectronics SAS in Tours (ST) for its new AMS 4200 production tool for advanced device technology.


Accelerometer

Wednesday 22 August 2007

STMicroelectronics announced a new solution extending its family of ultra-compact ‘low-g’ linear accelerometers. Its ultra-compact square footprint and low power consumption makes the LIS244AL motion-sensing device ideally suited for battery-powered portable applications, such as mobile


Planning deeper ties in 3G technology development

Wednesday 15 August 2007

Nokia and STMicroelectronics announced their intention to deepen their collaboration on the licensing and supply of integrated circuit designs and modem technologies for 3G and its evolution. The two companies also are negotiating a plan relating to transferring a part of Nokia’s Integrated Circuit


STMicroelectronics and IBM to collaborate

Thursday 26 July 2007

STMicroelectronics and IBM announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation process technology—the “recipe” that is used in semiconductor development and manufacturing.


Automotive agreement

Monday 16 July 2007

STMicroelectronics licenses leading-edge smart power process technologies to Bosch Automotive


Bridging the compatibility gap

Thursday 05 July 2007

The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), announced that CD-adapco, is building the latest version of their flagship product STAR-CD 4.0 using PGI Unified Binary technology.


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