Infineon Ships One Billion RF-Transceivers; Introduces Next-Generation LTE Chip
November 20 2007 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
NEUBIBERG, GERMANY (FRANKFURT: IFX), a leading supplier of
communication ICs, today announced it has shipped its one billionth
RF transceiver. With more than 230 million handset transceivers
shipped in 2006, Infineon holds the leading market share in a total
addressable market of just over one billion units, reports the
market research company Strategy Analytics. Infineon has shipped
communication ICs for more than 15 years to all major companies in
the mobile phone segment, including Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony
Ericsson and LG.
"We produce seven RF transceivers every second and approximately
every fourth mobile phone worldwide has Infineon's RF transceiver
technology integrated," stated Stefan Wolff, Vice President,
Communication Solutions Business Group and General Manager of the
RF Engine business unit at Infineon. "Our strong footprint in the
market is an indicator of our competitiveness, best-in-class
quality of products and innovative development skills of our
engineers."
The newest member in the Infineon family is the SMARTi� LTE, the
world's first highly integrated long-term-evolution (LTE) RF
transceiver. The SMARTi LTE is the world's first RF transceiver
supporting LTE functionality in a single CMOS-process. Measuring
just 5 x 5 mm in a WFSGA-81 package, Infineon's LTE transceiver
provides outstanding RF performance to enable handset manufacturers
the ability to provide high data rate up- & downlink
connections for upcoming LTE network field trials. Covering the
entire spectrum of allocated LTE RF bands (Band I to X) and
providing switchable baseband filtering (up to 5, 10, 20 MHz),
Infineon's SMARTi LTE fits global RF requirements and band
combinations.
With the SMARTi LTE, Infineon has again demonstrated its
leadership for next-generation wireless standards. The new RF
transceiver provides excellent error vector magnitude (EVM) and
low-power consumption for LTE applications.
Sample silicon has been provided to selected customers. Volume
shipments are expected to be available by 2010.
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers
semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central
challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications,
and security. In the 2007 fiscal year (ending September), the
company reported sales of Euro 7.7 billion (including Qimonda sales
of Euro 3.6 billion) with approximately 43,000 employees worldwide
(including approximately 13,500 Qimonda employees). With a global
presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S.
from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and
in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol:
IFX).
Further information is available at www.infineon.com.
This news release is available online at
www.infineon.com/press/
Media Relations Technology: Worldwide Headquarters Christoph von
Schierstaedt +49 89 234 22984 vonschierstaedt@infineon.com U.S.A.
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Shiroguchi +81 3 5745 7340 hirotaka.shiroguchi@infineon.com
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