Tag archive: Infineon

Apple is gearing up to launch the iPhone 5 (or is it the iPhone 4S?) in the next few months, reports the Wall Street Journal. The hardware maker has placed orders for “key components” in its next generation iPhone, which should launch sometime in the third quarter of 2011 (likely Sept.). Unsurprisingly, the new phone will be both thinner than the iPhone 4 and lighter as well, with an 8MP camera to boot. Sales are expected to be… Read More

Chipmaking giant Intel is making another high-profile acquisition, announcing that it is acquiring Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business (WLS) in a cash deal valued at about $1.4. billion. The acquisition will help bolster Intel's efforts to expand beyond traditional computer processors (and embedded systems based on the same technology) into mobile communications and new types of mobile, Internet-connected devices. Pending… Read More

At the Black Hat DC Conference 2010 security researcher Christopher Tarnovsky of FlyLogic Engineering has demonstrated a way to defeat the Trusted Platform Module chips widely used to secure data in computers, identity cards, gaming systems like the Xbox 360, cable set-top boxes, and other electronics. TPM modules are widely used in enterprise, health care, government, and military applications to protect data through encryption, particularly… Read More

A number of customers have reported reception problems with the spanking new Apple iPhone 3G handsets, and Business Week has reported that the problem may lie in the phone’s Infineon chip, a theory first put forward by analyst Richard Windsor of Nomura Securities, according to CNET. At first it was believed that a recall might be necessary, involving replacement of the chipset, but now Apple and Infineon engineers are making… Read More

Infineon explained that its DRAM output would drop due to production reallocation, but declined to comment on the actual amount. The company's German headquarters gave three main reasons why DRAM output would drop in April: 1. Output in February and March has been 10-20% more than normal. 2. Infineon plans to allocate some of its DRAM capacity to logic IC production in the company's fiscal third quarter (ends June 30). 3.… Read More