A court in the Netherlands has judged that STMicroelectronics should discontinue supply of MEMS dual-membrane microphone devices to HTC for use in the New HTC One smartphone because STMicroelectronics has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Nokia, but this is unlikely to prevent HTC from shipping the smartphone due to availability of many alternative supply sources, according to Taiwan-based IC distributors.
In addition to Austriamicrosystems (AMS), several China-based companies have offered similar MEMS microphone devices, the sources said. In addition, there are various microphone solutions without STMicroelectronics-developed chips, the sources indicated.
Article translated by Adam Hwang
