56 news items tagged Freescale
Stay focused: Q&A with NXP executive Steve Owen
Tuesday 18 September 2018NXP Semiconductors has gone through several periods of restructuring since its departure from Philips, followed by privatization, and mergers and acquisitions. Steve Owen, executive...
Automotive IC market on pace for 3rd consecutive record year
Monday 4 June 2018The automotive IC market is on pace to grow 18.5% to a new record high of US$32.3 billion in 2018, surpassing the previous record of US$27.2 billion set last year, according to IC...
Ardentec obtains testing orders for car-use chips from TI
Friday 21 July 2017Taiwan-based Ardentec has grabbed testing orders for car-use chips from Texas Instruments (TI), which will buoy its sales performance in the third quarter, according to industry so...
IoV and self-driving cars fuel demand for automotive electronics
Thursday 1 June 2017The growing level of automobile digitalization, especially advances in IoV technologies, is introducing booming opportunities for automotive electronic devices and parts and this...
GaN device supply chain remains robust, says Strategy Analytics
Tuesday 23 August 2016Even with the well-publicized consolidation of RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier (IR) and most-recently Wolfspeed,...
Automotive semiconductor market grows slightly in 2015 while ranks shift, IHS says
Thursday 23 June 2016Despite slowing growth for the automotive industry and exchange rate fluctuations, the automotive semiconductor market grew at a modest 0.2% on year reaching US$29 billion in 2015,...
Industrial semiconductor revenues increase in 2015, IHS says
Wednesday 1 June 2016Industrial semiconductor revenues rose slightly in 2015 despite weakness in the overall semiconductor industry and, in particular, economic headwinds in China, which is a major global...
SMIC to make Freescale chips designed specifically for China
Friday 18 September 2015Freescale Semiconductor has announced that a series of its i.MX family of applications processors tailored to the China market will be manufactured at Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Tsunami of M&A deals underway in 2015 chip industry, says IC Insights
Thursday 30 July 2015In just the first half of 2015 alone, announced semiconductor acquisition agreements had a combined total value of US$72.6 billion, which is nearly 6x the annual average for M&A...
Chinese automotive semiconductor revenues to hit US$6.2 billion in 2015, IHS says
Wednesday 29 July 2015Total automotive semiconductor revenues in China reached US$5.6 billion in 2014, and revenues are expected to grow nearly 11% year over year in 2015 to reach US$6.2 billion, according...
Security a must for IoT market: Q&A with NXP EVP Steve Owen
Wednesday 15 July 2015The acquisition of Freescale by NXP Semiconductors will make NXP the world's second largest MCU supplier after the merger. The deal highlights NXP's goal of making a significant inroad...
NXP-Freescale merger to result in global 8th-largest chipmaker, IHS says
Wednesday 18 March 2015The recent acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor by NXP Semiconductors would catapult the merged entity into the world's eighth-largest chipmaker, positioning the newly minted giant...
Freescale sales, market share growing faster than industry average, says company CEO
Monday 26 May 2014Freescale Semiconductor has recently channeled over 90% of its resources to focus on the development of five strategic product groups, driving Freescale's sales and market share to...
China auto semiconductor market drives up 11% in 2013, says IHS
Thursday 27 February 2014The fast-growing semiconductor market for China's automotive industry is set for double-digit expansion in revenues in 2014, propelled by an increasing desire among Chinese car buyers...
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers facing more pressure from international IDMs, say sources
Tuesday 15 October 2013The growing presence of IDMs in the ARM Cortex-M-based MCU segment has mounted more pressure on Taiwan-based 32-bit MCU providers, including Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor...
Nuvoton to launch industrial use MCUs in 2H13
Tuesday 23 July 2013Nuvoton Technology plans to introduce a new series of ARM Cortex M4-based MCUs in the second half of 2013, entering the industrial market segment led by STMicroelectronics and Freescale,...
Dialog Semiconductor enhances Freescale Tower System Development Platform with latest advanced audio codec module
Monday 1 July 2013Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced a new audio codec reference module - based on its DA7321...
Alltek posts record revenues for July
Tuesday 21 August 2012IC distributor Alltek Technology has posted record monthly revenues in July 2012 at NT$1.08 billion (US$36 million), up 39% on year. Alltek credited the positive performance to strong...
China white-box tablets expected to see fewer shipments than forecast
Tuesday 3 July 2012China's 7-inch and 10-inch white-box tablet shipments are expected to reach only 16-17 million units in 2012, not matching market watchers' original forecast of at least 20 million...
Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth
Tuesday 7 February 2012IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...
Macronix serial flash adopted for Freescale automotive MCU
Friday 16 December 2011Macronix International has announced a collaboration with Freescale Semiconductor, and its Qorivva MPC5645S MCU, which provides a cost-effective and powerful platform for high-resolution...
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Friday 21 October 2011Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
Freescale wins adoption of i.MX 6 MPU from FIC
Wednesday 31 August 2011First International Computer (FIC) has adopted Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX 6 series microprocessors for use in tablet PCs, Freescale revealed at a recent company event held in...
Freescale unveils 28nm QorIQ multicore processors
Thursday 23 June 2011Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled its next-generation QorIQ multicore platform built on 28nm technology – the AMP (advanced multiprocessing) series – which incorporates...
Industry leaders form Embedded Vision Alliance, enabling "machines that see"
Friday 3 June 2011More than fifteen leading technology companies have joined forces to speed the adoption of computer vision capabilities in electronic products. The ability of machines to see and...

Freescale to showcase industrial, automotive and consumer electronics innovations at Electronica 2006
Photo: Freescale, Friday 10 November 2006