Infineon (Part 3): Holes In Wireless Portfolio

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala In the previous post, we looked at Infineon’s strengths in wireless. However, Infineon’s portfolio is still incomplete in the area of connectivity solutions, which are playing a major role in the convergence trend.

Infineon (Part 2): Wireless Strengths

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Infineon is a formidable force in RF transceivers and is one of the predominant baseband suppliers. Forward Concepts ranks them #3 globally in total baseband (2G, 3G). Although Infineon’s visibility increased tremendously after design wins in the iPhone, it has been a longtime supplier of RF solutions to LG,

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Infineon (Part 1): Seeing Some Light

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Continuing with our detailed analysis of European players in wireless semiconductor space, let’s take a look at some recent developments at Infineon Technologies AG. Earlier detailed coverage of Infineon can be found in Vijay’s series. Infineon ranked tenth among top semiconductor suppliers in 2008. But of late, the company

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