Jazz Archived "In the News" from 2003

Micro Linear Names Jazz Semi as Foundry Partner

04 Dec 2003

Micro Linear Corp. has selected Jazz Semiconductor as its foundry partner for its ML5800 offering… the transceiver's 1.5Mbps data rate allows for short data transfer times, low latency and direct sequence spreading, resulting in reduced interference problems and increased battery life.

Airoha Technology Announces Airlink AL2210

September 25, 2003

Looking down the road, Jazz sees a convergence of products that are driving the technology choices; one is the local optimization of subsystems, for example, a single chip GSM is getting a lot of press today.

News in Brief: Jazz, Blu-Ray Rival, 3G Phones

September 2, 2003

Jazz plans to introduce the world's fastest SiGe technology, a novel optical disc technology has been developed that stores 200Gb of data, and NTT DoCoMo plans to launch a 14 Mbit/s 3G cell phone service in early 2005.

130nm SiGe Chips Aim at 300GHz

August 29, 2003
By Mark LaPedus

Jazz Semiconductor Inc. is readying a 130-nanometer process that creates devices operating at 300GHz (Ft) - or 1.5 times faster than Jazz's current high-speed process… The process will be ready to produce prototypes by 2004.

Jazz Preps World's Fastest SiGe for Wireless, Wireline Apps

August 29, 2003
By Mark LaPedus

The CMOS process sets Jazz apart from foundry leaders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp.

Airoha Technology Launches Single-Chip 802.11b RF, 802.11g Soon to Follow

August 20, 2003
By Chinmei Sung

Airoha Technology announced the world's most integrated single-chip transceiver, with an embedded power amplifier (PA) for wireless LAN RF applications… The chip will be manufactured at US-based foundry Jazz Semiconductor using 0.35-micron SiGe (silicon germanium) BiCMOS (bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) technology, the company said in a statement.

IC Insights' Pure-Play Foundry Rankings for 1H03

August 20, 2003
By Mark LaPedus

Silicon-germanium foundry Jazz Semiconductor Inc. of the U.S. was in sixth place, with 2 percent share and $90 million in sales for the first half.

Taiwan, South Korean Wireless IC Firms Preparing Silicon

July 22, 2003
By Mike Clendenin

Airoha's Airlink AL2210 uses a single-chip, direct conversion (zero IF) architecture… It is made on a 0.35-micron SiGe BiCMOS process at Jazz Semiconductor.

SiGe BiCMOS Process Fits Mixed-Signal Integration

July 14, 2003
By Paul Kempf, CTO and CMO, Jazz Semiconductor

SiGe BiCMOS technology is ideally suited to address mixed-signal subsystem integration and leverages the equipment and yield learning of a mature baseline CMOS process.

Convergence: RF Micro Pegs Future to New Technology

June 20, 2003
By Mick Normington

In October, [RF Micro] invested $60 million in Jazz Semiconductor Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., which gives it low-cost silicon wafers to bolster production back in Greensboro.

Transceiver Project Heads Toward New Tape-Out

May 21, 2003
By Mattias Wagman

The Swedish Socware Transceiver Demonstrator Project, or SoCTRix, is charging ahead with plans for taping out next month a modified phase-locked loop for use in the multistandard transceiver the coalition is developing. The group has also added two more industrial partners: Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Jazz Semiconductor.