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'Infineon Technologies AG' (, , ) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. As of June 30, 2006 Infineon has about 41,100 employees worldwide, 7,400 of them involved in research and development. In the 2006 financial year, the company achieved sales of 5.275 billion USD. The EBIT loss came to 278 million USD (excluding Qimonda AG).
In the first quarter of 2006 Infineon was among the Worldwide Top 4 semiconductor sales leaders.
On May 1, 2006, Infineon's Memory Products division was carved out as a distinct company called Qimonda AG. It employs about 12,000 people worldwide. Qimonda has been listed on the NYSE.
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as memory products through its subsidiary Qimonda. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the USA from Milpitas, California in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo.
Infineon has a number of facilities in Europe. Infineon's high power segment is in Warstein (Germany), Villach (Austria) and Cegléd (Hungary). It also runs R&D centers in France, Singapore, Romania ,Taiwan & Bangaluru, India & fabrication units in Singapore, Malaysia & China.
Infineon is listed on the DAX 30 index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).
The name Infineon combines the English word "infinity" (Latin word "infinitas") with "eon," the ancient Greek word for eternity, in an attempt to call to mind the idea of unlimited potential.
Infineon's main product lines are ICs in the following areas:
★ Communications (wired and wireless)
★
★ VoIP products, VINETIC
★
★ ISDN products
★
★ Mobile Phone Products
★
★ Ethernet over VDSL 10Base-S products
★ Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket
★
★ Power ICs, Coolset, CoolMOS
★
★ DC-DC power management ICs & AC-DC power management ICs
★
★ Sense and Control products, ,SensorNor
★
★ Smartcards
★
★ TriCore, C166 and 8-Bit Micro-controllers
★ Memory Products - Now with Qimonda
★
★ DRAM
Infineon also has a HPS (High Power Segment). The front-end of this production is in Warstein (GER), the back-end is in Cegléd (Hungary). Thyristors, diodes and IGBTs are manufactured here.
===Apple iPhone chips===
The Apple iPhone contains baseband processor & RF chips supplied by Infineon[1], the PMB8876 S-Gold 2 multimedia engine with EDGE, a radio-frequency transceiver and power-management devices.
★ Infineon announced the buy-out the cellular division of LSI in August 2007 [2]. This division belonged to the erstwhile Agere Systems before it merged with LSI.
★ In August 2007 it completed the acquisition of TI's DSL CPE business group. This group has been merged with the communications product group at Infineon.
#TI
#Broadcom
#STMicroelectronics
#Marvell
#Freescale
#NXP
#LSI (formerly Agere)
#Renesas
#International Rectifier
#Fairchild Semiconductor
Institutional Investors in Infineon are: Brandes Investment Partners: 5,13%, Dodge and Cox International: 5,07%, Capital Group International: 4,95%, General Capital Group (0,8%).
In 2004-2005 an investigation was carried out into a worldwide DRAM price fixing conspiracy during 1999-2002 that damaged competition and raised PC prices. As a result, Samsung is to pay $300 million fine, Hynix was to pay $185 million in 2005, Infineon: $160 million in 2004. Micron Technology cooperated with prosecutors and no fine is expected.
In the development center of Infineon Romania, Infineon Technologies CO & SCS, where Infineon has a lot of tax facilities from the Romanian government, a scandal errupted in early 2007 due to high number of people who left the company due to poor working conditions.
In order to keep their current working people Infineon sued a lot of ex-employees.
Infineon technologies supports local high schools with F.I.R.S.T. robotics [3]. They currently help three local schools in Richmond, Virginia - Atlee HS, Tucker HS, and Highland Springs Tech Center (HTA)
'AENEON™' was introduced in 2005. AENEON is a DRAM memory family of Infineon and fits into standard PCs and notebooks.
AENEON targets whitebox (non-brand) PC and notebook manufacturers world wide, as well as the European retail segment and end users (web shop). AENEON DRAM memory focuses the "price-performance" segment.
Price advantages are obtained due to a limited product portfolio (only ''unbuffered'' and ''SO-DIMM''), and due to outsourced modul assembly. The DRAM components, however, are "Made by Infineon™".
★ Infineon website
★ Infineon Stock on NYSE
★ AENEON website
'Infineon Technologies AG' (, , ) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. As of June 30, 2006 Infineon has about 41,100 employees worldwide, 7,400 of them involved in research and development. In the 2006 financial year, the company achieved sales of 5.275 billion USD. The EBIT loss came to 278 million USD (excluding Qimonda AG).
In the first quarter of 2006 Infineon was among the Worldwide Top 4 semiconductor sales leaders.
On May 1, 2006, Infineon's Memory Products division was carved out as a distinct company called Qimonda AG. It employs about 12,000 people worldwide. Qimonda has been listed on the NYSE.
| Contents |
| The markets of Infineon Technologies |
| What Infineon means |
| Product lines |
| Buyouts |
| Competitors |
| Investors |
| Price fixing controversy |
| Employees lawsuit |
| Community support |
| AENEON |
| External links |
The markets of Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as memory products through its subsidiary Qimonda. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the USA from Milpitas, California in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo.
Infineon has a number of facilities in Europe. Infineon's high power segment is in Warstein (Germany), Villach (Austria) and Cegléd (Hungary). It also runs R&D centers in France, Singapore, Romania ,Taiwan & Bangaluru, India & fabrication units in Singapore, Malaysia & China.
Infineon is listed on the DAX 30 index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).
What Infineon means
The name Infineon combines the English word "infinity" (Latin word "infinitas") with "eon," the ancient Greek word for eternity, in an attempt to call to mind the idea of unlimited potential.
Product lines
Infineon's main product lines are ICs in the following areas:
★ Communications (wired and wireless)
★
★ VoIP products, VINETIC
★
★ ISDN products
★
★ Mobile Phone Products
★
★ Ethernet over VDSL 10Base-S products
★ Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket
★
★ Power ICs, Coolset, CoolMOS
★
★ DC-DC power management ICs & AC-DC power management ICs
★
★ Sense and Control products, ,SensorNor
★
★ Smartcards
★
★ TriCore, C166 and 8-Bit Micro-controllers
★ Memory Products - Now with Qimonda
★
★ DRAM
Infineon also has a HPS (High Power Segment). The front-end of this production is in Warstein (GER), the back-end is in Cegléd (Hungary). Thyristors, diodes and IGBTs are manufactured here.
===Apple iPhone chips===
The Apple iPhone contains baseband processor & RF chips supplied by Infineon[1], the PMB8876 S-Gold 2 multimedia engine with EDGE, a radio-frequency transceiver and power-management devices.
Buyouts
★ Infineon announced the buy-out the cellular division of LSI in August 2007 [2]. This division belonged to the erstwhile Agere Systems before it merged with LSI.
★ In August 2007 it completed the acquisition of TI's DSL CPE business group. This group has been merged with the communications product group at Infineon.
Competitors
#TI
#Broadcom
#STMicroelectronics
#Marvell
#Freescale
#NXP
#LSI (formerly Agere)
#Renesas
#International Rectifier
#Fairchild Semiconductor
Investors
Institutional Investors in Infineon are: Brandes Investment Partners: 5,13%, Dodge and Cox International: 5,07%, Capital Group International: 4,95%, General Capital Group (0,8%).
Price fixing controversy
In 2004-2005 an investigation was carried out into a worldwide DRAM price fixing conspiracy during 1999-2002 that damaged competition and raised PC prices. As a result, Samsung is to pay $300 million fine, Hynix was to pay $185 million in 2005, Infineon: $160 million in 2004. Micron Technology cooperated with prosecutors and no fine is expected.
Employees lawsuit
In the development center of Infineon Romania, Infineon Technologies CO & SCS, where Infineon has a lot of tax facilities from the Romanian government, a scandal errupted in early 2007 due to high number of people who left the company due to poor working conditions.
In order to keep their current working people Infineon sued a lot of ex-employees.
Community support
Infineon technologies supports local high schools with F.I.R.S.T. robotics [3]. They currently help three local schools in Richmond, Virginia - Atlee HS, Tucker HS, and Highland Springs Tech Center (HTA)
AENEON
'AENEON™' was introduced in 2005. AENEON is a DRAM memory family of Infineon and fits into standard PCs and notebooks.
AENEON targets whitebox (non-brand) PC and notebook manufacturers world wide, as well as the European retail segment and end users (web shop). AENEON DRAM memory focuses the "price-performance" segment.
Price advantages are obtained due to a limited product portfolio (only ''unbuffered'' and ''SO-DIMM''), and due to outsourced modul assembly. The DRAM components, however, are "Made by Infineon™".
External links
★ Infineon website
★ Infineon Stock on NYSE
★ AENEON website
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