IRVINE, USA: Broadcom Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Percello Ltd., a privately-held company that develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for femtocells.
Femtocells are small, low power cellular base stations that extend coverage indoors where signals are weak. Used primarily in residential and enterprise business settings, femtocells communicate with a service provider's network through a broadband connection, allowing users to continue using their mobile devices without losing connectivity.
The acquisition of Percello is expected to enable Broadcom to lower overall bill of material cost and accelerate the time to market for best-in-class and energy-efficient femtocell technology.
"Percello's energy-efficient and cost-optimized femtocell architecture augments our portfolio of highly integrated solutions for broadband connectivity and provides significant benefits for our customers and end users," said Greg Fischer, VP and GM of Broadcom's Broadband Carrier Access line of business.
"As wireless data usage continues to expand, this technology is well-positioned to enable wireless carriers to offload both data and voice traffic, while offering subscribers better cell reception in the home and office and accelerating the introduction of new 'converged' mobile broadband services."
"Percello's femtocell technology delivers a simple and cost-effective solution that enables service providers to quickly and easily extend wireless cellular access as well as offering advanced applications and services to their subscribers," said Shlomo Gadot, CEO, Percello. "The combination of Percello's high performance femtocell solutions and Broadcom's broadband portfolio provides significant benefits including greater efficiencies, accelerated time to market and a world-class technology and engineering talent base."
"The femtocell market has turned the corner in 2010 with more than 1 million femtocells global shipments expected by conservative estimates this year. By 2015 we see more than 50 million femtocells being shipped annually with WCDMA femtocells making up the bulk of the market," said Aditya Kaul, Practice Director, Mobile Networks, ABI Research.
"This is driven by the consumers' desire to be connected at all times, the need for increased data capacity in networks coupled with wireless service providers deploying fast, simple and cost-effective upgrades to support base stations and accelerate the introduction of advanced services like presence and location based alerts, multimedia syncing and sharing, smart phone applications and enhanced mobile video services to their subscribers."
In connection with the acquisition, Broadcom expects to pay approximately $86 million, net of cash assumed from Percello, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other rights of Percello. The purchase price will be paid in cash, except that a portion of such purchase price attributable to unvested employee stock options will be paid in Broadcom restricted stock units.
Additional consideration of up to $12 million in cash will be reserved for future payment to the former holders of Percello capital stock and other rights upon satisfaction of certain performance goals. A portion of the cash consideration payable to the stockholders will be placed into escrow to cover indemnity obligations.
Excluding any purchase accounting related adjustments and fair value measurements, Broadcom expects the acquisition of Percello to be approximately neutral to earnings per share in 2011. The boards of directors of the two companies have approved the acquisition. The transaction is expected to close in Broadcom's fourth quarter, 2010 or by the end of Broadcom's first quarter, March 31, 2011 and remains subject to customary closing conditions.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Broadcom announces widespread support for DOCSIS EoC for EPON solution
BEIJING, CHINA; ICTC 2010: Broadcom Corp. has announced widespread support for its DOCSIS-based Ethernet over Coax (EoC) for Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) architectures from leading companies including Changhong, Coship, Harmonic, Jiuzhou, Skyworth, Sumavision and ZTE.
This industry support from the top manufacturers and service providers in China demonstrates the momentum toward standardized quality of service (QoS) to ensure a high-quality TV, broadband and telephone experience and to advance China's drive toward network convergence.
These top companies plan to launch DOCSIS EoC for EPON solutions that are enabled by Broadcom and specifically meet the low cost infrastructure requirements for deploying triple-play services to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in China.
Broadcom is demonstrating industry-leading DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem, coax media converter (CMC), EPON and set-top box (STB) technologies at this week's International Coverage and Transmission (ICTC) Conference in Beijing, Booth #203.
Highlights
* China's Three Networks Convergence project is enabling telecom, broadcasting and Internet providers to offer triple-play services, spurring a major increase in the nation's digital cable subscribers, according to iSuppli.
* The widespread support for Broadcom's cable infrastructure technology provides further evidence to the market's need to deploy a high-quality, standardized and interoperable solution that will drive the convergence of telecommunications, Internet and cable television networks in China, according to BDA.
* Broadcom's DOCSIS EoC for EPON portfolio is a complete chipset and software solution that includes CMC, DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem and STB system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
This industry support from the top manufacturers and service providers in China demonstrates the momentum toward standardized quality of service (QoS) to ensure a high-quality TV, broadband and telephone experience and to advance China's drive toward network convergence.
These top companies plan to launch DOCSIS EoC for EPON solutions that are enabled by Broadcom and specifically meet the low cost infrastructure requirements for deploying triple-play services to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in China.
Broadcom is demonstrating industry-leading DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem, coax media converter (CMC), EPON and set-top box (STB) technologies at this week's International Coverage and Transmission (ICTC) Conference in Beijing, Booth #203.
Highlights
* China's Three Networks Convergence project is enabling telecom, broadcasting and Internet providers to offer triple-play services, spurring a major increase in the nation's digital cable subscribers, according to iSuppli.
* The widespread support for Broadcom's cable infrastructure technology provides further evidence to the market's need to deploy a high-quality, standardized and interoperable solution that will drive the convergence of telecommunications, Internet and cable television networks in China, according to BDA.
* Broadcom's DOCSIS EoC for EPON portfolio is a complete chipset and software solution that includes CMC, DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem and STB system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
Link_A_Media Devices samples industry’s first 4KB-block LDPC HDD SoC
SANTA CLARA, USA: Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), a leader in the development of semiconductor SoC solutions for the data storage market, announced that it has sampled to a leading HDD manufacturer the industry’s first 4KB-Block LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) based SoC that processes 4KB of data at a time.
Over the last year HDD manufacturers have been transitioning more of their products to 4KB large sectors, up from the smaller 512B sectors that were shipped in the past. Using LAMD’s 4KB-Block LDPC technology, HDD manufacturers can store 500GB or more of data on a 2.5” HDD platter.
An HDD with data partitioned into larger 4KB sectors enables more data to be stored on each magnetic disk, due to reduced overhead requirement for storing data associated with error correction and synchronization.
Other HDD controllers divide up the 4KB of data into smaller blocks of data, typically 512B or 1024B, that then process one block at a time. This is less efficient and restricts the amount of user data that can be stored on each platter. Beyond enabling higher capacity, LAMD’s 4KB-Block LDPC technology offers significantly superior media defect handling capability, thereby improving yields for its customers during drive manufacturing.
LAMD has spent over 3 years developing its 4KB-Block LDPC technology. Through the use of a novel architecture, die size and power dissipation were kept to a minimum, resulting in a very efficient implementation which is well-suited for mobile HDDs, as well as the other segments.
“A 4KB LDPC based controller is an important milestone for the HDD market. It is well recognized that implementing a native 4KB LDPC code that meets the HDD industry’s need for performance, cost, and power consumption is a significant technical challenge,” said Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, the premier market research firm following markets driven by DSP technology.
“Link_A_Media, as the newest SoC supplier to the storage industry in more than 16 years, appears to have solved these challenges for the 2.5” mobile drives, which is the largest segment of the HDD market.”
“LDPC coding is now regarded as must-have technology for next generation capacity points for HDD products. We are very pleased to be leading this technology transition in the HDD market with our 4KB-Block LDPC SoC solution,” said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO, Link_A_Media Devices. “Our solution is designed to deliver the highest performance with the lowest power consumption to enable 500GB or higher capacity on single disk in the 2.5” HDD form factor.”
Link_A_Media Devices’ SoCs are manufactured by Renesas Electronics, a leading manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor products for the most demanding applications including automotive, PCs and mobile devices.
Over the last year HDD manufacturers have been transitioning more of their products to 4KB large sectors, up from the smaller 512B sectors that were shipped in the past. Using LAMD’s 4KB-Block LDPC technology, HDD manufacturers can store 500GB or more of data on a 2.5” HDD platter.
An HDD with data partitioned into larger 4KB sectors enables more data to be stored on each magnetic disk, due to reduced overhead requirement for storing data associated with error correction and synchronization.
Other HDD controllers divide up the 4KB of data into smaller blocks of data, typically 512B or 1024B, that then process one block at a time. This is less efficient and restricts the amount of user data that can be stored on each platter. Beyond enabling higher capacity, LAMD’s 4KB-Block LDPC technology offers significantly superior media defect handling capability, thereby improving yields for its customers during drive manufacturing.
LAMD has spent over 3 years developing its 4KB-Block LDPC technology. Through the use of a novel architecture, die size and power dissipation were kept to a minimum, resulting in a very efficient implementation which is well-suited for mobile HDDs, as well as the other segments.
“A 4KB LDPC based controller is an important milestone for the HDD market. It is well recognized that implementing a native 4KB LDPC code that meets the HDD industry’s need for performance, cost, and power consumption is a significant technical challenge,” said Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, the premier market research firm following markets driven by DSP technology.
“Link_A_Media, as the newest SoC supplier to the storage industry in more than 16 years, appears to have solved these challenges for the 2.5” mobile drives, which is the largest segment of the HDD market.”
“LDPC coding is now regarded as must-have technology for next generation capacity points for HDD products. We are very pleased to be leading this technology transition in the HDD market with our 4KB-Block LDPC SoC solution,” said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO, Link_A_Media Devices. “Our solution is designed to deliver the highest performance with the lowest power consumption to enable 500GB or higher capacity on single disk in the 2.5” HDD form factor.”
Link_A_Media Devices’ SoCs are manufactured by Renesas Electronics, a leading manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor products for the most demanding applications including automotive, PCs and mobile devices.
STARC endorses FishTail for automated merging of multi-mode design constraints
PORTLAND, USA: FishTail Design Automation, Inc., the golden timing constraints company, announced that Japan’s Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) has completed a detailed study of FishTail’s solution for merging multi-mode design constraints. This study has demonstrated that FishTail’s products can reduce the number of place-and-route (P&R) scenarios and, as a result, significantly improve P&R runtime.
STARC engineers conducted an exhaustive evaluation of FishTail’s mode-merging solution to establish that constraints were correctly merged even when there are significant differences between the clocks, case analysis and timing exceptions specified for functional and test modes.
The testcases established the ability of FishTail’s solution to correctly merge constraints even when one design mode does not completely dominate another. The quality of the merged constraints, in terms of accuracy and complexity, was established through a verification flow supported by FishTail that compared merged-mode timing to individual-mode timing.
Finally, the STARC study compared the runtime and quality-of-results (QoR) of P&R tools with both multi-mode and merged-mode constraints.
“Our study showed that FishTail’s automated mode-merging solution shortens P&R runtime by about 60% without impacting QoR,” said Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, vice president and general manager at STARC. “Merged constraints are automatically generated in a few hours by FishTail’s products, compared to the several days of manual effort that is otherwise required.”
“Our partnership with STARC has, over the years, resulted in the deployment of our formal constraint generation, verification, and now mode-merging solutions by the semiconductor industry,” stated Ajay Daga, founder and CEO of FishTail.
“Multi-mode design constraints are a reality today, and unfortunately P&R runtimes of days or weeks is also a reality. Our goal is to cut P&R runtimes in half. As a company we continue to bring solutions to the marketplace whose value proposition is unambiguous.”
STARC engineers conducted an exhaustive evaluation of FishTail’s mode-merging solution to establish that constraints were correctly merged even when there are significant differences between the clocks, case analysis and timing exceptions specified for functional and test modes.
The testcases established the ability of FishTail’s solution to correctly merge constraints even when one design mode does not completely dominate another. The quality of the merged constraints, in terms of accuracy and complexity, was established through a verification flow supported by FishTail that compared merged-mode timing to individual-mode timing.
Finally, the STARC study compared the runtime and quality-of-results (QoR) of P&R tools with both multi-mode and merged-mode constraints.
“Our study showed that FishTail’s automated mode-merging solution shortens P&R runtime by about 60% without impacting QoR,” said Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, vice president and general manager at STARC. “Merged constraints are automatically generated in a few hours by FishTail’s products, compared to the several days of manual effort that is otherwise required.”
“Our partnership with STARC has, over the years, resulted in the deployment of our formal constraint generation, verification, and now mode-merging solutions by the semiconductor industry,” stated Ajay Daga, founder and CEO of FishTail.
“Multi-mode design constraints are a reality today, and unfortunately P&R runtimes of days or weeks is also a reality. Our goal is to cut P&R runtimes in half. As a company we continue to bring solutions to the marketplace whose value proposition is unambiguous.”
NEC selects Freescale communications processor for wireless infrastructure equipment
AUSTIN, USA: NEC Corp. has selected advanced embedded technology from Freescale Semiconductor for the newest generation of PASOLINK microwave communications equipment.
NEC's PASOLINK products facilitate communication between a network’s core and intermediate network points such as wireless base stations. These “backhaul” links require equipment that delivers high levels of performance, flexibility and energy efficiency, as demand for content grows and the number of worldwide wireless devices and subscribers expands dramatically.
"NEC has been recognized as the market share leader for three straight years in the global compact microwave communications system market," said Katsuhiro Sasaki, GM, Mobile Wireless Network Division of NEC.
"To solidify this position, we must continue to develop competitive products. We are glad to be working with Freescale, which has a strong track record in the communications market. Their products offer an ideal balance of performance and power with a rich set of interfaces.”
"Freescale is pleased to provide the embedded intelligence for NEC's newest line of industry-leading compact microwave communications systems," said Tsuneji Inami, Director for Freescale Semiconductor Japan. "The performance, integration and low power operation of our processors are ideal for helping this world-class OEM expand market share.”
NEC's PASOLINK products facilitate communication between a network’s core and intermediate network points such as wireless base stations. These “backhaul” links require equipment that delivers high levels of performance, flexibility and energy efficiency, as demand for content grows and the number of worldwide wireless devices and subscribers expands dramatically.
"NEC has been recognized as the market share leader for three straight years in the global compact microwave communications system market," said Katsuhiro Sasaki, GM, Mobile Wireless Network Division of NEC.
"To solidify this position, we must continue to develop competitive products. We are glad to be working with Freescale, which has a strong track record in the communications market. Their products offer an ideal balance of performance and power with a rich set of interfaces.”
"Freescale is pleased to provide the embedded intelligence for NEC's newest line of industry-leading compact microwave communications systems," said Tsuneji Inami, Director for Freescale Semiconductor Japan. "The performance, integration and low power operation of our processors are ideal for helping this world-class OEM expand market share.”
Conexant intros MFP controller with integrated V.34 software fax modem
NEWPORT BEACH, USA: Conexant Systems Inc. has introduced a new highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) controller for consumer 4-in-1 color inkjet and monochrome laser multifunction printers (MFPs) with printing, copying, scanning, and faxing capabilities.
The CX92135 integrates the company’s market-leading V.34 software fax modem, which eliminates the need for an external modem chip and lowers bill-of-material (BOM) costs. An integrated scanner analog front-end further reduces BOM component count and system costs.
Additional features include Conexant’s proprietary hardware image pipeline architecture, which improves MFP system performance and enables industry-leading image quality. This also ensures firmware-compatibility with Conexant’s previous generation MFP solutions. The CX92135 is available in production quantities now.
“We are committed to providing our customers with additional value by driving higher levels of integration and functionality in our solutions,” said Phil Pompa, senior vice president of product marketing for Conexant. “Our new product reflects this commitment by providing customers with our proven fax modem technology at a lower cost. We will continue to apply our core expertise in imaging and facsimile technologies to strengthen our MFP portfolio with competitive, high-performance printing solutions.”
Conexant has shipped more than 300 million fax modems to customers globally, more than any other company.
The CX92135 is based on a high-performance ARM 32-bit core with an integrated memory management unit (MMU) that delivers the processing power required for high-speed imaging applications.
The new SoC supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet connectivity, and includes an integrated camera card, one USB 2.0 device port and host port, and a synchronous serial peripheral bus. These features allow users to easily download and print photos or documents stored on cameras and flash drives. The CX92135 also has an integrated low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interface to support the newest generation of printer engines and LCD displays.
The highly integrated MFP SoC includes an embedded memory card controller, LCD controller, and support for touch-screen functionality. In addition to the integrated V.34 fax modem, the CX92135 features Conexant’s proprietary SmartDAA solution. This technology allows manufacturers to program the integrated modem for use in virtually any geography, eliminating the need for multiple country-specific SKUs.
Conexant’s comprehensive imaging product portfolio includes highly integrated MFP SoCs for inkjet, laser, and photo printers. The company also offers fax SoCs and datapump solutions, and high-performance system solutions for “connected” frames and interactive display devices.
The CX92135 is packaged in a Green/RoHS compliant, low profile 14x14 mm 289 pin, fine pitch ball grid array. It is priced at $10 each in quantities of 10K. A complete hardware and software development kit is also available.
The CX92135 integrates the company’s market-leading V.34 software fax modem, which eliminates the need for an external modem chip and lowers bill-of-material (BOM) costs. An integrated scanner analog front-end further reduces BOM component count and system costs.
Additional features include Conexant’s proprietary hardware image pipeline architecture, which improves MFP system performance and enables industry-leading image quality. This also ensures firmware-compatibility with Conexant’s previous generation MFP solutions. The CX92135 is available in production quantities now.
“We are committed to providing our customers with additional value by driving higher levels of integration and functionality in our solutions,” said Phil Pompa, senior vice president of product marketing for Conexant. “Our new product reflects this commitment by providing customers with our proven fax modem technology at a lower cost. We will continue to apply our core expertise in imaging and facsimile technologies to strengthen our MFP portfolio with competitive, high-performance printing solutions.”
Conexant has shipped more than 300 million fax modems to customers globally, more than any other company.
The CX92135 is based on a high-performance ARM 32-bit core with an integrated memory management unit (MMU) that delivers the processing power required for high-speed imaging applications.
The new SoC supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet connectivity, and includes an integrated camera card, one USB 2.0 device port and host port, and a synchronous serial peripheral bus. These features allow users to easily download and print photos or documents stored on cameras and flash drives. The CX92135 also has an integrated low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interface to support the newest generation of printer engines and LCD displays.
The highly integrated MFP SoC includes an embedded memory card controller, LCD controller, and support for touch-screen functionality. In addition to the integrated V.34 fax modem, the CX92135 features Conexant’s proprietary SmartDAA solution. This technology allows manufacturers to program the integrated modem for use in virtually any geography, eliminating the need for multiple country-specific SKUs.
Conexant’s comprehensive imaging product portfolio includes highly integrated MFP SoCs for inkjet, laser, and photo printers. The company also offers fax SoCs and datapump solutions, and high-performance system solutions for “connected” frames and interactive display devices.
The CX92135 is packaged in a Green/RoHS compliant, low profile 14x14 mm 289 pin, fine pitch ball grid array. It is priced at $10 each in quantities of 10K. A complete hardware and software development kit is also available.
ST reports 2010 Q3 and nine month financial results
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: STMicroelectronics reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 25, 2010.
Third quarter net revenues increased 16.8 percent on a year-over-year basis, with all regions and all market segments, excluding Telecom, posting revenue growth. Year-over-year regional growth was led by Greater China-South Asia with sales growth of 29 percent, followed by the Americas with a 27 percent increase.
Sequential net revenues growth of 5 percent was led by Greater China-South Asia and Japan-Korea with 9 percent and 7 percent growth, respectively. By product segment, on a year-over year basis, IMS and ACCI grew revenues by 43 percent and 29 percent, respectively, while Wireless decreased by 23 percent. Sequentially, net revenues increased by 7 percent for IMS, and by 4 percent for both ACCI and Wireless.
President and CEO Carlo Bozotti commented: “Our third quarter financial performance reflected high demand for our products and the effective operating leverage of our model. ST reported both revenues and gross margin above the mid-point of our guidance range. These results underscore the quality of our product portfolio and validate our roadmap to enhance our return on invested capital.
“Our two largest product sectors, ACCI and IMS, both achieved record levels of sales in the quarter, with IMS surpassing one billion dollars in quarterly sales for the first time.
“At the operating profit level, results were also very good. ACCI operating margin increased to 11.7 percent, while IMS rose to 19.7 percent. These strong results are primarily due to the strengthening of our product portfolio and already
meet or exceed our operating margin goals for the end of 2010.
“ST-Ericsson continues to make progress in its ongoing portfolio transition and restructuring efforts and, as expected, reported sequential revenue growth of 4 percent and improvements of operating results.
“Thanks to ST’s strong improvement in operating results as well as accelerated net asset turns, the RONA and RONA attributable to ST reached 13 percent and 19 percent, respectively. We moved into our targeted ranges well in advance of our expectations even during this exceptional period of investment in wireless R&D.
“The R&D investments in our product portfolio, the work on improving our cost structure, and the marketing and sales initiatives, in combination with favorable market conditions, have enabled ST to deliver progressively stronger financial results throughout the first three quarters of 2010. In summary, ST met or exceeded all key performance targets in the third quarter.”
Third quarter review
ST’s net revenues for the third quarter of 2010 totaled $2,657 million and included sales recorded by ST-Ericsson as consolidated by ST. Net revenues increased 16.8 percent compared to the year-ago quarter and 5% sequentially.
On a year-over-year basis, all market segments, except Telecom, posted growth, with Consumer increasing by 36 percent, Automotive by 31 percent, Industrial & Other by 25 percent, and Computer by 18 percent. Telecom declined by 12 percent. Distribution increased 61 percent.
Sequentially, all market segments, except Industrial & Other, increased with Computer higher by 16 percent, Consumer by 6 percent, Automotive by 4 percent and Telecom by 3 percent. Industrial & Other decreased by 5 percent due to product mix, principally in smartcards. Distribution increased sequentially by 7 percent.
Third quarter net revenues increased 16.8 percent on a year-over-year basis, with all regions and all market segments, excluding Telecom, posting revenue growth. Year-over-year regional growth was led by Greater China-South Asia with sales growth of 29 percent, followed by the Americas with a 27 percent increase.
Sequential net revenues growth of 5 percent was led by Greater China-South Asia and Japan-Korea with 9 percent and 7 percent growth, respectively. By product segment, on a year-over year basis, IMS and ACCI grew revenues by 43 percent and 29 percent, respectively, while Wireless decreased by 23 percent. Sequentially, net revenues increased by 7 percent for IMS, and by 4 percent for both ACCI and Wireless.
President and CEO Carlo Bozotti commented: “Our third quarter financial performance reflected high demand for our products and the effective operating leverage of our model. ST reported both revenues and gross margin above the mid-point of our guidance range. These results underscore the quality of our product portfolio and validate our roadmap to enhance our return on invested capital.
“Our two largest product sectors, ACCI and IMS, both achieved record levels of sales in the quarter, with IMS surpassing one billion dollars in quarterly sales for the first time.
“At the operating profit level, results were also very good. ACCI operating margin increased to 11.7 percent, while IMS rose to 19.7 percent. These strong results are primarily due to the strengthening of our product portfolio and already
meet or exceed our operating margin goals for the end of 2010.
“ST-Ericsson continues to make progress in its ongoing portfolio transition and restructuring efforts and, as expected, reported sequential revenue growth of 4 percent and improvements of operating results.
“Thanks to ST’s strong improvement in operating results as well as accelerated net asset turns, the RONA and RONA attributable to ST reached 13 percent and 19 percent, respectively. We moved into our targeted ranges well in advance of our expectations even during this exceptional period of investment in wireless R&D.
“The R&D investments in our product portfolio, the work on improving our cost structure, and the marketing and sales initiatives, in combination with favorable market conditions, have enabled ST to deliver progressively stronger financial results throughout the first three quarters of 2010. In summary, ST met or exceeded all key performance targets in the third quarter.”
Third quarter review
ST’s net revenues for the third quarter of 2010 totaled $2,657 million and included sales recorded by ST-Ericsson as consolidated by ST. Net revenues increased 16.8 percent compared to the year-ago quarter and 5% sequentially.
On a year-over-year basis, all market segments, except Telecom, posted growth, with Consumer increasing by 36 percent, Automotive by 31 percent, Industrial & Other by 25 percent, and Computer by 18 percent. Telecom declined by 12 percent. Distribution increased 61 percent.
Sequentially, all market segments, except Industrial & Other, increased with Computer higher by 16 percent, Consumer by 6 percent, Automotive by 4 percent and Telecom by 3 percent. Industrial & Other decreased by 5 percent due to product mix, principally in smartcards. Distribution increased sequentially by 7 percent.
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