[Eric]

Wither Quimonda

<< Quimonda needs to be clarified. Declared BK recently. What is its relation to Infineon? >>

It probably does. For all practical purposes Quimonda self destructed and is history and that's Infineon positive. So far as I know Infineon has completely written their 77% stake in the spinoff down. They may have some contingent liabilities but I don't expect much on that score. Feel free to comment further.

- Eric -

[mlkrborn]

Eric; Quimonda needs to be clarified. Declared BK recently. What is its relation to Infineon?
tia

[mlkrborn]

Eric; Good job. thnx..

[Eric]

Infineon OTC ADSs on OTCQX: IFX (NYSE) -->IFNNY (OTCQX)

IFNNY closed Friday on OTCQX Pink Sheets at $2.48. The 52 week high was $11.08 and the 52 week low was $0.46.

http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=IFNNY&selected=IFNNY

Infineon’s ordinary shares continue to be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as IFXGy (IFXGy.F). IFXGy closed the week yesterday at €1.87 on that exchange. The 52 week high was €7.17 and the 52 week low was €0.38.

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=IFXGy.F

>> Infineon Technologies Joins OTCQX

SOURCE: Pink OTC Markets Inc.
Marketwire (New York, NY)
April 24, 2009

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Pink-Otc-Markets-Inc-OTCQX-IFNNY-979395.html

Pink OTC Markets Inc., the leading electronic inter-dealer quotation system, trading technology and financial information provider for over-the-counter (OTC) securities, today announced that Infineon Technologies AG (OTCQX: IFNNY), the leading German semiconductor manufacturer, has chosen to list its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on OTCQX. Infineon Technologies' ADRs began trading today on the OTC market's highest tier, OTCQX International Premier, where investors can find current disclosure and financial information on the company ... available on:

http://www.otcqx.com and http://www.pinksheets.com

"As an OTCQX-listed company, Infineon Technologies maintains their visibility to the U.S. investor community and associates itself with some of the highest quality companies traded over-the-counter," said R. Cromwell Coulson, Chairman and CEO of Pink OTC Markets. "We welcome Infineon Technologies to our growing list of OTCQX issuers."

Deutsche Bank will serve as Infineon Technologies' Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on listing requirements.

Infineon Technologies' ADRs will trade in the United States on OTCQX under the ticker "IFNNY" where each ADR will represent one ordinary share. Infineon Technologies' shares are listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company's headquarters are in Neubiberg, Germany.

About Infineon Technologies [See final entry here] ###

About OTCQX

OTCQX provides a gateway to U.S. securities markets for international companies that are listed on a qualified non-U.S. exchange and provides ongoing disclosure in English to U.S. investors. More importantly, OTCQX distinguishes the reputable international issuers from the 9,000 over-the-counter (OTC) securities traded in the U.S. Only leading companies that have substantial operating businesses and provide credible disclosure to the public are eligible for inclusion on the premium-tier OTCQX, which commenced trading on March 5, 2007. For more about OTCQX, visit www.otcqx.com.

About Pink OTC Markets Inc.

Pink OTC Markets Inc. provides the leading inter-dealer electronic quotation and trading system in the over-the-counter (OTC) securities market. We create innovative technology and data solutions to efficiently connect market participants, improve price discovery, increase issuer disclosure, and better inform investors. Pink OTC Markets operates the third largest U.S. equity trading venue which includes both the elite OTCQX market tiers for strong OTC-traded companies that can satisfy financial and disclosure listing standards and Pink Sheets for all other OTC quoted securities.

Over 230 financial service firms, including the ten largest U.S. investment banks, actively make markets in OTCQX and Pink Sheets quoted securities and in 2008 these firms traded over $130 billion of OTCQX and Pink Sheets securities. Pink OTC Markets offers widespread access to all U.S. broker-dealers, enabling investors to seamlessly trade these securities through their institutional, online, or full service brokers.

Pink OTC Markets is headquartered in New York City. ###

>> Infineon Voluntary Delists from New York Stock Exchange

Infineon Business & Financial Press Eelease
Neubiberg, Germany
April 3, 2009

http://www.infineon.com/cms/en/corporate/press/news/releases/2009/INFXX200904-048.html

Infineon Technologies AG today announced that it has applied to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Company expects that the delisting will take effect on April 24, 2009, and that as of that date, the ADSs will no longer be traded on the NYSE. Infineon intends to file for deregistration and termination of its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) as soon as possible following the first anniversary of the delisting.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange represents Infineon’s principal trading market, with trading on the NYSE accounting for a relatively low percentage of trading of its ADSs and ordinary shares on a worldwide basis. Infineon has therefore weighed the benefits of listing on the NYSE against the associated costs and reached the decision that continuing the listing of the ADSs is no longer commercially justifiable.

Infineon will maintain its ADS facility as a “Level I” program and pursue a listing of its ADSs on the over-the-counter market OTCQX. Infineon’s ordinary shares will continue to be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and the Company will continue to comply with the rigorous German disclosure and transparency requirements. Infineon will continue to publish its financial reports, press releases and other information in English for investors on its website.

After delisting and until deregistration is effective, Infineon will comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. After deregistration, Infineon will continue to maintain the level of disclosure expected by the international financial markets. ###

>> About Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon)

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=IFXGy.F

Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon) is a semiconductor company. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of semiconductors and complete systems solutions used in a variety of microelectronic applications, including computer systems, telecommunications systems, consumer goods, automotive products, industrial automation and control systems, and chip card applications. Its products include standard commodity components, full-custom devices, semi-custom devices and application-specific components for memory, analog, digital and mixed-signal applications. The Company has operations, investments and customers located in Europe, Asia and North America. Infineon operates through its five business segments: Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket, Chip Card and Security, Wireless Solutions and Wireline Communications. Infineon’s memory products business is conducted through its subsidiary, Qimonda AG (Qimonda).

During the 2008 fiscal year, Infineon completed two business acquisitions. In October 2007, it acquired the mobility products business of LSI. The acquired business develops semiconductors and software for mobile phone platform solutions. In April 2008, the Company acquired Primarion, Inc (Primarion) that is active in the designing, manufacturing and marketing digital power integrated circuits (ICs) for computing, graphics and communication applications. During the 2008 fiscal year, Infineon completed three business divestitures. In November 2007, Infineon entered into a joint venture agreement with Siemens AG (Siemens), whereby the Company would contribute all assets and liabilities of its high power bipolar business (including licenses, patents, and front-end and back-end production assets) into a newly formed legal entity called Infineon Technologies Bipolar GmbH & Co KG (Bipolar) and Siemens would acquire a 40% interest in Bipolar. In April 2008, LSI Corporation announced that it has completed the purchase of the assets of the Infineon’s hard disk drive semiconductor (HDD) business, which designs, manufactures and markets semiconductors for HDD devices. In August 2008, the Company divested its bulk acoustic wave filter business (BAW) to Avago Technologies Ltd (Avago) and entered into a supply agreement through December 2009 with Avago. The BAW business designs, manufactures and markets cellular duplexers for narrowband code division multiple access (N-CDMA) and wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) applications and filters for global positioning System (GPS).

Automotive: The Automotive segment designs, develops, manufactures and markets semiconductors for use in automotive applications. Together with its product portfolio, Infineon offers corresponding system know-how and support to its customers.

Industrial and Multimarket: The Industrial and Multimarket segment designs, develops, manufactures and markets semiconductors and complete system solutions primarily for use in industrial applications and in applications with customer-specific product requirements.

Chip Card and Security: The Chip Card and Security segment designs, develops, manufactures and markets semiconductors and complete system solutions primarily for use in chip card and security applications.

Wireless Solutions: The Wireless Solutions segment designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of ICs, other semiconductors and complete system solutions for wireless communication applications.

Wireline Communications: The Wireline Communications segment designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of ICs, other semiconductors and complete system solutions focused on wireline access applications.

Qimonda: Qimonda designs semiconductor memory technologies and develops, manufactures, and markets a variety of memory products with various packaging and configuration options, architectures and performance characteristics on a chip, component and module level. Qimonda offers dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products for infrastructure, graphics, mobile and consumer applications, as well as standard DRAM products for personal computers (PCs), notebooks and workstations. Qimonda’s portfolio of DRAMs for use in servers, networking and storage equipment includes fully-buffered dual-in-line memory modules (FB-DIMMs), which Qimonda serves as the next generation of memory device used in high-end servers, and very-low-profile-DIMMs, intended for the blade server market. Qimonda offers a portfolio of graphics DRAMs that support applications with performance ranging from entry level to advanced. Qimonda offers low-power specialty DRAM products, such as Mobile-RAM and CellularRAM that are suited for use in a variety of mobile and consumer applications, such as mobile phones; mobile consumer products, such as digital still cameras and digital audio players, and stationary consumer products, such as digital televisions and digital versatile disc (DVD) recorders. In addition to DRAMs for infrastructure, graphics, mobile and consumer applications, Qimonda offers a portfolio of standard DRAM products that provide a variety of speeds, configurations and densities suited to particular end uses. In 2008, Qimonda sold the majority of its standard DRAM products for use in PCs and workstations to desktop and notebook computer manufacturers and to distributors who sell DRAMs to small original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and contract manufacturers. ###

Infineon's website is at:

http://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/index.html

- Eric -

[mlkrborn]

It is OK as long they do fine in Germany!!

[mkinhaw]

IFNNY tomorrow
on pinksheets
MK

[mlkrborn]

this explains why up!
IBM Technology Alliance Announces Availability of Advanced 28-Nanometer, Low-Power Semiconductor Technology
6:00a ET April 16, 2009 (PR NewsWire)

In a move that signals a firm and ongoing commitment to advanced semiconductor technology leadership, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered), GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) have defined and are jointly developing a 28-nanometer (nm), high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power bulk complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process technology.

The low-power, 28nm technology platform can provide power-performance and time-to-market advantages for producers of a broad range of power-sensitive mobile and consumer electronics applications, including the fast-growing mobile Internet device market segment. The favorable leakage characteristics of the HKMG technology result in optimized battery life for the next generation of mobile products.

This announcement represents an extension of existing joint development agreements, and further progression in the technology offerings of the alliance partners, building on the success of earlier joint development work in 32nm HKMG technology.

A 28nm low-power technology evaluation kit was previously made available in December 2008 to early access clients, followed by release in March 2009 of an evaluation kit for open access to the general marketplace. Early risk production is anticipated in the second half of 2010.

Already working with clients on 32nm low-power technology, the alliance has gained valuable experience in the implementation of HKMG technology, and is offering a migration path from 32nm to 28nm technology. Clients can begin their designs today in leadership 32nm HKMG technology and then transition to 28nm technology for density and power advantages, without the need for a major redesign. By assuring a path from 32nm to 28nm technology, this migration methodology offers clients lower risk, reduced cost and faster time-to-market.

"Through this collaboration, IBM and its alliance partners are helping to accelerate development of next-generation technology to achieve high-performance, energy-efficient chips at the 28nm process level, maintaining our focus on technology leadership for our clients and partners," said Gary Patton, vice president for IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center on behalf of the technology alliance.

Preliminary results working with early access clients and partners indicate that the 28nm technology platform can provide a 40 percent performance improvement and a more than 20 percent reduction in power -- all in a chip that is half the size -- compared with 45nm technology. The high-k metal gate implementation allows one of the industry's smallest SRAM cells at 0.120 square microns, with low minimum voltage operation and competitive performance, leakage and stability.

These improvements enable microchip designs with outstanding performance, smaller feature sizes and low standby power, contributing to faster processing speed and longer battery life in next-generation mobile Internet devices and other systems.

"This statement of commitment to 28nm low-power technology by the IBM Joint Development Alliance is an important progression from 32nm high-k metal gate technology," said Jorgen Lantto, chief technology officer of ST-Ericsson. "Leaders in the mobile industry can utilize 28nm low-power technology to meet the increasingly aggressive demands for performance and improved battery life."

"28nm low-power technology will provide a significant step function in terms of performance, consumption and density versus the 40nm node, enabling competitive solutions for consumer and automotive segments served by STMicroelectronics," said Jean-Marc Chery, executive vice president, chief technology officer of STMicroelectronics.

In September 2008, ARM and the Common Platform alliance (IBM, Chartered and Samsung) announced a collaboration agreement to develop a comprehensive 32nm and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip design platform. The first milestone from this collaboration was the announcement of the ARM Cortex processor in Common Platform 32nm HKMG technology at the Mobile World Congress in February.

"Through industry collaboration and integration of our processor and physical IP with advanced manufacturing technologies, ARM and the Common Platform alliance continue to drive the adoption of next-generation consumer electronics," said Simon Segars, executive vice president and general manager, physical IP division, ARM. "We believe this announcement is a significant advancement of the HKMG technology to enable our customers' aggressive product designs while accelerating their time to market."

Unlike poly/SiON, the HKMG low-power technology breaks down the historical barrier of scaling, allowing significant power and performance advantage without the need for complex processes, thereby lowering clients' total development cost.

Today's announcement marks the latest development achievement from this alliance of semiconductor manufacturing, development and technology companies who collaborate to address the product design and advanced process development challenges central to producing a smaller, faster, more cost efficient generation of semiconductors.

[mlkrborn]

up in europe!

[mlkrborn]

To be delisted and traded only at OTC!

Infineon voluntary delists from New York Stock Exchange

Business & Financial Press

April 3, 2009

Neubiberg, Germany – April 03, 2009 – Infineon Technologies AG today announced that it has applied to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Company expects that the delisting will take effect on April 24, 2009, and that as of that date, the ADSs will no longer be traded on the NYSE. Infineon intends to file for deregistration and termination of its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) as soon as possible following the first anniversary of the delisting.


The Frankfurt Stock Exchange represents Infineon’s principal trading market, with trading on the NYSE accounting for a relatively low percentage of trading of its ADSs and ordinary shares on a worldwide basis. Infineon has therefore weighed the benefits of listing on the NYSE against the associated costs and reached the decision that continuing the listing of the ADSs is no longer commercially justifiable.


Infineon will maintain its ADS facility as a “Level I” program and pursue a listing of its ADSs on the over-the-counter market OTCQX. Infineon’s ordinary shares will continue to be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and the Company will continue to comply with the rigorous German disclosure and transparency requirements. Infineon will continue to publish its financial reports, press releases and other information in English for investors on its website.


After delisting and until deregistration is effective, Infineon will comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. After deregistration, Infineon will continue to maintain the level of disclosure expected by the international financial markets.
About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).

[mlkrborn]

IFX upped by UBS.

Infineon Technologies upped to buy at UBS
3:25a ET April 6, 2009 (MarketWatch)
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- German microchip maker Infineon Technologies was upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS, as the broker said a non-dilutive refinancing is looking more likely. "We believe government-backed debt financing is the most likely path," the broker said, as Infineon is often the sole source of chips for automakers. It also believes Infineon will remain a supplier to the next-generation iPhone.

[mlkrborn]

IFX received 95 million dollars out of 125 m. dollars it invested with Lehman broters.. 0.88 euros now ..in german markets on wednesday!

[peewee]

yopp

[mlkrborn]

Nice reversal!

[peewee]

Infineon erhält Auftrag von Huawei Technologies
12:07 19.03.09

Neubiberg (aktiencheck.de AG) - Der Technologiekonzern Infineon Technologies AG (Profil) hat mit der chinesischen Huawei Technologies einen Rahmenvertrag zur Lieferung so genannter "End-to-End" Chip-Lösungen für die drahtgebundenen und drahtlosen Kommunikationssysteme von Huawei geschlossen.

Wie aus einer am Donnerstag veröffentlichten Pressemitteilung hervorgeht, werde Infineon Halbleiter-Lösungen für den Einsatz in Vermittlungsstellen (CO, Central Office), Teilnehmer-Endgeräten (CPE, Customer Premise Equipment) und Mobiltelefon-Plattformen liefern. Das Gesamtvolumen der Vereinbarung wurde auf 68 Mio. Dollar beziffert.

"Wir fühlen uns durch diese Vereinbarung mit Huawei sehr geehrt" sagte Dominik Bilo, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing und Distribution von Infineon Technologies, während der Vertragsunterzeichnung in Frankfurt. "Huawei und Infineon pflegen eine sehr positive und lang anhaltende Geschäftsbeziehung. Wir sind sehr glücklich darüber, dass wir diese erfolgreiche Partnerschaft von Jahr zu Jahr ausbauen und jetzt diese Vereinbarung über die Lieferung führender Technologien und Kommunikationslösungen unterzeichnen konnten."

Die Aktie von Infineon notiert aktuell mit einem Plus von 5,65 Prozent bei 0,66 Euro. (19.03.2009/ac/n/d)

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Infineon Introduces Family of High-Precision Hall-Effect Switches and Latches for Industrial Applications with Unique Temperature and Stress Compensation Features for Highly Accurate Position Detection
Technology Media

March 10, 2009

Neubiberg, Germany – March 10, 2009 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), a leading supplier of Hall sensors for automotive applications, today announced a new family of Hall-effect switches and latches targeting a broad range of industrial applications, such as motor control and automation systems. The new TLI49x6 product family includes high precision Hall-effect switches and latches based on chopped Hall probes. It offers enhanced accuracy and robustness against electrical disturbances. Tiny SMD packages and slim leaded packages are available for high flexibility and compact designs for industrial applications.


The new product family includes five devices; the TLI4906x series of switches and the TLI4946x series of latches, both with various package options.


The TLI4906x is a high precision Hall-effect switch with high-accuracy switching thresholds for ambient operating temperatures of up to 125 °C. It is ideally suited for a broad portfolio of industrial and consumer applications that require high precision switching points for position sensing, such as security systems, alignment control, push buttons, keyboards, key switches, and machine tools.


TLI4946x latches are ideal for controlling Brushless DC (BLDC) motors. The major advantage of the brushless technology in comparison to motors using brushes is that commutation is performed without mechanical contact: Therefore, BLDC motors are more reliable, more efficient and run quieter at faster speed. The TLI4946x latches are designed to exactly detect the rotor position of BLDC motors, for example in air conditioning systems, pumps, washing machines, DVD players and rolling shutters. Apart from effective control, the latches can also be used for index counting.


“Infineon is a leading and well-established supplier of high-quality, reliable Hall sensors for the automotive industry. With the new TLI49x6 switch and latch family, Infineon expands its offering to customers in the industrial and consumer market,” said Frank Findeis, Head of Marketing for Magnetics and Sensor Interfaces at Infineon Technologies. “Various industrial applications like control of energy efficient BLDC motors will profit from the high precision and reliability of the products, while designers of motor drive solutions have the additional benefit of getting all related high-quality and perfectly matched key components like microcontrollers, power devices and sensors from one source, Infineon.”


The Hall-effect switches comprise a chopped Hall probe, bias generator, compensation circuits, oscillator and an output transistor. The bias generator supplies the Hall probe and the active circuits. Compensation circuits stabilize response of the IC over temperature and reduce the impact of process variations. The sensor module delivers the same and stable outputs regardless of temperature. Active error compensation reject offset affects in the signal path and the impact of mechanical stress in the package caused by molding, soldering and thermal effects. The chopper technique together with the threshold generator and the comparator ensure high sensitivity and high stability of magnetic switching points. The industrial Hall-effect devices offer a very low jitter of typically 1µs.


The ICs have an open collector output stage with 20mA current sink capability. A wide operating voltage range from 2.7V to 18V with reverse polarity protection down to -18V and high ESD protection of ±4kV (HBM) make the TLI49x6 switch/latch family suitable for a variety of applications. A magnetic south pole with field strength above B op turns the output on, while a magnetic north pole exceeding B rp turns it off.


Availability and pricing


Infineon launches the new TLI49x6 family with five products. The unipolar switch TLI4906K is available in a 3-pin PG-SC59 package while the TLI4906L is supplied in a 3-pin PG-SSO-3 package. The Hall-effect latches TLI4946K and TLI4946-2K are both available in a PG-SC59, and the TLI4946-2L in a PG-SSO-3 package. Typical pricing, in quantities of 10,000 units, of TLI49x6K devices is approximately Euro 0.21 (approximately US $0.30) per piece. Engineering samples of the TLI49x6 family are available with volume production expected to start in April 2009.


Further information on Infineon’s product portfolio is available at www.infineon.com/sensors

About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).

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Infineon supplying chips for India's e-passports
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in News
Infineon Technologies announced that it is the supplier of contactless security microcontrollers for India’s electronic passport program. The rollout has started with the issuance of e-passports to Indian diplomats and officials, with 30,000 expected to be issued.

By September 2009, the program is likely to be expanded to include passports used by the general public. Approximately 6 million passports are being issued annually in India.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The India electronic passport project utilizes the SLE 66CLX800PE security microcontroller from Infineon and was specifically designed for use in electronic passports, identity cards, e-government cards and payment cards. The security microcontroller features a crypto-coprocessor and can operate at high transaction speeds of up to 848 kbits/s even if elevated encryption and decryption operations have to be calculated.

The SLE 66CLX800PE offers all contactless proximity interfaces on a single chip: the ISO/IEC 14443 Type B interface and Type A interface which are both used for communication between electronic passports and the respective readers, and the ISO/IEC 18092 passive mode interface which is used in transport and banking applications mainly in Japan.

In addition to India, Infineon supplies its security microcontrollers to many other countries for use in e-passports including the U.S., Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Hong Kong, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Ivory Coast.

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Infineon Extends Family of Single-Chip Solutions for VoIP-Capable Home Gateways; New Full-Featured Chip Optimizes Quality of Ser
Date : 03/02/2009 @ 3:11PM
Source : MarketWire
Stock : Infineon Technologies (IFX)
Quote : 0.59 -0.01 (-1.67%) @ 4:25PM


Infineon Extends Family of Single-Chip Solutions for VoIP-Capable Home Gateways; New Full-Featured Chip Optimizes Quality of Ser





NEUBIBERG, GERMANY and MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/02/09 -- Infineon Technologies AG (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) today announced two additions to its XWAY(TM) ARX100 family of single-chip ADSL2+ Integrated Access Device (IAD) solutions, the XWAY ARX182 and XWAY ARX188. The ARX188 is targeted at feature-rich IAD designs with high throughput and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, while the ARX182 is the industry's first low-cost IAD solution targeted at the entry-level segment of Analog Telephone Adaptors with integrated DSL functionality (DSL-ATA). When used with Infineon's new XWAY SLIC100 (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) family, both solutions set a benchmark in energy efficiency by enabling customers to exceed the requirements of European Union Code of Conduct (EU CoC) on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment by up to 35 percent.




"Our ARX100 architecture underscores Infineon's commitment to Green IT by significantly reducing the power consumption of home gateways. The ARX188 combines the advantages of the recently launched ARX168 for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) with Infineon's leading VoIP technology to offer superior multi-service gateways for consumers, whereas ARX182 supports carriers in migrating to All-IP networks," said Christian Wolff, Division President of the Wireline Communications division at Infineon Technologies.

"These new solutions further emphasize the commitment given to our OEM/ODM customers with the introduction of the ARX100 architecture: One Investment, Many Products."




About the XWAY ARX100 family



In autumn 2008, Infineon introduced the industry's first single-chip ADSL2+ gateway solution with integrated Gigabit Ethernet, the XWAY ARX168, to address the burgeoning IPTV market.




ARX188 lifts the capabilities of residential gateways to the next level by ensuring that the IAD does not become a bottleneck in the home network. Infineon designed the ARX100 architecture with a dual-core networking CPU, protocol acceleration and Gigabit Ethernet support to guarantee ideal routing throughput. Together with 802.11n companion chips, ARX188 offers unique performance with WLAN data rates of well above 150Mbps. IPTV applications benefit from the high speed routing capabilities as well as from DSL Physical Layer features such as Erasure Decoding and Re-Transmission to optimize performance in video transmission applications. By supporting optimal throughput across various interfaces, ARX188 opens a fully new end-user experience when it comes to IPTV, content management and file sharing. At the same time it ensures carrier-grade voice quality even when heavy routing tasks are performed by the gateway.




For entry-level applications and emerging markets, the VoIP-enabled ARX182 provides an attractive Bill-of-Material (BOM) to help carriers in their transition to an All-IP network.




Complete Offering of xDSL CPE Solutions



The ARX100 family extends Infineon's portfolio of highly integrated single-chip devices for ADSL and VDSL Customer Premises Equipment. As the leading supplier of all major voice technologies: DECT/CAT-iq(TM), POTS, and ISDN, Infineon enables customer-optimized IAD system solutions to address different market requirements. The SLIC100 family's innovative design reduces power consumption by two-thirds in standby mode compared to existing solutions in the market. In addition, the voice subsystem footprint is also cut by up to 40 percent. All relevant parameters are programmable via software so all markets can be served with a single hardware design that meets all worldwide voice standards.




A common benefit of the ARX100 family is the support for Green IT. The family supports a wide range of energy saving features to meet the requirements listed in the latest version of the EU CoC on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment for 2009, 2010, 2011 and beyond. First results show that the stand-by power consumption of complete IAD designs based on the new Infineon solution (ARX100 with SLIC100) beat even the strictest requirements of CoC by up to 35 percent.




This complete system offering incorporating Infineon's comprehensive coverage of xDSL interoperability enables OEM/ODM customers to position their products worldwide with shortest to time-to-market.




Availability



Samples of the Infineon XWAY ARX188 ADSL2+ IAD and the XWAY SLIC100 family are available. XWAY ARX182 samples will be available by the mid-2009.




Further information on the ARX188, ARX182 and SLIC100 is available at www.infineon.com/cpe



CAT-iq™ is the registered trademark of the DECT Forum. CAT-iq is the new global technology for broadband home connectivity.




About Infineon



Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX).




Further information is available at www.infineon.com.




This news release is available online at www.infineon.com/press/


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IFX trading up on German Market..IFX.MU up 3%

[peewee]

looks like...hehe

[RonnieD]

.58 bottom feeder possibilities here

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Primarion Introduces Industry's Smallest Integrated Power Stage (iPS (TM))
Date : 02/17/2009 @ 10:33AM
Source : MarketWire
Stock : Primarion, An Infineon Technologies Company (IFX)
Quote : 0.8335 -0.1065 (-11.33%) @ 11:41AM


Primarion Introduces Industry's Smallest Integrated Power Stage (iPS (TM))





TORRANCE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/17/09 -- Primarion, an Infineon Technologies (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) subsidiary and a mixed-signal semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets power integrated circuits (ICs), introduces the PX4650 and PX4640, industry's smallest integrated power stage (iPS™) offering superior performance for high power density solutions required by servers, storage equipment and routers.




High Efficiency and Density Driven



Primarion's PX4650 and PX4640 accommodate current industry demands for higher power density in space constrained applications and integrated modules by minimizing the number of external components. The new power stage integrates low RDSon N-Channel MOSFETs for both high and low side FETs together with high and low side MOSFET drivers. Full integration of drivers and FETs minimizes switching losses while providing industry's leading high power density integrated solutions.





"Efficiency has become a key industry driver in the computing and data storage industry," said Deepak Savadatti, vice president of marketing at Primarion. "With Primarion iPS™, the inherent low RDSon that improves on mid- to full-load efficiency and along with low switching losses that benefit light load efficiency, are the key advantages differentiating our product in the market. The overall performance of iPS™-based solutions offers high efficiency across the entire operating range."



When combined with Primarion's digital multiphase or Di-POL™ controllers, PX4650 and PX4640 offer a complete high current small form factor voltage regulation solution that supports an average output current of up to 50A in 24mm(2) (per phase) surface area with superior system efficiency, high output voltage accuracy, fast transient response and extensive protection features. With such capability, Primarion is able to provide the industry with the highest density Vcore and memory power solutions that achieve 92 to 94 percent efficiency.




Complete Protection with Design Flexibility



Both PX4650 and PX4640 contain a number of self-protection features.

Primarion's integrated pulse-by-pulse peak current limit provides instantaneous response to any over-current conditions. The PX4650 and PX4640 also have integrated temperature sensors that provide on-die measurement of FETs' junction temperatures. When used with Primarion controllers, this feature provides accurate and programmable over-temperature protection.




Design benefits of the PX4650 and PX4640 include: a standard footprint that offers scalability and ease of PCB layout; flexible and simplified design that achieves reliable performance; reduced board space and fewer component count which lower the solution cost; low RDSon that yields higher efficiency; process and temperature independent current sensor that provides accurate over current protection; and a 20-lead QFN package which offers small footprint with ease of manufacturability. All these features are ready to meet manufacturers' needs for the highest power density in the industry.




Summary of Features:




-- Fully integrated drivers with high-side and low-side output FETs in
QFN package
-- Highest power density solution when combined with Primarion® Digital
Multiphase or Di-POL™ controllers
-- 50A (PX4650) or 40A (PX4640) output current carrying capability per
power stage
-- Greater than 92% efficiency for Vcore multiphase solutions
-- Input Under Voltage Protection (IUVP)
-- Average Current Limit protection when combined with a Primarion
Digital Controller
-- Integrated Pulse-by-Pulse Peak Current Limit (P2CL)
-- Integrated over-temperature protection
-- Temperature Monitor
-- Switching Frequency 200kHz - 1.3 MHz
-- Three-state PWM input compatible (3.3V or 5.0V)
-- RoHS compliant 4mm x 6mm QFN package




Availability



Primarion's PX4650 and PX4640 are now available for general sampling.




More information about PX4650 and PX4640 is available by contacting Primarion at [phone] or by visiting the company's Web site at http://www.primarion.com.




About Primarion:



Primarion, an Infineon Technologies (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) subsidiary, is a mixed-signal integrated circuit company that addresses key inflection points in power conversion and power management driven by the exploding demand for digital content and information. Primarion's digital power ICs are positioned to beat traditional analog power ICs in cost per amp and performance, while offering features with advantages that grow with each new processor generation. Headquartered in Torrance near Los Angeles, Calif. (USA), the company also has an Asian regional office in Taipei, Taiwan. Infineon Technologies AG is a Neubiberg, Germany based company, which operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, Calif., in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo.

Additional information is available online at http://www.primarion.com.


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Infineon Introduces Third Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes; Improved Performance Helps Reduce Cost of Power Conversion
Date : 02/16/2009 @ 10:32AM
Source : MarketWire
Stock : Infineon (IFX)
Quote : 0.9 0.0 (0.00%) @ 12:16PM


Infineon Introduces Third Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes; Improved Performance Helps Reduce Cost of Power Conversion





NEUBIBERG, GERMANY and WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/16/09 -- Infineon Technologies AG (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX), a world-leading provider of power semiconductors and the pioneering supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes, today at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exhibition (APEC), introduced its third generation thinQ!(TM) SiC Schottky diodes. Featuring the industry's lowest device capacitance for any given current rating, which enhances overall system efficiency at higher switching frequencies and under light load conditions, the new thinQ! diodes help reduce overall power converter system costs. Additionally, with its third generation, Infineon provides the industry's broadest SiC Schottky diode portfolio which not only includes the TO-220 package (2-pin version) but also the DPAK package for high power density surface mount designs.





Main application areas for SiC Schottky diodes are active Power Factor Correction (CCM PFC) in Switched-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) and other AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion applications such as solar inverters and motor drives.




Compared to the second generation, the device capacitances of the Infineon third generation SiC Schottky diodes are about 40 percent lower, which reduces switching losses. For example in a 1 kW PFC stage operating at 250 kHz there will be an improvement of 0.4 percent in the overall efficiency under 20 percent load conditions. Higher switching frequencies allow the use of smaller and lower cost passive components, such as inductors and capacitors, resulting in higher power density designs. Reduced power losses result in several benefits, including reduced cooling requirements in terms of size and number of heatsinks and fans, which enables system cost reduction and increased reliability levels. This also contributes to reduced system level energy requirements to provide an appropriate cooling environment. Infineon expects system cost reductions in some SMPS applications of up to 20 percent.




"Infineon was the world's first provider of SiC Schottky diodes, introducing its first products in 2001. During the last eight years, Infineon has made a number of significant improvements to its SiC Schottky diode technology in areas such as surge current stability, switching performance and in product cost, extending the benefits of SiC technology to more applications and making solutions more affordable than ever," said Andreas Urschitz, vice president and general manager, Power Semiconductor Discretes, at Infineon Technologies. "SiC is a truly innovative technology which helps to support the global climate saving trend and to drive new markets such as solar energy and high-efficiency lighting systems. It clearly underlines Infineon's leadership in and commitment to the power management market."



Availability, packaging and price



Infineon's third generation thinQ! SiC Schottky diodes are available in 600 Volts (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12 A, in both TO-220 and DPAK packages, and in 1200 V products (2, 5, 8, 10 and 15 A) in TO-220 package. Sampling started in January 2009, with series production scheduled in early spring 2009. In quantities of 10,000 pieces, third generation SiC Schottky diodes with a blocking voltage of 600 Volts (3 A) are priced at Euro 0.61 (US $ 0.85) per unit. The 4 A version is priced at Euro 0.85 (US $ 1.19) per unit, the 8 A version at Euro 1.89 (US $ 2.65) per unit.




Further information on Infineon's SiC Schottky diodes is available at www.infineon.com/sic. Further details on Infineon's power semiconductor product portfolio is available at www.infineon.com/powermanagementdiscretes.




About Infineon



Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).




Further information is available at www.infineon.com.




This news release is available online at www.infineon.com/press/.


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Infineon North America Names Arrow Electronics 2008 North American Distributor of the Year
Date : 02/12/2009 @ 12:30PM
Source : MarketWire
Stock : Infineon (IFX)
Quote : 0.91 -0.04 (-4.21%) @ 1:54PM


Infineon North America Names Arrow Electronics 2008 North American Distributor of the Year





MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/12/09 -- Infineon Technologies (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) today announced that it has named Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) as its 2008 North American Distributor of the Year. An Infineon distribution partner since 2005, Arrow was recognized for its contributions to revenue, market development and overall demand-creation activity.





"Arrow Electronics has continued to grow its year-over-year sales of Infineon products despite challenging market conditions," said Jean Baptiste Loire, president of Infineon Technologies North America. "The company also achieved record levels of new design wins for Infineon products in our most recent fiscal year, setting the stage for future growth both in North American markets and overseas through transfer business. We look forward to further collaboration with Arrow to deliver significant business value to customers in 2009."



"At Arrow, we seek out partners that help us offer solutions that create a competitive edge for our customers," said Kurt Colehower, president of North American Components for Arrow Electronics. "With its commitment to customer satisfaction, innovation and unrivaled quality, Infineon is a valued contributor to Arrow and we look forward to mutual success in the future."



About Infineon



Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).


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Infineon XC866 Microcontrollers Added to Intellitech's On-Chip Programming Support
Date : 02/11/2009 @ 2:33PM
Source : MarketWire
Stock : Intellitech Corp. (IFX)
Quote : 0.95 -0.04 (-4.04%) @ 4:02PM


Infineon XC866 Microcontrollers Added to Intellitech's On-Chip Programming Support





DURHAM, NH -- (Marketwire) -- 02/11/09 -- Intellitech Corporation, www.intellitech.com, the leader in lowering electronic product costs through IEEE 1149.1/JTAG, has announced that it has added support for the Infineon XC866 family of microcontrollers to its UltraTAP pod and PT100 concurrent testers used in volume manufacturing. The XC866 device family is based on the standard 8051 architecture with on-chip flash memory of 4-16k bytes, LIN bus and temperature ranges to +140C making them suitable for a variety of industrial and automotive applications. On-chip programming routines for the XC866 have been added to Intellitech's popular Eclipse family of software to support loading microcode onto the devices while the microcontroller is in-situ on the PCB. A typical application of Intellitech's PT00 testers would be to perform JTAG and analog tests of the PCB then download microcontroller test code onto the XC866, concurrently, on thirty-two or more at a time. This would be followed by concurrently programming the XC866 device with the customer's mission mode program code on PCBs that pass all of the prior tests.





"We continue our commitment to provide microcontroller and microprocessor support in our tools which customers can leverage to add functional test and on-chip FLASH programming," said CJ Clark, CEO of Intellitech Corporation.




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Was it faulty chip or software issue or AT&T service or I PHONE qualitiy issue. ? took heavy toll from IFX.. .91 cents now!
The following post by rumor whisper:
Prior to rumors, for five years IFX traded $8 to $18 26-Nov-08 02:13 am
Infineon’s chips are fine, it was a software problem:

Unfortunately, the finger pointing gave shorts a chance to go for the gold and cover cheap.

“August 28, 2008 10:00 AM PDT… a source with AT&T blamed "faulty" power-control software inside the iPhone 3G for the dropped calls and poor reception that owners have been experiencing since the device was released in July. In short, the iPhone 3G demands too much power--more than is necessary--from a local cell tower to maintain a connection, and when multiple iPhones try to glom onto the same tower, the problem snowballs.”

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8300-13579_3-37-2.h...

“Friday 12th September 2008… Today, if you have connected your iPhone to the computer, you might have noticed that Apple has made the iPhone firmware version 2.1 available via iTunes. And if you haven’t already done that, well, now would be a good time. As promised by Steve Jobs at the company’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event recently, the 2.1 version was indeed released on Friday and promises fewer dropped calls, bug fixes, increased battery life and fixes security holes. Here’s a list of what seems to have been fixed with the update, according to Apple:

+ Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
+ Significantly better battery life for most users
+ Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
+ Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
+ Faster installation of 3rd party applications
+ Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
+ Improved performance in text messaging
+ Faster loading and searching of contacts
+ Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
+ Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
+ Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
+ Genius playlist creation

Source: http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008...

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News - 15.01.09 16:52 capacity reductions allows to rise prices of memory chips during nearly two years the prices of memory chips knew only one direction: down. Now it looks in the opinion of the market observers of Dram-Exchange, however, in such a way as if the driving downhill is finished, finally. MUNICH. A reason for it are the capacity shortenings of all big suppliers, informed the Taiwanese experts yesterday. From September till the beginning of January the manufacturers of the so-called Drams have produced about one fifth less than before. This provided during the past days for the fact that the prices stabilised and rose even easily: According to chip the customers had to pay in the beginning of this week at the market for short-term delivery between five and 16 percent more than still in the second January week. During two years the producers have accumulated before losses of ten billion dollars according to Dram-Exchange because of the huge overcapacities. Last no supplier earned more money, even industry top of the class Samsung hard has to fight. According to the market researchers of I-Suppli the turnover of the industry has sunk the last year by about one fifth on about 25 billion dollars. During the last months many manufacturers have shut up outdated plants. Besides, about the turn of the year the producers closed down numerous factories temporarily. The warehouses thereby emptied. "We do not go out from quick rest", Hynix head Kim Jong-kap damped at the beginning of the week the expectations. However, the Chairperson of the Executive Board of the second largest Dram producer of the world calculates, at least, on the fact that the industry the low in the fourth quarter in 2008 strode through has. Last Hynix had been able to escape only by a credit of 600 million dollars of state banks. Also the highly deficit German competitor Qimonda should soon receive public money. The inhabitants of Munich hope for advance of a total of 325 million euros. The sum divide the free state Saxony and the country Portugal. Majority owner Infineon contributes 75 million euros to the rescue of his former memory section. In Taiwan the government is also short to take the local Dram producer under the arms. Yesterday the risen Dram prices have not impressed the stock exchange. On the contrary, the rate of the Qimonda stocks noted in New York fell in early trade about 16 percent on about 36 US cents. jojo

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Hollfelder values Infineon with 'Sweetly' with an exchange rate aim of 1.50 Euro.


News - 15.01.09 10:49 STOCKS IN THE FOCUS: Infineon sink - ASML view, nervousness before Intel of FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - stocks of Infineon Technologies have belonged on Thursday to the weakest values in the DAX. According to dealers loaded that of the Dutch chip industry-Ausrüster holding company ASML has gained a loss in the fourth quarter and has lowered the turnover view for the first three months in 2009. The Infineon papers sank about 10.30 o'clock by 6.15 percent on 0.84 euros. At the same time the leading index gave DAX about 0.73 percent on 4,389.99 counters. ASML lowered his sales forecast for the first quarter of the current year once more. Now instead of up to 250 million euros only a turnover is expected between 180 and 200 million euros. The supplier of lithography systems of the solid-state industry had already handed in at the middle of December on account of an unprecedented order burglary a profit warning and had announced the reduction of every tenth place. Analyst Günther Hollfelder of the UniCredit explained, the view lowered once more of the Dutchmen loads the anyway groggy Sentiment for the industry. 'Tonight, moreover, a certain nervousness might exist in the market before the Intel's figures.' Hollfelder values Infineon with 'Sweetly' with an exchange rate aim of 1.50 Euro./rum/gl spring: Dpa-AFX

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Infineon Introduces Two New RF-Chips for LTE and 3G Mobile Handsets -- SMARTi LU for High Data Rate LTE and SMARTi UEmicro for Lowest Cost 3G Devices

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 13:32ET



NEUBIBERG, GERMANY and MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/14/09 -- Infineon Technologies AG (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) today announced it has sampled its 2nd Generation Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) RF transceiver. The SMARTi(TM) LU is a single chip 65nm CMOS RF transceiver providing 2G/3G/LTE functionality with a DigRF digital baseband interface for highest Data Rates up to 150 Mbps in LTE Networks.

Additionally Infineon announced the 3rd Generation of its successful 3G RF transceiver family, SMARTi(TM) UE. The SMARTi(TM) UEmicro is optimized for lowest cost 3G designs and enables an RF-system e-BoM for Dual Band WCDMA/EDGE as low as US $6.50; about 40 percent lower than available solutions on the market.

"With the world's first single chip 2G/3G/LTE RF transceiver, SMARTi LU, we once again demonstrate our leadership in providing high performance, multi-mode RF transceiver solutions," says Stefan Wolff, Vice President of the Wireless Solutions Division and General Manager of the RF Engine business at Infineon. "In addition to being the innovation leader for LTE RF, we are also addressing the need for lowest cost 3G mobiles for the mass market by further reducing component count and system cost with SMARTi UEmicro. Meeting the ambitious cost targets of the consumer segment will fuel the commercial roll out of 3G technology to emerging markets."

SMARTi(TM) LU

SMARTi LU is a highly integrated 2G/3G/LTE multi-mode RF transceiver compliant to 3GPP Rel.7 and Rel.8. It supports up to six 3G and LTE Bands simultaneously with Quad Band GSM/EDGE. The device supports the global spread of HSPA/LTE spectrum throughout a wide variety of bands. With its MIPI DigRF v4 compliant high-speed digital baseband interface, SMARTi LU sets a milestone towards "all digital" implementation and enables the silicon intensive baseband chips to follow a faster shrink path towards smaller technology nodes such as 32nm and below. SMARTi LU is based on a standard 65nm CMOS technology provided by multiple semiconductor foundries.

Samples and measurement results will be shown at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

SMARTi(TM) UEmicro

The SMARTi UEmicro is a single chip 2G/3G CMOS RF transceiver for the low end segment of the 3G market. It is a cost down version of the proven and widely adopted SMARTi UE with a backward compatible hardware and software interface via DigRF v3.09. With the elimination of external Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) and a simplified co-banded RF frontend without Rx filters SMARTi UEmicro perfectly matches mass market requirements for ultra low cost 3G handsets. SMARTi UEmicro delivers exceptional RF performance for up to three of the globally used WCDMA bands plus Dual- or Quad-Band GSM/EDGE at lowest system cost.

Customer sampling will start beginning of 2nd quarter 2009, mass production is planned for end of 2009.

About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Infineon currently holds a 77.5 percent equity interest in Qimonda AG, a leading supplier of DRAM memory products. Qimonda is separately listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "QI."

Further information is available at www.infineon.com.

This news release is available online at www.infineon.com/press/.

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