Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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I have decided that my WAVX timeline file (http://timelines.ws/subjects/WaveSystems.HTML) should include government and corporate activities that appear to be significantly relevant to the historic development of the hardware-based security story. This was prodded by a recent report in which Intel unveiled a deal to buy German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG's wireless unit for $1.4 billion.” I am hoping that this re-assessment will broaden access to the understanding of Wave Systems and its role in the development of the hardware-based security story. Any post here documenting this will be considered for inclusion into the WAVX timeline. The following is a quick sample look at Wave and Infineon related stories back to 2002:

2002 Nov 18, Dow Jones Coverage of Wave/Infineon TPM.
(IHub #68211, 2/4/05)

2003 Mar 6, Wave Systems Is Key Partner of Infineon Technology's Silicon Trust Partnership Program.
(IHub #68211, 2/4/05)

2005 Nov 9, Members of the Trusted Computing Group have elected representatives from Infineon, Seagate Technologies and Wave Systems to the organization's board of directors for a one-year term. Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is an open industry standards organization whose specifications help vendors build products that let users protect critical data and information across a variety of devices and platforms.
(IHub #100662, 11/9/05)

2006 Feb 15, Our prime competitor in this space is Infineon. Infineon builds chips. They’ve also built a software stack that works with their chip. One of Infineon’s biggest disadvantages is that their software only runs with Infineon’s chips. Wave’s software today runs on Infineon chips, ST Micro chips, Atmel chips, Winbond chips and Broadcom chips.
(2/15/06, SS - SRA, 2nd Annual Winter Technology Conference in San Francisco)

2008 Mar 10, LSI Corp today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the hard disk drive semiconductor business of Infineon Technologies AG. The agreement calls for LSI to purchase the assets and IP of the Infineon HDD business, which includes product designs, related software, inventory and test equipment. The transaction is expected to close within 60 days.
(www.storagesearch.com/news2008-mar2.html)

2010 Aug 30, US chipmaker Intel Corp unveiled a deal to buy German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG's wireless unit for $1.4 billion, as it claws its way into the booming smartphone market and cuts its reliance on personal computers.
(www.ibtimes.com/articles/47479/20100830/intel-buys-infineon-unit-for4-billion.htm)