Lucent Technologies to spin off its
Microelectronics business as Agere Systems
; John Dickson to be president and chief
executive officer
Agere Systems named world leader
in semiconductors for communications applications
Announced construction of $1 billion
manufacturing, research and development facilities
at Cirent Semiconductor in Orlando, Florida.
Announced $700 million joint research
and development agreement with Chartered Semiconductor
Dr. David Williams named president
and chief executive officer of Cirent Semiconductor
Introduced a digital signal processor
chip that performs more than 50 percent more efficiently
than all wireless base station chips.
Agere Systems Introduces Chip that
Reduces Home Networking Electronics Costs by More
than 50 Percent First 10 Mbps Solution Combining Home
Networking, Modem and LAN Functions On Single Chip
Agere Systems Unveils Wireless Solution
for Bluetooth Applications
Agere Systems Announces High-Performance
Quarter-Micron Silicon-Germanium Technology for Network
Transport, Wireless Communications
Joint development agreement announced
to advance SCALPEL(r) lithography for manufacturing
future chip generations
