Conexant Opens Wireless Design Center in Boston
Newport Beach, CA. Conexant System Inc. (Nasdaq: CNXT) Monday announced the opening of its newest design center for radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) devices in Chelmsford, Mass., near Boston. The 20,000-square-foot design center, which includes a 4,000-square-foot RFIC engineering test lab, will be occupied by more than 50 engineers and technicians with expertise in RFIC design, CAD/CAE, layout/physical design and prototype assembly, and product engineering and testing. The new facility will feature the latest NT & Unix computer platforms for RFIC CAD/CAE systems running Cadence and HP IC design software.
"Conexant s RFIC design team has positioned us to be a leading supplier of power amplifiers, highly integrated receivers and transmitters, and RF subsystems for the most advanced applications in the industry. We provide RF subsystems for the Bluetooth, GPS and spread spectrum digital cordless telephone markets, as well as digital cellular phones in all the major GSM, CDMA and TDMA wireless standards," said Moiz Beguwala, senior vice president and general manager for Conexant s Wireless Communications Division.
"The Boston RFIC design center is a very important expansion of these capabilities and will offer engineers in this area an opportunity to join a winning team."
Conexant s RFIC designs are based on the company s industry-leading silicon germanium (SiGe), bipolar complementary semiconductor oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS), silicon bipolar (SiBipolar), mixed signal CMOS, RFCMOS, gallium arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistor (GaAs HBT) and metal semiconductor field-effect transistor (MeSFET) process technologies. In addition, the company s state-of-the-art RF multi-chip packaging capabilities allows for a mixing and matching of various technologies to optimize the cost, power and size of its RFIC devices.
About Conexant Systems
With a revenue run-rate of approximately $2 billion per year, Conexant is the world s largest independent company focused exclusively on providing semiconductor solutions for communications electronics. With more than 30 years of experience in developing communications technology, the company draws upon its expertise in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor products for a broad range of communications applications.
These products facilitate communications worldwide through wireline voice and data communications networks, cordless and cellular wireless telephony systems, personal imaging devices and equipment, and emerging cable and wireless broadband communications networks.
The company aligns its business into five product platforms: Network Access, Wireless Communications, Digital Infotainment, Personal Imaging, and Personal Computing. Conexant is a member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 Indices. For more information, visit Conexant at www.conexant.com.
About Conexant Systems
Contact:
Conexant Systems, Newport Beach
Scott Allen, 949/483-6849
E-mail: scott.allen@conexant.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Heather McLaughlin, 949/260-1300
E-mail: heather_mclaughlin@benjamingroup.com
Conexant Systems, Newport Beach
Scott Allen, 949/483-6849
E-mail: scott.allen@conexant.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Heather McLaughlin, 949/260-1300
E-mail: heather_mclaughlin@benjamingroup.com
E-mail: heather_mclaughlin@benjamingroup.com
Web site: http://www.conexant.com
