Infineon also provides the thyristor chips that allow transformers to handle high-voltage direct-current power lines.
In addition, five DAX companies--Commerzbank, Infineon, Metro, Schering and Thyssen-Krupp--already comply with all governance coderecommendations.
Infineon pledges to fight the claims, but a spokesman for the company declines further comment.
Infineon, the former semiconductor unit of Germany's Siemens , has made DRAM products for years.
German semiconductor maker Infineon has announced a reduction in losses during the three months to June.
Nvidia competes with Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Infineon, and Broadcom in mobile and gaming console chips market.
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Qualcomm competes with players like Broadcom, Texas Instruments and Infineon Wireless, which was acquired by Intel.
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Large customers include Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA, which hosts top racing events such as NASCAR and IndyCar.
Now there's talk Intel may buy the portion of Infineon's chip business that shuttles signals onto wireless networks.
The series made its debut in the U.S. at Infineon Raceway last Spring.
Qualcomm competes with other mobile chipset makers like Texas Instruments, Infineon and Broadcom.
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But Infineon says that these problems could be ironed out within 30 months, and possibly much faster than that.
Infineon's result was better than expected, but the figures failed to impress investors.
Seagate kicked TI out of its line, and Marvell later chased NEC and Infineon out of other disk drive makers.
The board of directors of Intel and the supervisory board and the management board of Infineon have approved the transaction.
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Declining mobile phone pricing could negatively impact mobile phone chipset makers like Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Infineon Technologies and Broadcom.
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The project, part of Infineon Raceway's long-standing sustainability initiative, was unveiled to the racing world press for the first time today.
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Essentially Rambus has taken on the easier targets first, but with Infineon it moves up the ladder to bigger DRAM suppliers.
"Infineon continued to improve its business performance and gained market share in an ongoing difficult market environment, " said chairman Ulrich Schumacher.
Lying beyond Infineon, analysts say, is a much juicier target--namely Micron Technology mu (nyse: mu - news - people).
Infineon strategy and emerging business chief Dieter May says the company hopes to develop more lines of clothing that would incorporate electronic functions.
Should Rambus prevail against Infineon, either in open court or through a negotiated settlement, that would leave Micron as the next logical target.
Apple's new model is likely built around new, burlier communications chips from Infineon, says Will Strauss, a veteran communications chip watcher at Forward Concepts.
Industry analysts say Rambus can expect a fight from bigger companies like Infineon, and probably from Micron as well, should it come to that.
Infineon, Micron Technology (nyse: MU - news - people) and Hyundai of South Korea have all disputed Rambus' claim to the technology.
We believe Intel will launch its Infineon-based LTE baseband this quarter.
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The WLS transaction is a strategic decision for Intel and Infineon.
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Investors and industry insiders alike are watching the Rambus-Infineon matter closely.
Rambus originally sued Infineon claiming patent infringement on two kinds of PC memory: SDRAM, which is commonly used, and DDR, a newly developed type of memory.
Rambus claims Infineon is violating its patents on two kinds of computer memory, known as synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), and Double-Data Rate DRAM (DDR).
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