STMicroelectronics NV News

Geneva, Switzerland, and Malm, Sweden, May 29, 2012 - Motion sensors and microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, form the brain and senses of the airbag bicycle helmet invented by Hvding, a Swedish design house.

May 29 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics' Long-term Issuer Default Rating and senior unsecured ratings to 'BBB'. The Outlook on the IDR is Negative.

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EDA company Mentor Graphics Corp. and chip firm STMicroelectronics NV are joining with French government agencies and a number of companies with operations in the Grenoble region of France to form a nanoelectronics program within the Grenoble Institute of Technological Research .

If not for a pesky $1 billion loss from a "significant customer," STMicroelectronics might be a much better financial and strategic shape.

If not for a pesky $1 billion loss from a "significant customer," STMicroelectronics might be a much better financial and strategic shape.

Ericsson's new break-even point will be reached when it has revenues of $600m per quarter, according to CEO Didier Lamouche.

Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the Semiconductors Industry in Japan 2012" report to their offering.

The top executive of chip maker STMicroelectronics NV sees profit and revenue improvements in coming quarters as orders are increasing and joint venture ST-Ericsson is set to halve its quarterly loss by the fourth quarter.

Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the Semiconductors Industry in Germany 2012" report to their offering.

STMicroelectronics has expanded the company's sensor portfolio with a new high-performance, low-power digital MEMS microphone.

Chip company STMicroelectronics NV has announced that it is working with startup Soundchip SA on an in-ear audio accessory that allows the wearer to switch between multiple audio sources - such as music, phone calls and real-world ambient sound or conversation - using voice commands or gesture recognition.

Among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday are STMicroelectronics, Ceragon Networks, Trina Solar, Vodafone Group, Mellanox Technologies, Nokia Corp, Cellcom STMicroelectronics NV stock surged 6.07 percent to $5.07 in pre-market session.

Atollic's TrueSTUDIO C/C++ development IDE has been adopted by Micrium and its first project is based on the popular uC/OS-III kernel.

The SMX RTOS real-time multitasking kernel is available for the STM32F4 family of Cortex-M4 MCUs from STMicroelectronics, and many other devices.

NXP led the 2011 market for near-field communication phone chips with a 52% share, followed by Inside Secure with 44%. The pair took a combined 96% share of the market, leaving only 4% for all remaining players.

With MEMS revenue of $779.0 million, TI led a competitive field of big-name players in the overall MEMS space, whose sensors and actuators are used in a variety of industries including consumer and mobile, automotive, industrial, medical, and aerospace and defense.

Texas Instruments and Hewlett Packard Co. retained the number 1 and 2 positions in the ranking of MEMS suppliers by sales revenue in 2011, despite each suffering sales slides of 4 percent, according to market research company IHS.

STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of its 32-bit STM32 F0 microcontroller series.

Carlo Bozotti, CEO of European chip company STMicroelectronics NV, has a dream. It is to have both sides of his company be successful and that means fixing mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson. Bozotti was interviewed on stage at an executive conference organized here by the Global Semiconductor Alliance industry trade group.