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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 August 2007
Wireless design expertise joins TI
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Acquisition continues TI's RF portfolio expansion and follows the successful acquisition of Chipcon earlier this year.
Texas Instruments has acquired Integrated Circuit Designs (ICD), a privately held company that specialises in the design of radio-frequency ICs Combining ICD's design expertise with TI's extensive high-performance analogue and low-power microcontroller product portfolio will enhance TI's ability to provide industry-leading low-power RF solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This acquisition is the latest strategic move by TI to strengthen its low-power RF portfolio and follows the successful acquisition of Chipcon, a leading provider of short-range, low-power RF transceivers for ZigBee-compliant and proprietary-based wireless systems.
"With the rapidly growing demand for industrial, commercial and residential systems to incorporate more short-range wireless technology, it is important for TI to provide a broad portfolio of innovative RF devices", says David Jones, Precision analogue Business Manager at TI.
"The addition of ICD's design expertise will complement our existing low-power wireless business and enhance our ability to offer customers complete RF solutions".
Edward Chalfin, founder, Chairman and President of ICD, adds: "We are very excited to join Texas Instruments and expand TI's existing design resources and expertise in the field of low-power RF".
ICD was founded in 1995 to provide consulting services in analogue and mixed-signal IC design.
In addition to its core analogue IC design expertise and IP portfolio, ICD's capabilities include physical layout, test engineering and project management.
ICD is based in Ellicott City, Maryland, and has 16 employees.
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