Tuesday, October 25, 2005

RED HERRING | Silicon Labs� Cheap Phone Chip

"Silicon Laboratories on Monday introduced a chip designed for cheap cell phones for emerging markets, a move that will pit the chip maker against much larger competitors.

The company, based in Austin, Texas, unveiled the Aerofone chip that combines various functions onto a single piece of silicon, a difficult engineering feat. Those capabilities now lie in several chips in today�s cell phones. "

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