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Infineon Technologies AG (, , ) was founded in April 1999 when the Semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG , were spun off to form a separate legal entity. As of June 30 , 2006 Infineon has about 41,100 employees worldwide, 7,400 of them involved in research and development. In the 2006 financial year, the company achieved sales of 5.275 billion USD . The EBIT loss came to 278 million USD (excluding Qimonda AG). In the first quarter of 2006 Infineon was among the Worldwide Top 4 semiconductor sales leaders. On May 1 , 2006 , Infineon's Memory Products division was carved out as a distinct company called Qimonda AG. It employs about 12,000 people worldwide. Qimonda has been listed on the NYSE . THE MARKETS OF INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES Infineon Technologies AG, Munich , Germany , offers semiconductor and system solutions for Automotive , industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as memory products through its subsidiary Qimonda. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the USA from Milpitas, California in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo . Infineon has a number of facilities in Europe . Infineon's high power segment is in Warstein ( Germany ), Villach ( Austria ) and Cegléd ( Hungary ). It also runs R&D centers in France , Singapore , Romania , Taiwan & Bangaluru , India & fabrication units in Singapore , Malaysia & China . Infineon is listed on the DAX 30 index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). WHAT INFINEON MEANS The name Infineon combines the English word "infinity" (Latin word "infinitas") with "eon," the ancient Greek word for eternity, in an attempt to call to mind the idea of unlimited potential. PRODUCT LINES Infineon's main product lines are ICs in the following areas:
Infineon also has a HPS (High Power Segment). The front-end of this production is in Warstein (GER), the back-end is in Cegléd (Hungary). Thyristors, diodes and IGBTs are manufactured here. Apple IPhone chips The Apple iPhone contains Baseband processor & RF chips supplied by Infineon {Link without Title} , the PMB8876 S-Gold 2 multimedia engine with EDGE, a radio-frequency transceiver and power-management devices. BUYOUTS
COMPETITORS # TI # Broadcom # STMicroelectronics # Marvell # Freescale # NXP # LSI (formerly Agere) # Renesas # International Rectifier # Fairchild Semiconductor INVESTORS Institutional Investors in Infineon are: (0,8%). PRICE FIXING CONTROVERSY In 2004-2005 an cooperated with prosecutors and no fine is expected. EMPLOYEES LAWSUIT In the development center of Infineon Romania, Infineon Technologies CO & SCS, where Infineon has a lot of tax facilities from the Romanian government, a scandal errupted in early 2007 due to high number of people who left the company due to poor working conditions. In order to keep their current working people Infineon sued a lot of ex-employees. COMMUNITY SUPPORT Infineon technologies supports local - Atlee HS, Tucker HS, and Highland Springs Tech Center ( HTA ) AENEON AENEON™ was introduced in 2005. AENEON is a DRAM memory family of Infineon and fits into standard PC s and Notebook s. AENEON targets whitebox (non-brand) PC and Notebook manufacturers world wide, as well as the European retail segment and end users (web shop). AENEON DRAM memory focuses the "price-performance" segment. Price advantages are obtained due to a limited product portfolio (only ''unbuffered'' and ''SO-DIMM''), and due to outsourced modul assembly. The DRAM components, however, are "Made by Infineon™". EXTERNAL LINKS |
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