Freescale to jettison cellular chip business

Courtesy LinuxDevices.com  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 17:00

Freescale Semiconductor announced it is looking to sell its cellular handset chip division. The products it plans to jettison comprise baseband processors, RF transceivers, and power management/audio products for handsets, says the semiconductor firm, and are likely to include its Linux-ready MXC line of "cellphone-on-module" chips.


 

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