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Infineon = Technologies=20 Opens Austrian Development Center For UMTS



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5/16/2000 Munich-based Infineon Technologies=20 has opened a new development center in Linz, Austria. The = new=20 development center, Danube Integrated Circuit Engineering = GmbH &=20 Co. KG (DICE), will develop third-generation mobile radio = chips=20 using the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)=20 standard. Infineon has a 50.3 per cent stake in the = development=20 center, with the other shares held by the technical managers = of DICE=20 Dr. Weigel, and Dr. Hagelauer, both from the University of = Linz.=20

According to Gunter Weinberger, head of the Wireless = Products=20 Division of Infineon, "We have been working closely with the = University of Linz since 1998 and this collaboration has = enabled us=20 to develop the first prototype chips using the UMTS standard = for the=20 next generation of mobile phones."=20

Collaborative efforts have been very successful. One year = after=20 joint development began, the first prototype chip=97a = complete=20 superheterodyne receiver of more than 4,000 components with = a chip=20 area of just 2.44 mm by 3.01 mm was manufactured in Munich. = In April=20 2000, the first chip for the Japanese UMTS market was = produced,=20 featuring a fully integrated UMTS superheterodyne = transceiver.=20

Currently, 30 development and test engineers are employed = at=20 DICE, with the number expected to rise to 70 in the next few = years.=20 Dr. Weigel and Dr. Hagelauer are responsible for technical=20 management of the development center while Edwin Moser of = Infineon=20 Technologies is the financial manager.=20

As part of Infineon's worldwide development network = strategy, the=20 new development center will play a key role in supporting = the=20 existing centers and ensuring a constant exchange of = knowledge.=20 Infineon Technologies has other development centers in = Bangalore,=20 India; Bristol, UK; Burlington/East Fishkill, Durham, = Longmont,=20 Princeton, Santa Cruz, and San Jose, US; Singapore; Sophia=20 Antipolis, France; Tel Aviv, Israel; Graz and Villach, = Austria; and=20 Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Ulm, and Munich, Germany.=20

Although GSM has been the most-subscribed wireless = standard for=20 the past seven years, the demand for multimedia features and = the=20 skyrocketing increase in Internet traffic has created a = significant=20 bottleneck in GSM bands. UMTS is at the forefront as the new = standard for the third generation of mobile phones to = facilitate=20 rapid data transfer for Internet services, multimedia and = new=20 service concepts. UMTS is expected to be launched on the = Japanese=20 market in April 2001, with Europe following some time in = 2002.=20

Edited by Winn Hardin, Wireless Design = Online

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