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SigmaTel buys video-chip company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) SigmaTel is betting on a future as little as five years away in which hand-held entertainment devices will play both digital video and music files. SigmaTel also said Tuesday that it is acquiring a design team and some technology from MP3 maker Rio, a unit of D&M Holdings Inc., a Japanese electronics company that owns various equipment brands, including Marantz and Denon. SigmaTel is paying $47 million in cash and stock for Protocom, and D&M says it will put a $7 million gain on its books for the Rio unit. www.statesman.com /business/content/business/stories/07/27sigmatel.html   (559 words)

Rio Audio : Press Releases To date, SigmaTel’s focus has been on flash-based players, which is the largest segment of the MP3 player market, however, the company also supplies the technology for hard-drive designs by Rio, including the Rio Carbon and Nitrus, and also by GoVideo, Creative and Memorex. SigmaTel, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service. www.digitalnetworksna.com /company/press.asp?ID=611   (810 words)

SigmaTel hiring as business booms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) SigmaTel Inc. is adding workers to support its fast-paced growth fueled by sales of chips for portable MP3 music players. SigmaTel is riding a continuing surge in worldwide demand for portable MP3 players, which accounts for about 95 percent of its business. SigmaTel's stock dropped by $4.94 a share, or nearly 15 percent, to $28.54 after Apple made its comments. www.statesman.com /search/content/business/stories/04/20sigmatel.html   (410 words)

SigmaTel - Press Release Through the acquisition, SigmaTel gains as many as 15 patents and patent applications, some of which are among the earliest MP3 player patents ever granted and many of which have been granted or are pending in Europe and Asia. SigmaTel may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses related to the acquisition in its third quarter, ending September 30, 2005. For a discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K that was filed on February 8, 2005 and the Form 10-Q that was filed on April 19, 2005. phx.corporate-ir.net /preview/phoenix.zhtml?c=146091&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=735180&   (1176 words)

SIGMATEL INC - SGTL Unscheduled Material Events (8-K) EXHIBIT 99.1 SigmaTel reported cash and short-term investments of $128.8 million as of June 30, 2004, which is up from the December 31, 2003 balance of $111.3 million and up from the March 31, 2004 balance of $121.6 million. SigmaTel plans to develop a full line of Azalia codecs this year and to develop new codecs targeted at the consumer audio market. SigmaTel also reported that it added 32 employees to its workforce during the second quarter of 2004, primarily in the area of research and development in Austin, Texas. sec.edgar-online.com /2004/07/20/0001193125-04-121027/section6.asp   (2064 words)

SigmaTel to Acquire Protocom to Boost Multimedia Capabilities @ Industry News (AdvancedImagingPro.com / Advanced ... SigmaTel will also assume all unvested employee stock options of Protocom, which will entitle the holders to receive up to approximately 185,000 shares of SigmaTel common stock upon full vesting. SigmaTel may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses related to the acquisition in its third quarter. SigmaTel will discuss some specifics about this acquisition in its Second Quarter 2005 earnings conference call to be held today, July 26, 2005, beginning at 4:00 p.m. www.advancedimagingpro.com /article/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=1344   (916 words)

Sigmatel Sales Triple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Sigmatel's revenue jumped to $99.34 million in the quarter from $31.5 million in the prior-year period. In the second quarter, Sigmatel expects to earn $18.1 million to $21.3 million on sales ranging from $86 million to $95 million. In the after-hours markets, Sigmatel's stock was up 6 cents, or less than 1%, to $30.76. www.thestreet.com /_googlen/tech/semis/10218478.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA   (284 words)

Annoyances.org - Want to re-install SigmaTel AC97 audio driver (Windows 98 Discussion Forum) Its SigmaTel AC97 download only has 11 files in it and not one of them is an.exe file. Try right clicking on mycomputer/properties/device manager/ find you sound in the list and + it and go to update drivers,dont' do the recomended auto search,direct it to one of the folders where all the files are that you downloaded and hit install.some drivers don't have exes to install you have to do it this way. My conclusion is that all of the SigmaTel AC97 downloads that I undertook in the past week were either defective or not the right ones for my motherboard, because none of them installed even after the operation said it had been installed. www.annoyances.org /exec/forum/win98/t1103383557   (2561 words)

SigmaTel a Bright Spot in Fabless Landscape Chipmaker SigmaTel filed a prospectus last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the road towards its initial public offering; a debut that is expected to raise $75 million by year's end. SigmaTel's success is not shared by the majority of fabless houses. SigmaTel is hoping to continue that trend and become one of less than 100 publicly traded fabless companies that include the likes of QUALCOMM, NVIDIA, Xilinx, Broadcom, Altera, CirrusLogic, Adaptec, SanDisk, Transmeta, Marvell and QLogic. www.internetnews.com /fina-news/article.php/2235721   (851 words)

Technology Streaming Video Server Disc - SigmaTel, Inc. Sues Actions Semiconductor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Additionally, SigmaTel is strongly considering asking the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to institute an Investigation pursuant to Section 337 in early 2005 based on the importation of the infringing MP3 ICs. SigmaTel introduced its first highly integrated MP3 IC more than three years ago and is currently working on its fourth generation solution. SigmaTel is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. press.xtvworld.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3825   (761 words)

SigmaTel Named One of the Best Places to Work in Central Texas - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) SigmaTel, a leading developer of MP3 player technology, added 75 employees to its workforce during the first quarter of 2005, primarily in the area of research and development. SigmaTel continues to recruit heavily to fill a number of positions with talented, enthusiastic individuals who wish to contribute to this great company. These forward- looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. www.forbes.com /businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2005/06/20/businesswire20050620005292r1.html   (863 words)

EETimes.com - SigmaTel eyes diversification with two acquisitions SigmaTel (Austin, Texas) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Protocom, a privately held provider of semiconductors to the multi-function imaging market, for $47 million in cash and stock. SigmaTel said the acquisition would provide key technologies applicable to its core audio business, give the company its first imaging applications product line and provide technology that can be leveraged into several emerging multimedia consumer electronics markets. SigmaTel said it expects the acquisition of Protocom to increase its technology portfolio and its architecture and system design capabilities to meet the form, fit and function requirements for devices such as digital video cameras, personal media players (PMPs), video conferencing, remote security cameras, digital still cameras and multimedia mobile phones. www.eetimes.com /news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166402725   (678 words)

Financials.com - Annual Reports, Stock Quotes and more SigmaTel seeks to stop shipment of products into the U.S. that use Actions Semiconductor integrated circuits or "ICs." With this filing, SigmaTel requests that the ITC institute an immediate investigation against Actions Semiconductor based on the importation of the infringing MP3 ICs. SigmaTel has asked the ITC to grant all possible relief, including an exclusionary order, enforced by U.S. Customs, prohibiting the importation into the U.S. of MP3 players that contain Actions' MP3 ICs. Further, SigmaTel has asked the ITC to issue a cease-and-desist order which could require retailers and distributors to remove from their shelves and destroy all MP3 players containing Actions infringing MP3 ICs. www.financials.com /c/info/story.cfm?storynum=1315135   (467 words)

dapreview.net: News / Comments / Rio to Sigmatel Sigmatel has no say in how quickly (or unquickly, as the case is) Rio will develop and release new products. Sigmatel lists a lot of companies they supply products to, but they don't note whether that's for flash memory or actual processors. On the other hand, it does mean that Sigmatel's other customers will get access to the stuff that made players like the Karma so much better than the competition. dapreview.net /comment.php?comment.news.1838   (1151 words)

dapreview.net: News / Comments / Rio Report - Post 34B Ever since the terms of the deal with Rio and Sigmatel were disclosed, we've had a question about it. We hear that Sigmatel does have an ARM-based processor coming out later this year, but even then, the players would still need a great deal of work - months worth, potentially - just to return to the same point in development. After the Sigmatel buyout, flipping to Sigmatel chipsets would have pushed the schedule back a few weeks but the chipset switch would not have been as great an obstacle as suggested. www.dapreview.net /comment.php?comment.news.2059   (2076 words)

SigmaTel - Investor Relations Home SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGTL) is an Austin, Texas, based semiconductor company focused on designing, developing and marketing mixed-signal ICs for leading portable and consumer audio applications. SigmaTel offers a wide range of mixed-signal ICs that convert real world analog signals, such as music and voice, to digital signals required by personal computers (PCs) and other digital devices for processing and playback. SigmaTel has built a strong reputation as a mixed-signal IC technology innovator and will continue to strive to be the market leader in consumer audio solutions. phx.corporate-ir.net /phoenix.zhtml?c=146091&p=irol-irhome   (262 words)

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News SigmaTel, Inc. (SGTL), today announces the availability of a development version of a portable digital audio software development kit (SDK) enabled with Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 for portable devices (WMDRM 10) and Microsoft Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) supporting SigmaTel STMP35xx-based designs. The SigmaTel WMDRM 10 implementation is fully supported in on-chip SRAM and requires no external SDRAM, further reducing the bill of materials of the player while allowing customers to deliver DRM-enabled products on current designs. A demonstration of SigmaTel's latest SDK supporting WMDRM 10 functionality will be showcased at the Computex Tradeshow in Taipei, Taiwan, May 31-June 4. www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=27938440   (786 words)

::► Nachrichten | SigmaTel Introduces New System on Chip Solution for Flash-Based and Hard Disk-Based Digital ... SigmaTel will be delivering flash-based and hard disk-based reference designs developed with the STMP3600, including all firmware, PCB and components in the fourth quarter of 2005. SigmaTel's hard drive-based reference design developed on the STMP3600 will implement file management and user interface from SigmaTel's Cambridge, UK design team to ensure exceptional high capacity functionality. For a discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K that was filed on February 8, 2005 and the Form 10-Q that was filed on August 9, 2005. www.finanznachrichten.de /nachrichten-2005-10/artikel-5493211.asp   (889 words)

Business Wire: SigmaTel Chips Power GoVideo Hard Drive and Flash MP3 Players The words "expect," "will," "should," "would," "anticipate," "project," "outlook," "believe," "intend," and similar phrases as they relate to SigmaTel or future events are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, and there will be events in the future that SigmaTel is not able to accurately predict or control. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Sept_15/ai_n6194606   (676 words)

SigmaTel Cuts Guidance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) On the heels of a profit warning by one if its largest customers, SigmaTel (SGTL:Nasdaq - commentary - research) delivered one of its own Tuesday, saying a drop in NAND flash memory pricing had temporarily frozen the market. SigmaTel expects gross margin to be in line with the company's previous guidance of 56%, plus or minus a percent. Shares of SigmaTel dropped Friday after one of its largest customers, Creative Technology (CREAF:Nasdaq - commentary - research) reduced its guidance, citing soft demand for MP3 players. www.thestreet.com /_cnet/tech/semis/10230088.html?cm_ven=CNET&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA   (299 words)

Electronic News - SigmaTel Goes Green - 3/18/2005 - Electronic News - CA511614   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) SigmaTel Inc. is now shipping products fully compliant with the European Union's (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, the analog player announced this week. Some believe components will form "tin whiskers," produced by pure tin plating in solder, that can cause potential equipment failure due to pure tin soldering growing tin whiskers that break off and short out the product when the lead is fully removed. SigmaTel said it conducted research and testing to qualify all new compliant products, and has instituted an annual audit plan to verify all manufacturing processes while qualifying its supplier partners for RoHS compliance. www.reed-electronics.com /electronicnews/article/CA511614.html   (444 words)

Business Wire: SigmaTel D-Major Audio Decoders Power the Latest SONICblue MP3 Players   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) "SigmaTel is proud to be associated with a market leader such as SONICblue," says Danny Mulligan, general manager of the audio decoder business unit at SigmaTel. SigmaTel, a provider of integrated circuit (IC) design, is converting the real world into a digital experience with its innovative mixed-signal solutions for the digital audio and wireless infrared markets. Since its inception, SigmaTel has built a strong reputation as an innovative developer of mixed-signal ICs, by being first to market with several highly integrated designs. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Oct_28/ai_93503520   (672 words)

LADYDRAGON.COM - SigmaTel Delivers Sound Technology for Sony VAIO(R) Desktop PCs; New Sound Reality(TM) Technology Puts ... SigmaTel, a global leader in analog intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits for the digital multimedia consumer electronics and computing markets, is a champion of putting professional quality audio capabilities in the hands of everyday consumers. "SigmaTel and Sony worked together to develop the Sound Reality processor for the new VAIO desktop PC family, opening up the world of professional sound creation to mainstream consumers," said Ron Edgerton, president and CEO of SigmaTel. SigmaTel, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, digital video cameras, multi-functional peripheral products, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. www.ladydragon.com /n/260905sig.html   (525 words)

AppleInsider | iPod chipmaker buying Rio Technology assets Some insiders speculate that the move by SigmaTel to acquire Rio's assets may be a strategic one aimed at securing its prominence in the MP3 player market. While SigmaTel supplies Apple with controller chips for the nearly 1 million iPod shuffles it sells each month, the company is rumored to have lost technology bids for forthcoming flash-based iPods. SigmaTel, whose technology can also be found within the latest MP3 players made by Creative, GoVideo, Memorex, Samsung and RCA, is expected to continue to supply Apple with chips for the iPod shuffle. www.appleinsider.com /article.php?id=1207   (622 words)

Technical Support SigmaTel is not a sound card manufacturer, we design and produce integrated circuits directly for manufacturers. For contacts regarding the use or purchase of SigmaTel technologies in your design, please send your request to sales@sigmatel.com. Because SigmaTel does not have control over the final design of the end product we can not guarantee that the information and drivers available on this site are suitable for every device based on our parts. www.sigmatel.com /products/tech-support.htm   (931 words)

SOCcentral: SigmaTel Acquires Oasis Semiconductor In connection with the acquisition, SigmaTel paid $57 million in cash to the former stockholders of Oasis and has agreed to make an additional payment of up to $25 million pursuant to the terms of an earn-out provision based on the achievement by the Oasis business of certain calendar-year 2006 revenue milestones. "Expanding SigmaTel's product offerings and entering new markets by acquiring complementary technology is a critical component of the company's ability to remain one of the industry's leading and most dynamic developers of mixed signal semiconductor solutions," said Ron Edgerton, president and CEO of SigmaTel. Similar to SigmaTel, Oasis utilizes the flexibility and efficiency of hardware, software, and development tools to deliver mixed signal, multi-function and high performance solutions to the MFP market. www.soccentral.com /results.asp?catid=191&EntryID=15946   (439 words)

SigmaTel snaps up Rio MP3 technology, engineers | Channel Register The financial terms underpinning the deal were not disclosed, but DandM described it as an "attractive offer" which will, in part, yield an exeptional item of $7m to DandM's Q2 FY2005 results. Because of its size and focus, SigmaTel is better able to deal with the cost of developing those technologies than Rio is. SigmaTel was already supplying device controller chips to Rio. www.channelregister.co.uk /2005/07/27/sigmatel_rio_deal   (567 words)

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