LSI Logic to Buy Agere, a Rival Chip Maker
The NYTimes failed to mention that Agere was spun-off from Lucent which was spun-off from AT&T and now they are heading for California like so many other chip companies.
Agere was an exciting company located about an hour from my house in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
That Wi-Fi you’re consuming right now may very well be through an Agere chip either at the receiver or in the router.
LSI Logic Corporation is a leading provider of silicon-to-system solutions that are used at the core of products that create, store and consume digital information. LSI offers a broad portfolio of capabilities including custom and standard product ICs, host bus and RAID adapters, storage area network solutions and software applications. LSI products enable leading technology companies in the Storage and Consumer markets to deliver some of the most advanced and well-known electronic systems in the market today.
Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors and software solutions for storage, mobility, and networking markets. The company's products enable a broad range of services and capabilities, from cell phones, PCs, and hard disk drives to the world's most sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. Agere's customers include manufacturers of consumer electronics and communications and computing equipment. Agere works to transform the performance of networks and consumer electronics by integrating systems knowledge and leading technology that enable people to stay connected – perfecting the connected lifestyle.