Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies division led all public fabless companies in sales in Q2 with $790 million. Broadcom was second with $641 million, while graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies was third with $492 million.
(September 21, 2004) Manhasset, N.Y.—Agere Systems announced that its engineers have found the right mix of packaging ingredients to enable the semiconductor industry to successfully implement lead-free packaging. The mix consists of tin-copper with a nickel undercoating, which meets the European Union’s RoHS legislation and reportedly mitigates tin “whiskering” problems.