Conexant
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| Conexant Systems | |
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: CNXT) |
| Founded | January 1999 |
| Headquarters | Newport Beach, California United States |
| Key people | Scott Mercer, CEO |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Revenue | $0.97 billion USD (▼ $122.59M FY 2006) |
| Employees | 3,120 (2006) |
| Website | www.conexant.com |
Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT) is a publicly listed North American semiconductor company, which was formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International.
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[edit] History
Conexant is the remnants of what were the Brooktree Corporation, the Hi-Media broadband communications chipset business of the ComStream corporation and the Rockwell's semiconductors division (modem, fax modem, DSL, GSM and CDMA chips). The Brooktree Corporation started operations in 1983 and in September 1996 was sold to Rockwell Semiconductor, a division of Rockwell International. ComStream started operations in 1984 and in May 1997 Rockwell Semiconductor acquired the Hi-Media broadband business of the company. Rockwell Semiconductor was then later spun-off from Rockwell in January 1999 and then became known as Conexant. On 29 April 2008, Conexant's Broadband Media Processing unit, providing set-top box solutions, was acquired by NXP Semiconductors.
[edit] Product Lines
Conexant is one of the world's leading provider of modems and dial-up processors that are found in modems, fax machines, ATMs, credit card swipers etc. Even now, Conexant retains the majority market share of all modems sold today with their Softmodem processors through their HCF and HSF standards.
After their purchase of Brooktree, they entered the set-top box and convergence video segment and are now providing the majority of TV tuner DSPs for both PC add-on cards and PVRs.
In 2003, they merged with GlobespanVirata, a leading provider of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), wireless networking (Wi-Fi), and other broadband solutions. Globespan Virata brought technologies which have given the combined company the potential for greater integration of broadband access with digital media devices to serve as the gateway for information and entertainment into the home.
In 2004, they acquired Amphion Semiconductor for their H.264 and VC1 technologies. Broadcom, their leading rival, had tactically acquired Sandvideo who were set to be Conexant's main source of H.264 technology for the emerging HDTV market. Their acquisition of the Belfast, UK based Amphion Semiconductor has allowed them to secure their future in the Hi-Def market and beyond.
The company is now fabless since they spun off Jazz Semiconductor in 2002. They rely on outsourced semiconductor foundries to manufacture their products.
Conexant is a worldwide leader in System-on-Chip solutions for broadband communications for carrier networks and the digital home. The company's products enable the seamless delivery of broadband information between public access networks and the homes and businesses they serve.
Conexant designs, develops and sells semiconductor system solutions targeted at carrier infrastructure and personal access products such as set-top boxes, residential gateways, PCs and game consoles to voice, video and data processing services over broadband and dial-up connections. Key semiconductor System-on-Chip products include digital subscriber line (DSL) , Passive Optical Networking (PON) and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems solutions, and the company's foundation dial-up modem business
Conexant also offers a suite of networking components that includes solutions for applications based on HomePlug and HomePNA. This family includes a leadership portfolio of IEEE 802.11a/b/g-compliant WLAN chipsets, software and reference designs that are available as standalone solutions or in conjunction with Conexant's home network processor, DSL, and cable modem semiconductor system solutions
Driving broadband communications for digital home and entertainment networks is what Conexant is all about – delivering voice, video, and data through highly integrated semiconductor system solutions. Conexant has enabled more Internet connections than all of its competitors combined, and is uniquely positioned to serve the industry’s fastest-growing markets with all of the building blocks that are required for bridging data access and media processing networks.
The Broadband Access unit within Conexant focuses on all broadband access markets. Headquartered in Red Bank, NJ, USA this business unit is a leader in the broadband market. This business unit also represents the largest engineering and development investment in the broadband space. The Broadband Access business unit was formed as a result of a merger between GlobespanVirata, Inc. and Conexant systems in 2004. Conexant is a pioneer and market leader in the DSL Solution-on-chip market. Their heritage consists of a strong legacy starting with DSL innovation within Bell Labs in 1989. Conexant (formerly GlobeSpan) has been a key driver in broadband DSL market segment propelling the mass deployment of ADSL, VDSL and now PON with the highest performance and the most cost effective system solutions.
- 1989 – First to develop DSL chipset
- 1993 – First to develop programmable DSL chipset
- 1999 – First one millionth chipset shipped
- 2000 – First to develop IP system solutions (NP + PHY)
- 2001 – First to deploy one million IP ADSL system lines
- 2001 - Established leadership in SHDSL technology
- 2002 – First to deploy 12Mbit/s ADSL
- 2003 – First to deploy 26Mbit/s/50Mbit/s ADSL
- 2004 – First to deploy 26Mbit/s ADSL2plus
- 2005 – Market share leader in revenues and ports shipped
- 2006 – Established leadership position in VDSL technology
- 2006 – Shipped 14M ports with IP DSLAM Network Processor
- 2006 – Market share leader in revenues and ports shipped
- 2007 – Introduced industry's first integrated VDSL2 Gateway solution
- 2007 – Introduced industry's first integrated PON Gateway solution
Conexant offers a complete line of DSL central office (CO) and customer premise (CPE) solutions, which are utilized by service providers worldwide to deliver broadband data, voice, and video over copper telephone lines and within the home. These solutions include a full range of standards-based integrated circuits, software and reference designs for all asymmetric and symmetric DSL (CO/CPE) and PON applications, and have been recognized time and again as the industry's number one copper wire solutions for broadband communications.
[edit] Offices
Conexant is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, and has research and development centers in San Diego, Los Angeles and California; Red Bank, New Jersey; Palm Bay, Florida; Austin, Texas; the United Kingdom (Bristol, Belfast); France (Sophia Antipolis), Israel (Haifa), India (Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and NOIDA), China (Shanghai, Chengdu,Beijing,Shenzhen), Taiwan (Taipei) and various sales offices around the world.
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