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11 Apr 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor and Fuji Electric partner to increase efficiency of hybrid electric vehicles - AUSTIN, Texas - April 11, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor has entered into a strategic alliance with Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. to collaborate on insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology and products for hybrid electric and electric vehicles (HEV and EV). Working with Fuji Electric, Freescale will add high-power IGBT products to its existing portfolio of solutions for electronic powertrain applications, market those products to its automotive customers and define and produce new products based on customer input.
08 Apr 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor schedules first quarter 2011 results conference call - AUSTIN, Texas - April 8, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor will announce its first quarter 2011 financial results in a press release at 3:00 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The press release will be posted at www.freescale.com/investor .
05 Apr 2011 - Freescale updates plans for Sendai fabrication facility - AUSTIN, Texas - April 5, 2011 - After completing the assessment of its Sendai, Japan wafer fabrication facility following the recent earthquake, Freescale Semiconductor today announced that it will not reopen the seriously damaged facility.
04 Apr 2011 - Freescale and Cactus collaborate to bring technology solutions to the medical market - AUSTIN, Texas - April 4, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor and Cactus Semiconductor, a medical application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) company, have agreed to collaborate to provide customized analog mixed-signal and system-on-chip (SOC) solutions to the medical market. The companies have more than 30 years of combined experience in the medical device market and are focused on providing new generations of smaller, lighter, inexpensive and more efficient medical products that are designed to help improve the quality of life for millions of people.
31 Mar 2011 - Freescale introduces KwikStik development tool for Kinetis microcontrollers - AUSTIN, Texas - March 31, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor today announced the KwikStik development tool, a cost-effective, all-in-one development tool used for evaluating, developing and debugging with Freescale's Kinetis line of microcontrollers (MCUs) built on the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M4 core. Complementing the larger Freescale Tower System development platform, the KwikStik development tool provides an additional toolset option in a small-form-factor design for developers using Kinetis MCUs.
23 Mar 2011 - Freescale receives "Best Customer Support of the Year" award from Magneti Marelli Powertrain & Electronics - AUSTIN, Texas - March 23, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor received the prestigious "Best Customer Support of the Year 2010" award from Magneti Marelli Powertrain & Electronics during Magneti Marelli's annual supplier convention held January 13 in Bologna, Italy. Freescale was recognized for its high standards, operational excellence and serving as a role model in customer support, making it a true stand out in the industry.
15 Mar 2011 - Chery chooses Freescale for next-generation automotive engine control - SHANGHAI (electronica & Productronica China 2011) - March 15, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor today announced it is providing advanced microcontroller (MCU) technology to Chery Automobile, one of China's largest automotive manufacturers, for the engine control unit (ECU) in future Chery vehicle models. Chery selected Freescale's Qorivva 32-bit MPC563x MCU family for its high performance, reliability and scalability.
08 Mar 2011 - Freescale's latest Qorivva microcontrollers help automotive industry advance toward zero-fatality goal - AUSTIN, Texas - March 8, 2011 - The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that one in three fatal passenger vehicle crashes and one in five serious or moderate injury crashes could have been avoided if more vehicles had been equipped with crash-avoidance technologies. Freescale Semiconductor's cost-effective new family of Qorivva 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) is designed to help make advanced driver assistance systems more affordable and accessible for a broad range of vehicle models.
07 Mar 2011 - Freescale appoints J. Daniel McCranie to board of directors - AUSTIN, Texas - March 7, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. today appointed J. Daniel McCranie to its board of directors. Mr. McCranie fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Kevin Burns, a partner at TPG Capital.
02 Mar 2011 - Freescale offers Power Architecture microcontrollers for the industrial market - AUSTIN, Texas - March 2, 2011 - Freescale Semiconductor today announced the addition of Power Architecture(R) microcontrollers (MCUs) to its expansive industrial MCU portfolio. With this offering, Freescale is extending its experience and success with Power Architecture technology in the demanding automotive and networking infrastructure markets to a range of industrial applications.
