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appointment will prove beneficial to our customers and help garner additional new business. I believe that with Victor’s extensive knowledge and industry contacts, he will make an immediate impact to our bottom line and I look forward to the new business developments that he will bring to GigOptix as he builds a solid sales team in the region under his leadership.”
Victor Tu has nearly 20 years of semiconductor sales and engineering experience. Prior to joining GigOptix, he served as VP of Sales (APAC) at Gennum Corporation, which was acquired by Semtech Corporation in March of 2012. Tu was responsible for growing sales revenues through direct sales and regional distribution channels in support of their analogue and mixed signal products.
Previously, Tu worked for an array of start-up optical component companies where he managed and directed worldwide sales. He started his career in product development and has worked for various semiconductor and high-tech companies.
Victor Tu received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia.
RFMD chip powers Samsung’s latest GALAXY Note II
The firm’s RFMD’s product portfolio supports Samsung products across all product tiers and baseband architectures
RF Micro Devices’ PowerSmart power platform, claimed to be the industry’s first and only converged multimode, multiband (MMMB) power amplifier, is enabling Samsung’s next-generation GALAXY Note II.
Bob Bruggeworth, president and CEO of RFMD, says, “We are delighted to support Samsung’s next- generation GALAXY Note II as well as numerous other flagship devices in Samsung’s exciting product family. With the ramp of the GALAXY Note II, RFMD extends our coverage of Samsung’s product portfolio to include all tiers and segments.
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In the coming months, we look forward to the availability of additional devices and baseband architectures that expand our business with Samsung to include additional PAs, incremental switch-based content, and new high-performance WiFi front ends.”
The Samsung GALAXY Note II features a 5.5” HD Super AMOLED screen, providing breathtaking visuals and crystal clear detail. Its 16:9 screen ratio ensures an immersive and enriched cinema- like video viewing experience, perfect for watching HD videos on-the-go. The GALAXY Note II also comes with a mighty 1.6GHz Quad-Core processor and HSPA Plus or 4G LTE connectivity to deliver easy multitasking, lightning-fast screen transitions, powerful browser performance, and minimal app load time.
It also has an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera and 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera with HD video recording capabilities. The Samsung GALAXY Note II is set to launch in October starting in major European, Asian, and Middle East markets.
RFMD enables Samsung with a broad range of 3G/4G front end solutions, including PowerSmart, 3G/4G power amplifiers, switches, and RFMD’s advanced power management solutions. RFMD supports Samsung across all leading baseband architectures.
RFMD’s PowerSmart power platforms deliver integration, design flexibility, and customisation, enabling smartphone manufacturers to rapidly deploy smartphone platforms across geographies and networks, regardless of mode or band specifications.
Hittite cuts the price of GaAs pHEMT LNAs
The less costly hermetically sealed connectorised amplifiers operate from 1 to 36 GHz and are based on gallium arsenide technology
Hittite Microwave Corporation, a supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, has recently reduced the list price of several of our pHEMT Low Noise and Power Amplifier modules.
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