Boeing joins lockheed for MUOS

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InGaP Best of breed acquisition Anadigics h o p e s to accelerate

line addresses t h e IEEE 802.1 lb,

c o n s i d e r a t i o n of $ 2 . 8 m a n d a

t h e p e n e t r a t i o n of HBT-based

IEEE 802.1 la, a n d IEEE 802.1 l g

c o n t i n g e n t p a y m e n t of u p to

p o w e r amplifiers a n d m o d u l e s

(draft) WLAN standards.

into t h e wireless LAN m a r k e t w i t h t h e p u r c h a s e of certain p r o d u c t lines f r o m RF Solutions. Anadigics h a s

3 m c o m m o n shares ( c u r r e n t value a r o u n d $6.4m), b a s e d o n

T h e acquisition i n c l u d e d RF

r e v e n u e targets a c h i e v e m e n t s

Solutions' WLAN PA develop-

over t h e n e x t twelve m o n t h s .

m e n t operation; 16 e m p l o y e e s c o m p r i s e d of e n g i n e e r i n g , sales

Bami Bastani, p r e s i d e n t a n d

and marketing and operations

CEO of Anadigics said: "Industry

p e r s o n n e l ; intellectual proper-

analysts e x p e c t t h e WLAN mar-

p o w e r amplifier a n d m o d u l e p r o d u c t lines f r o m RF Solutions

ty c o m p r i s e d of PA a n d m o d u l e

ket to g r o w at m o r e t h a n a 35%

Inc, a privately h e l d fabless

p r o d u c t design; certain assets

s u p p l i e r of WLAN s e m i c o n d u c -

a n d t h e a s s u m p t i o n o f certain

tor p r o d u c t s , b a s e d in Atlanta,

liabilities. Anadigics c u r r e n t l y

"This acquisition c o m p l i m e n t s

Georgia.

e s t i m a t e s that t h e transaction

o u r existing p r o d u c t lines,

acquired t h e c o m p l e t e wireless local area n e t w o r k (WLAN)

T h e transaction is e x p e c t e d to

c o m p o u n d AGR over t h e n e x t several years.

will be accretive to e a r n i n g s o n

d e s i g n capabilities, a n d best-of-

a GAAP basis in 2004.

b r e e d InGaP HBT t e c h n o l o g y

b r o a d e n Anadigics' c u s t o m e r

w h i l e strategically p o s i t i o n i n g

base a n d accelerate t h e c o m p a -

T h e transaction will b e

ny's p e n e t r a t i o n into t h e emerg-

a c c o u n t e d for as a p u r c h a s e

ing WLAN m a r k e t . T h e p r o d u c t

a n d includes an up-front c a s h

Boeing joins Lockheed for MUOS

No gain from foreign R&D

Anadigics to c a p t u r e significant share o f t h e WEAN market."

University of Warwick

R&D s p e n d by c o m p a n i e s

r e s e a r c h e r D o l o r e s Afion

t h e m s e l v e s i n c r e a s e d that

c o n f i r m s t h e i m p o r t a n c e of

industry's gross output

privately f u n d e d R&D for

b y 0.33%. She f o u n d r o b u s t

i m p r o v i n g p r o d u c t i v i t y across

e v i d e n c e of positive a n d

UK manufacturing industries.

significant d o m e s t i c R&D

forces o n t h e move. Selection of

But in h e r p a p e r 'Totalfactor

spillovers f r o m R&D

t h e fmal design for t h e MUOS s y s t e m is s c h e d u l e d for 2004,

productivity and R& D spillover' t h e r e is n o gain

investment from other UK

w i t h initial operational cap-

f r o m foreign R&D i n v e s t m e n t .

m e n t s in d o m e s t i c productivi-

ability e x p e c t e d in early 2008 and full capability b y 2013.The

One of the key benefits econo-

ty o f UK m a n u f a c t u r i n g sec-

m i s t s h a v e c l a i m e d for R&D

tors arising f r o m f o r e i g n R&D

U.S. Navy, Space a n d Naval

i n v e s t m e n t is 'spill ove(' or

i n v e s t m e n t c o u l d be d e t e c t e d .

Warfare Systems C o m m a n d , located in San Diego, California, manages the programme.

that i n d u s t r i e s will b e n e f i t

It i m p l i e s that a n y b e n e f i t s to

f r o m b o t h t h e i r o w n R&D

p r o d u c t i v i t y f r o m R&D to UK

efforts as well as r e s e a r c h

m a n u f a c t u r i n g c o m e s primari-

results of o t h e r national a n d

ly f r o m national p r i v a t e R&D

overseas industries.Afion's

i n v e s t m e n t - a w a r n i n g to pol-

r e s e a r c h c h a l l e n g e s a k e y part

icy m a k e r s against underesti-

o f t h a t belieE

mating the importance of

Boeing joins t h e LocMaeed Martin-General D y n a m i c s t e a m competing for t h e Mobile User Objective System, (MUOS) a multi-satellite s y s t e m to i m p r o v e g r o u n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s for US

Observers say MUOS w o u l d consist of u p to eight GEO satellites. Even t h o u g h t h e Navy's c u r r e n t plan is to have MUOS fully deployed by 2013, t h e assump-

c o m p a n i e s . But n o i m p r o v e -

d o m e s t i c t e c h n o l o g i c a l efforts

U s i n g data for e i g h t UK

a n d o v e r e s t i m a t i n g t h e contri-

tion is that m a n y of t h e s e will be deployed after 2012.

manufacturing sectors from

T h e US Navy contracted w i t h Boeing for eleven UHF Follow-

in line w i t h p r e v i o u s studies, t h e r e is a positive a n d signifi-

All o f w h i c h raises s o m e

O n satellites.Ten of t h e s e are delivered, a n d t h e eleventh is currently b e i n g built.The satel-

c a n t link b e t w e e n t h e private-

interesting questions on

ly f u n d e d R&D activities a n d

t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f t h e EU's

p r o d u c t i v i t y in UK m a n u f a c -

R&D f u n d i n g a p p r o a c h .

t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s . Specifically a

Contact: D.Anon-Higon@ warwick.ac.uk

lites are l a u n c h e d by Lockheed Martin built Atlas l a u n c h vehicles.

1970-97 results indicate that,

1% i n c r e a s e in i n d u s t r y s e c t o r

b u t i o n of i n t e r n a t i o n a l spillovers.

INews Update

Markets & Business The Association of Vacuum Equipment Manufacturers International (AVEM), the European Vacuum Technology Association (EVTA), the Japan Vacuum Industry Association 0VIA) and SEMI have agreed to collaborate on providing members with detailed vacuum comli®nent sales figures for all regions and market segments each eluarter. Only reporting members will be allowed to view data and only for the categories they reported in. Data from 2002 has been used to test and refine the collection and reporting systems. The four associations expect to publish trend data starting in 2003. Electronic Trend Publications is projecting an increase for system-on-chip (SoC) sales from $~3.6bn in 2002 to $34.7bn in 2007, representing compound annual growth of more than 2o%. These figures compare with total chip sales of $121bn in 2o02 and ETP's projection for 2oo7 of $~69bn - a 7% CAGR. The company admits that such an assessment depends on the definition of SoC and is much more subjective than a typical market analysis. ETP does not require such devices to contain all their memory on-chip and the researcher notes that very few electronic products truly consist of a single chip.

The US photomask industry is proposing an R&D consortium on the lines of International SEMATECH, Industry executives involved in discussion with US government ofFiCials include mask producers Photronics and DuPont Photomasks and the IC producers IBM, Inte! and Micron. The US is concerned about intense competition from Japan which includes Dai Nippon Printing, and is "well supported by [its] government".

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