Freescale Expands Presence in Romania; Invests in State-of-the-Art Software Development Center.BUCHAREST, Romania -- New Facilities and Growing Engineering Team Underscore Freescale's Commitment to the Embedded Market Refers to custom-designed, computer-based devices and applications that perform a fixed set of tasks. It may refer to cellphones and other handhelds, network appliances (routers, access points, modems) and myriad consumer electronics products. Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. ) (NYSE:FSL.B) has expanded its operations in Bucharest, Romania, with new facilities and a growing staff focused on developing next-generation wireline and wireless communication technologies. The company marked the opening of its new software development center today during an inaugural ceremony attended by Freescale executives, customers and Romanian government officials. Freescale's research and development priorities at the software development center include infrastructure applications for voice/modem/fax over IP (VoIP/MoIP/FoIP), network equipment and infrastructure, software for 3G cellular platforms, ZigBee(TM) stack development and integrated development tools (debuggers, compilers and performance analysis tools) for Freescale processors. Freescale Semiconductor Romania is one of the company's most strategically important operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) region. The software development center in Romania is generating patentable concepts and solutions for software technologies that will help enable the communications and information technology markets. The company has doubled its headcount in Romania over the past 12 months to more than 200 software engineers and support staff. This growth in personnel is expected to continue at a similar pace in 2006 and beyond. This year also marks the sixth anniversary of Freescale's growing presence and investment in Romania. "Romania offers a talented pool of software and systems engineers, and Freescale is fortunate to be able to tap into that world-class talent and expand our presence in the Romania market," said David Perkins David Perkins could refer to any of the following people:
Purcarea is a graduate of the Cybernetics cybernetics [Gr.,=steersman], term coined by American mathematician Norbert Wiener to refer to the general analysis of control systems and communication systems in living organisms and machines. faculty from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest. He holds a post-graduate degree in business administration, as well as a master's in business administration from the Romanian-Canadian MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration program. Prior to joining Freescale, Purcarea was the deputy general manager of the largest Romanian company in the information technologies sector. "The expansion of Freescale's software development center in Bucharest is a major milestone in Romania's evolution as a hub of high-technology research and development," said Purcarea. "We have assembled a world-class team of software engineers driving innovation and generating patents around advanced mobile and embedded platforms. Their software breakthroughs are enabling next-generation consumer electronics products and communications infrastructure solutions that touch countless lives around the world." About Freescale's Presence in the EMEA Region Freescale has approximately 4,600 employees in 20 countries across the EMEA region. The company's primary manufacturing facilities in EMEA are located in East Kilbride East Kilbride (kĭlbrīd`), town (1991 pop. 70,454), South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Established in 1946 under the New Towns Act to absorb the growing population of Glasgow, East Kilbride has engineering works and manufactures automobile , Scotland and Toulouse, France. In addition to the software development center in Romania, Freescale maintains significant hardware design, software development and IP creation centers elsewhere in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel and Russia. Freescale also has an advanced technology partnership with Phillips and STMicroelectronics known as the Crolles2 Alliance near Grenoble, France. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Freescale Technology Forum The Freescale Technology Forum (FTF FTF Face To Face (in person) FTF Freescale Technology Forum FTF Fair Trade Federation FTF First Things First (Chattanooga, TN family strengthening program) FTF First to Find ) is fast becoming the embedded semiconductor industry's premier developer conference. A global program, FTF events feature visionary keynote speakers, in-depth technical training and interactive demonstrations from Freescale and leading hardware, software and tools providers. For detailed information about FTF events around the world, please go to www.freescale.com/ftf. Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006. |
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