A World leader in wireless platforms
and semiconductors
ST-Ericsson is an industry leader in design, development and creation of cutting edge mobile platforms and semiconductors across the broad spectrum of wireless technologies. Established in 2009, ST-Ericsson is a 50/50 joint venture uniting the wireless semiconductor division of STMicroelectronics (ST-NXP Wireless) and the mobile platform division of Ericsson (Ericsson Mobile Platforms). Today, the company is a key supplier to industry leaders, including mobile operators and device manufacturers, and we are actively engaged with seven of the top nine OEM manufacturers by revenue.
Technology and innovation leader
Leadership in innovation enables ST-Ericsson to help its customers optimize existing technologies while developing new ones. ST-Ericsson is innovation focused with the vast majority of its employees working in research and development around the globe. The company is backed by a strong Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) portfolio in the wireless industry through its parent companies – Ericsson and STMicroelectronics. ST-Ericsson drives development in a series of wireless access technologies and has been the first to market with LTE platforms. ST-Ericsson also pioneered FM radio in mobile phones.
ST-Ericsson is poised to become a leader in smartphones and tablets, driving innovation in mobile broadband and enabling the coolest, richest mobile devices. In 2010, one in three mobile phones was powered by ST-Ericsson's technologies.
Complete solution provider
In a business where scale matters, the complete product portfolio across the broad range of wireless technologies delivers significant synergies for customers. ST-Ericsson is unique in its ability to deliver state-of-the-art platforms, integrating mobile multimedia and connectivity for GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA, HSPA+, as well as TD-SCDMA and LTE. ST-Ericsson’s portfolio covers all market segments, from smartphones and tablets to high value entry handsets. To address these needs, the company offers three main platforms:
NovaThor™ – Integrated solution for smartphone and tablet platforms
The ST-Ericsson NovaThor platform offer device makers the opportunity to bring leading-edge smartphones to market by combining application engines, modems and connectivity chipsets into fully-integrated and tested solutions, which device manufacturers can use to quickly roll out a new wave of advanced smartphones and tablets with trailblazing multimedia capabilities across all segments.
In the mainstream smartphone segment, manufacturers can benefit by using ST-Ericsson’s highly-integrated platforms, in which modems and application processors are built into a single piece of silicon, to produce compact and affordable devices. And the scalable architecture enables reuse of manufacturers’ R&D investment across the entire range of their smartphone and tablet portfolios.
Nova™ – High performance application processors
ST-Ericsson’s Nova application processor family is taking the mobile computing experience to the next level by offering an optimal combination of highest mobile processing performance, advanced graphics cores and powerful multimedia at extreme power efficiency. The Nova platform uses the latest ARM®-based multi-core CPUs optimized to deliver the highest performance and support for advanced 2D & 3D graphics cores for immersive gaming and highly-responsive user interfaces. The Nova family is designed to power the next of generation premium smartphones, tablets and other smart devices across a variety of operating systems.
Thor™ – Thin modems LTE/HSPA+/TD
ST-Ericsson’s Thor family of mobile broadband thin modems makes ultra-fast web browsing and high speed data connectivity ubiquitous, easy and reliable. Thor modems combine innovations in modem technologies with decades of proven legacy and the most rigorous interoperability testing to deliver the fastest data rates at the lowest consumption. The platform uses a unique and flexible radio technology for unmatched geographical coverage of all major access technologies. Extremely power-efficient with high performance, Thor thin modems are designed to bring the fastest mobile broadband connections to smartphones, tablet and other connected devices.
The company’s multimedia and application processors support all major operating systems (OS) to power next generation devices. The products in our platforms can also make excellent additions and enhancements to your existing platforms and solutions. ST-Ericsson offers industry-leading connectivity and broadcast solutions for Bluetooth, FM, GPS, WLAN, Near Field Communications and USB provide a richer mobile experience.
Reliable and trusted partner
The company has long standing relationships with global mobile phone manufacturers, spanning more than 15 years. As an experienced partner, ST-Ericsson provides reliable support at every stage of product development. More than 5 billion phones have been built using ST-Ericsson’s products and technologies and more than 1 billion phones have been built on the company’s complete platform solutions. In addition, ST-Ericsson has strong momentum with China-based handset manufacturing companies that are using its mobile platforms, including industry leading solutions for the TD-SCDMA standard.
Global presence with local insight
We are headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with main R&D centers in China, France Japan, Korea, Sweden, India, United States and locations in 20 more countries. Our global presence means we are close to our customers and understand their specific markets.
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