Freescale will defend top spot in chips; Semiconductor giant ready for a fight with No. 2 Infineon.(Infineon Technologies and Freescale Semiconductor)

Automotive News Europe,  October, 2005  by Kisiel, Ralph

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Byline: Ralph Kisiel

Freescale Semiconductor is not about to relinquish its No. 1 ranking in automotive semiconductors without a fight.

But the US supplier is not yet looking over its shoulder, despite aggressive talk from its chief competitor, Infineon Technologies of Germany.

Infineon says that it wants to be the top semiconductor supplier to the auto industry.

Peter Bauer, head of Infineon's Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket Business Group, told Automobilwoche, Automotive News Europe's sister publication, that Infineon aims to overtake its rival.

"That ...

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