Agere Systems
Intel Corp | |
| Headquarters | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
|---|---|
Key people | Richard L. Clemmer, President and CEO |
| Products | Integrated circuits |
Number of employees | ~17,000 |
Agere Systems, Inc. was an
History
Agere was incorporated on August 1, 2000, as a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies and then spun off on June 1, 2002. The name Agere was that of a Texas-based electronics company that Lucent had acquired in 2000, although the pronunciations of the company names are different. The Texas company was pronounced with three syllables and a hard "g": /eɪˈɡɪərə/. The company name was pronounced with two syllables and a hard "g": /eɪˈɡɪər/. Agere is a Latin verb meaning "to act", "to do", or "to make".
Microsoft suit
In 2007, Agere Systems sued Microsoft for theft of key technology used in Internet telephony.[2][3][4]
The allegations concern meetings between Agere and Microsoft in 2002 and 2003, where the companies discussed selling Agere's
Apart from the main office in Allentown, the company also maintained offices and facilities in:
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA: The "Reading Works" facility, formerly Lucent/AT&T and Bell Labs. Closed in 2003.
- Orlando, Florida, USA: The "Orlando Plant" was Agere's newest wholly owned wafer fabrication facility in the world. Opened in 1984 by AT&T, it was known for a time in the late 1990s as "Cirent Semiconductor" as it was operated as a joint venture between Lucent Technologies and Cirrus Logic Corporation. The Orlando Plant was also home to Bell Labs' Advanced Development and Research Facility (ADRF). Closed in 2005.
- Dallas, Texas, USA: Agere Optoelectronics South (OES), formerly Hermann Technologies. Acquired in 2000, closed in 2002.
- Irwindale, California, USA: Acquired by Emcore Corporation.[5]
- design and software development.
- mobile devices, which Agere acquired in 2005.
- China: Shanghai and Shenzhen.
- technology and closed in December 2004.
- Ascot, Berkshire, UK: R&D and engineering site developing processor technology for GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
- Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain: Wafer fab. Manufacturing of 0.3, 0.35 and 0.5 micron CMOS devices. Closed in 2001.[6][7]
References
- ^ "LSI Logic completes Agere acquisition". Reuters. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ McDougall, Paul (2007-04-07). "Agere Systems Sues Microsoft Over Internet Phone Technology". Information Week. Retrieved 2011-05-11.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Letzing, John (2007-03-29). "Agere says Microsoft lifted VoIP technology". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ Letzing, John (2007-04-09). "Bell Labs legend haunts courtroom tech rivals". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ "StackPath".
- ^ Lineback, J. Robert (June 29, 2001). "Agere to lay off 4,000 workers, close fab in Spain in massive restructuring of units". EE Times. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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