- Revealed advanced high-voltage power MOSFETs targeted to emerging eco-design standards and green-energy opportunities.
- Achieved qualification for MOSFETs at a major Japanese car maker for a DC/DC converter in hybrid electric vehicles.
- Collected multiple design wins for high-speed electrostatic-discharge protection in TV displays, PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets at major global OEMs.
- Earned wins for RF antenna tuner chips for mobile phones and tablets from a leading Taiwanese OEM.
- Won a socket for Intelligent Power Modules in high-end washing machines at a leading European household appliance provider.
ST-Ericsson
- Lenovo LePhone S899t smartphone - designed for China Mobile - is powered by the ST-Ericsson Nova A9500 application processor. This is the first smartphone from Lenovo which is built on ST-Ericsson's dual-core high-performance application processor. In addition to the Nova A9500, ST-Ericsson's CG2900 and CW1100 connectivity solutions were also selected by Lenovo to enable GPS, Bluetooth, FM and Wi-Fi features.
- ANT Wireless, a division of Dynastream Innovations Inc., announced the newest addition to its ANT family of silicon solutions: the ST-Ericsson CG2905 GNSS/Bluetooth/FM single-chip device which embeds support of ANT.
- ST-Ericsson continues to expand cooperation with Chinese manufacturers on the NovaThor U8500 and its upgraded version, the NovaThor U8520.
- During the quarter, both the NovaThor L8540 LTE ModAp platform and the FD-SOI (Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator) variant of this product were taped out and sample wafer fabrication started. Samples of both products are expected to be available during Q4.
Use of Supplemental Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Information
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Forward-looking information
Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended) that are based on management's current views and assumptions, and are conditioned upon and also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those in such statements due to, among other factors:
- the continuing difficult macro-economic and industry conditions have led us to undertake a strategic review of our activities, focusing in particular on digital, so as to better align our performance in digital and analog with our financial model and achieve a sustainable financial balance; as a result, our new strategic plan, to be announced in December, may raise the possibility of further impairment and/or restructuring charges which could have a material impact on our financial results;
- further impairment charges which could be required in the event that ST-Ericsson is unable to successfully execute its new strategic plan and achieve a sustainable financial balance;
- changes in demand in the key application markets and/or from key customers served by our products, including demand for products where we have achieved design wins and/or demand for applications where we are targeting growth, all of which make it extremely difficult to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities;
- our ability in periods of reduced market demand or visibility to reduce our expenses as required, as well as our ability to operate our manufacturing facilities at sufficient levels with existing process technologies to cover our fixed operating costs;
- our ability, in an intensively competitive environment, to identify and allocate necessary design resources to successfully develop and secure customer acceptance for new products meeting their expectations as well as our ability to achieve our pricing expectations for high-volume supplies of new products in whose development we have been, or are currently, investing;
- the financial impact of obsolete or excess inventories if actual demand differs from our expectations as well as the ability of our customers to successfully compete in the markets they serve using our products;
- our ability to maintain or improve our competiveness especially in light of the increasing volatility in the foreign exchange markets and, more particularly, in the U.S. dollar exchange rate as compared to the Euro and the other major currencies we use for our operations;
- the impact of intellectual property ("IP") claims by our competitors or other third parties, and our ability to obtain required licenses on reasonable terms and conditions;
- the outcome of ongoing litigation as well as any new litigation to which we may become a defendant;
- changes in our overall tax position as a result of changes in tax laws, the outcome of tax audits or changes in international tax treaties which may impact are results of operations as well as our ability to accurately estimate tax credits, benefits, deductions and provisions and to realize deferred tax assets;
- product warranty or liability claims based on epidemic or delivery failures or recalls by our customers for a product containing one of our parts;
- availability and costs of raw materials, utilities, third-party manufacturing services, or other supplies required by our operations; and
- current macro-economic and industry uncertainties, the Eurozone crisis and other global factors which may result in limited growth or recession in one or more important regions of the world economy, sovereign default, changes in the political, social, economic or infrastructure environment, including as a result of military conflict, social unrest and/or terrorist activities, as well as natural events such as severe weather, health risks, epidemics, earthquakes, tsunami, volcano eruptions or other acts of nature in, or affecting, the countries in which we, our key customers or our suppliers, operate all of which may in turn also cause unplanned disruptions in our supply chain and reduced or delayed demand from our customers
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of our business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, such as "believes," "expects," "may," "are expected to," "should," "would be," "seeks" or "anticipates" or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.
Some of these risk factors are set forth and are discussed in more detail in "Item 3. Key Information - Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 5, 2012. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed or expected. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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