Agere Systems
1110 American Parkway, Northeast Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109 U.S.A.
Telephone: (610) 712-1000
Toll Free: 800-372-2447
Fax: (610) 712-4106
www.agere.com
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Agere Systems Inc. designs and manufactures
integrated circuits, which are made using semiconductor wafers imprinted
with a network of electronic components. Integrated circuits perform several
functions such as processing and storing data, controlling electronic system
functions, and processing electronic signals. Agere ranks as the market
leader in providing integrated circuits for the hard disk drive market,
conducting its manufacturing activity in Orlando, Florida, and overseas,
where the company owns facilities in Singapore and Thailand. The company
divides its business according to the markets it serves, operating a client
systems group and an infrastructure systems group. Through its client
systems group, Agere caters to the computing and consumer communications
market, marketing integrated circuits, software, and reference designs for
various applications.
A spin-off of a spin-off. In 2001 Lucent
Technologies spun-off its wholly-owned microelectronics subsidiary, naming
it Agere Systems. The name came from a Lucent acquisition in 2000 of Agere,
a small microelectronics company based in Texas. The name (pronounced
a-GEAR) supposedly has its roots in the Latin verb "ago" that means "to
lead, to drive, to act". Agere Systems was acquired by LSI Logic in 2007
after a short and rocky life.
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