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Titolo: mi spiegate STM (vuoto)

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      Company
      Profile
            STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company
and is a leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across
the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivaled combination of
silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property
(IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront
of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in
enabling today's convergence trends.
            In 2001, ST's net revenues were US $6.36 billion and net
earnings were US $257.1 million. According to Gartner Dataquest's annual
ranking for 2001, STMicroelectronics was the third largest semiconductor
company in the world. The Company was also ranked third and second,
respectively, by industry analysts IC Insights and iSuppli in their final
rankings for 2001.
            According to the most recent data from independent sources, ST
is the world's leading supplier of analog ICs and MPEG-2 decoder ICs, and is
ranked number two for non-volatile memories overall and at number four for
Flash memory. In application segments ST is number one for ICs for set-top
boxes and hard disk drives; at number two for smart cards and DVDs; at
number three for automotive ICs; and finally, at number four for telecom
ICs.
            The Company's products are manufactured and designed using a
broad range of fabrication processes and proprietary design methods. To
complement this depth and diversity of process and design technology, the
Company also possesses a broad intellectual property portfolio that it has
used to enter into cross-licensing agreements with many other leading
semiconductor manufacturers.
            ST has developed a worldwide network of strategic alliances,
including product development with key customers, technology development wit
h customers and other semiconductor manufacturers, and equipment and CAD
development alliances with major suppliers. By augmenting its rich portfolio
of proprietary technologies and core competencies with complementary
expertise from a variety of carefully chosen strategic partners, ST has
developed an unsurpassed capability to offer leading-edge solutions to
customers in all segments of the electronics industry.
            The Company currently offers over 3,000 main types of products
to more than 1,500 customers, including Alcatel, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler,
Ford, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Philips,
Seagate Technology, Siemens, Sony, Thomson Multimedia and Western Digital..
In 2001, 66% of ST's revenue derived from differentiated products, a
combination of dedicated, semi-custom and programmable products designed to
suit a specific customer or a specific application and therefore having a
high system content. This result reflects ST's early recognition of the
importance of system-on-chip technology and the success of the strategies it
developed to ensure its leading position in this key emerging field.
            The ST group was formed in June 1987 as a result of the merger
between SGS Microelettronica of Italy and Thomson Semiconducteurs of France.
In May 1998, the company changed its name from SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics
to STMicroelectronics.
            Since its formation, the Company has significantly broadened and
upgraded its range of products and technologies and has strengthened its
manufacturing and distribution capabilities inEurope, North America, and the
Asia Pacific region This capacity expansion is an ongoing process with the
upgrading of existing facilities and the creation of new 8-inch, sub-micron
fabs around the world. ST currently has five 8-inch fabs in operation in:
Rousset (France); Agrate Brianza, R2 (Italy); Crolles (France); Phoenix
(Arizona); and Catania (Italy). In addition, a sixth 8-inch fab is currently
ramping up in Singapore. Furthermore, the company is now close to completing
a 12-inch pilot line in Crolles, in addition to a new 12-inch manufacturing
facility, which is currently under construction in Catania.
            The group totals about 40,000 employees, 12 advanced research
and development units, 32 design and application centers, 17 main
manufacturing sites and 74 sales offices in 27 countries.
            Corporate Headquarters, as well as the headquarters for Europe
and for Emerging Markets, are in Geneva. The Company's U.S. Headquarters are
in Carrollton (Dallas, Texas); those for Asia/Pacific are based in
Singapore; and Japanese operations are headquartered in Tokyo.
            To guarantee continued technological development and
consistently offer customers true leading-edge products, ST each year
invests a significant proportion of its sales in R&D and capital
expenditures. In 2001, it spent US $ 977.9 million (15.4% of revenues) in
research and development. ST filed 636 patent applications in 2001,
maintaining its track record as one of the industry's most prolific
inventors. The new inventions protected with these filings covered a wide
range of technologies, products and applications, in line with the broad
range supplier mission of the Company. ST is also active in numerous
collaborative research projects worldwide as well as playing a key role in
Europe's advanced technology research programs such as MEDEA+, and its
predecessors, MEDEA and JESSI.
            ST's technical, marketing and manufacturing strengths are
matched by an unswerving commitment to Total Quality and Environmental
Management (TQEM) that has earned prestigious awards around the world. Since
1991, the Company's sites have received more than 70 awards, of which 31
were for environmental issues.
            In addition to ST's previous honors for quality over the last
few years - which include the Malaysian Prime Minister Quality Award, the
Malta Quality Award and the European Quality Award - STMicroelectronics Asia
Pacific was the winner of the 1999 Singapore Quality Award for Business
Excellence; and the Company's US subsidiary STMicroelectronics Inc, was
awarded the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest level
of national recognition for quality that a US company can receive. And most
recently, in February 2000, ST's Moroccan operations received the Morocco
National Quality Award.
            ST's commitment to environmental responsibility has resulted in
substantial reductions in the consumption of energy, water, paper and
hazardous chemicals, increased recycling of waste products and a significant
cut in CO2 emissions. In 1999, ST received the United States Environmental
Protection Agency's Climate Protection Award for its outstanding
accomplishments in protecting the Earth's climate. In 2000, ST was ranked
first in environmental management among 14 semiconductor companies by
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors and received the only AAA ranking in
eco-efficiency.
            Since December 8, 1994, when ST completed its initial public
offering, the Company has been quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:
STM) and on Euronext Paris, and since June 1998 also listed in Milan on
Borsa Italiana. The Company now has close to 900 million outstanding shares,
approximately 64% of which are publicly traded on the various stock
exchanges. The balance of the shares is held by STMicroelectronics Holding
II B.V., a company whose shareholders are Finmeccanica of Italy and a French
consortium comprising Areva and France Telecom.
            June 2002
            The ST product range
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            STMicroelectronics produces a diverse range of semiconductors -
from single transistors to microprocessors with millions of components on
the same 'silicon chip' - which can be found in many disparate products or
environments - from high performance supercomputers to everyday items such
as telephones, cars, toasters, or even light bulbs.
            The pervasiveness of the silicon chip is due to its unique
ability to offer ever increasing functionality at a continually decreasing
cost. As a result the world semiconductor market - which barely existed 30
years' ago - is now valued at an estimated figure close to US$140 billion.
            ST designs and sells almost every type of semiconductor,
offering more than 3,000 main product types, ranging from single transistors
to some of the world's most complex integrated circuits, where many millions
of transistors are fabricated on a single chip of silicon.
            The product portfolio covers all of the major categories of
semiconductor devices: dedicated ICs, microprocessors and semicustom,
memories, standard ICs, discretes.
            Dedicated ICs
            These are integrated circuits that are designed for use in a
specific application. Examples include modem chips, digital set top box
chips, motor control circuits, audio amplifiers and even such highly
specialized circuits as fluorescent lamp ballasts.
            Unlike custom ICs, which are designed for a specific application
of a single customer, dedicated ICs are sold on the open market but they are
often developed in close cooperation with lead customers. ST has been
particularly successful in this area and a key factor in this success has
been the close relationships it has formed with major customers such as
Bosch, FIAT/Marelli, Northern Telecom and Seagate. Another important
strength of ST in this area is the broad range of advanced, system-oriented
technologies that its designers can draw upon. These include advanced
bipolar, CMOS, BiCMOS, mixed signal and power technologies. The most
recently announced proprietary technology - BCD5 - allows ST designers to
combine analog, digital, power and non-volatile memory functions on the same
chip, thereby allowing, for the first time, the creation of a true single
chip system.
            One of the most important application areas for dedicated ICs is
the rapidly expanding market for digital consumer products. These include
multimedia PCs, set top boxes (STB), and digital video disc (DVD) players.
At the heart of most of these products is the digital image compression
technology known as MPEG. ST is the world's number one manufacturer of MPEG
chips according to independent industry analysts Dataquest. The Company's
leadership position in digital entertainment technology is a reflection of
its vast experience in this area, its early entry into the market, and its
ability to deliver the highest quality products at competitive prices.
            Microprocessors and Other Programmable Devices
            ST offers a comprehensive range of microprocessors and
programmable devices, ranging from robust 8-bit single chip microcontrollers
that cost less than a dollar in volume to 32-bit RISC and CISC
microprocessors, multimedia accelerators and innovative processors that
accelerate the special calculations required in the emerging area of fuzzy
logic. The ST20 family, for example, is a range of 32-bit RISC products
available as stand-alone microprocessors or as cores that can be integrated
with other circuitry to form dedicated ICs with powerful on-board computing
capability. This facility is used by ST designers to develop
state-of-the-art dedicated ICs for use in applications such as set top boxes
and Global Positioning by Satellite (GPS) systems.
            ST is currently designing advanced multimedia processors based
on the MPACT architecture developed by Chromatic Research. These processors
will offer software-upgradable multimedia solutions for 2D and 3D graphics,
audio, video, fax/modem, telephony, and videophone.
            Semicustom Products
            Semicustom devices are integrated circuits designed with the
help of cell libraries and powerful Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.
This technique allows devices that meet a customer's specific requirements
to be developed quickly and cost-effectively by combining building blocks
from libraries of tried and tested circuits.
            ST's strength in this area is due to its leading edge
technologies (such as the 0.25-micron CMOS process) and its rich cell
libraries, which offer not only the industry standard building blocks but
also a range of powerful core and peripheral functions, including DSP,
microcontroller and x86 microprocessor cores. For example, the D950 is the
latest version of a DSP core that has been used in many high volume
applications, including hard disc drives, GSM telephones and PC sound cards.
            Memories
            ST's main focus in the memory market is on non-volatile
memories, an area that includes EPROM, EEPROM and flash memories. The
Company is the world's number one supplier of non-volatile EPROM memories
and is one of the top five manufacturers of flash memory. Other memory
products include specialty SRAMs and ZEROPOWER battery backed memories.
            In 1996, ST unveiled an important new memory technology called
super flash technology. This is an innovative non-volatile memory technology
which combines the features of flash and EEPROM, effectively using standard
flash technology to provide full-featured EEPROM functionality. The
technology is now being used for the production of 256k serial EEPROMs and
is also being used to build devices that combine flash memory and EEPROM on
the same chip.
            Smartcards are among the most important applications of EEPROM
technology and ST is a world leader in this market. In 1996, the company's
cumulative shipments of smartcard chips passed the one billion mark. Another
important milestone in the smartcard market occurred in 1996 when an ST
device for use in French bank cards became the first smartcard IC to be
awarded a certification under Europe's Information Technology Security
Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC), confirming that the ability of the chip to meet
the application's challenging security targets had been officially confirmed
by independent, accredited experts.
            Standard ICs
            ST offers a broad range of devices such as op amps, comparators,
voltage regulators and logic functions such as NAND gates and inverters
which perform standard functions that are used in all types of applications.
In recent years, the Company has achieved great success in the standard
linear market, raising its market share from 3.1% in 1991 to 6.9% in 1995
(World Semiconductor Trade Statistics figures). Results for the same period
from another independent source, Dataquest, also show a rise in world
ranking from No. 13 (1991) to No. 4 (1995).
            Discretes
            Discrete devices can be made to handle greater power levels and
higher voltages than integrated circuits and their main use is to act as
power switches and power amplifiers. ST is one of the world's leading
suppliers of discrete power devices, with a product range that includes
MOSFETs, bipolar transistors, IGBTs and triacs.
            Although discretes are often considered to occupy the less
glamorous end of the semiconductor product spectrum, ST has contributed
significantly to advancing the state-of-the-art in this area. For example,
in 1996 the company announced a new technology known as Mesh Overlay that
significantly improves the performance of power MOSFETs, leading to smaller
die sizes, lower costs and higher performance.
            Applications
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            The list of applications for semiconductors is growing
continuously and ST products are used in almost every application. Computer
systems, multimedia products, telephone networks, consumer goods, industrial
control systems, automobiles and medical equipment can all be found with ST
products inside. Applications can even be found in outer space.
            Examples of ST's products used in the main applications are
listed below:
              a.. Computer
              x86 microprocessors; disk drive control; memories; display
control ICs; graphics chips; computer networking ICs; multimedia devices,
such as MPEG decoders and 3D graphic accelerators.
              b.. Telecommunications
              Telephone set ICs; circuits for PABX and central switching;
mobile telephone ICs; fax chips; circuits for videophone and
videoconferencing systems.
              c.. Consumer
              ICs for video recorders, hi-fi systems, TV and satellite
receivers; chips for kitchen appliances, such as food processors, washing
machines and toasters; heating control and home automation ICs.
              d.. Automotive
              ICs for automotive systems, such as engine control, airbag,
ABS, in-car entertainment, safety and control; circuits for toll systems.
              e.. Industrial
              Intelligent power circuits for robots, motors and control
systems; ICs for factory automation systems; chips for lighting and battery
chargers; power supply ICs.

si muove in una banda laterale tra 24 e 26
STMICROELECTRONICS (Milano: STM.MI - notizie - bacheca) :
Il fallito attacco a 26.40 nella seduta di ieri determina un deterioramento
del quadro di breve rendendo probabile l'inizio di un movimento di
congestione con estremi 24.00-26.40.
Un nuovo ritorno sopra 26.40 consentirebbe la ripresa delle spinte rialziste
verso la resistenza chiave a 29.00-30.00.
Per l'intraday: probabile movimento laterale nella banda 24.20-24.75. Sopra
24.80 impulso rialzista a 25.40. Sotto 24.20 estensione della discesa a
23.75.
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"Una catastrofe immediata è preferibile alla prolungazione indefinita
del dramma spaventevole". (G. D'Annunzio).
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