Integrating Technology Portfolio Walden

Spreadtrum agrees to buy Telegent

Spreadtrum (Shanghai, China), a fabless developer of baseband and RF chips for the wireless communications market, did not indicate how much it would pay to acquire Telegent. It did say that it does not expect there will be a "significant impact to either its cash position or operating expenses" as a result of the transaction. Spreadtrum said that following the acquisition, it will explore the possibilities of integrating Telegent TV technology with its own baseband ICs to deliver further performance and cost benefits. Under the terms of the deal, approximately twenty hardware and software engineers from Telegent's Shanghai office will join Spreadtrum. The transaction has been approved by the Spreadtrum and Telegent boards of directors but has yet to be approved by Telegent stockholders, which are mainly a set of venture capital companies that have invested in excess of $35 million in Telegent. "Broadcast mobile TV is a popular feature with consumers in emerging markets, which is a target market segment for Spreadtrum and one in which we are experiencing rapid growth," said Leo Li, president and chief executive officer of Spreadtrum, in a statement. "The acquisition of Telegent enhances the value proposition we can deliver to the supply chain serving this market segment from handset manufacturer to end market brand and accelerates our international footprint." Telegent (Sunnyvale, Calif.) founded in 2004 had a spectacular rise in the middle-part of the decade and similarly precipitous fall after it pulled a planned initial public offering of shares in May 2010. In June 2010 the company appointed Ford Tamer, a veteran with experience at Broadcom, and it would seem that he was put in place to find a strategic solution for the company and its investors. Spreadtrum was rumored to have been in negotiations with Telegent but it was thought those talks had broken down, possibly over the price. It now appears that Spreadtrum is picking up a local design group in Shanghai, a portfolio of more than 70 patents granted or pending and a product line covering analog and digital mobile TV ICs, antenna technology and player and entertainment services software. Telegent's recently introduced product, the TLG12xx series includes integrated internal antenna technology.

Final reflection on integrating technology and DI.

Two immediate adjustments I will make in my instructional practice are when I start the biome project in January. We will be using online organizers, websites for research and then the students will be able to use various forms of technology when they have to present the information. This can be in the form of PowerPoints, podcasts, video or any other way they want to present as long as it is approved by me. One area I am slowly going to work on is getting a support system started which can include calling on colleagues and bringing on principals as partners (Tomlinson, C., 1999). I would build a portfolio of activities I have done in class, what worked, what did not work and how other teachers can integrate technology in their class. In doing this I hope it would encourage other teachers to get more involved with differentiated instruction.

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