Agere Systems was a prominent American semiconductor manufacturer, originally established as a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies in 2000. The company specialized in designing and producing integrated circuits and optoelectronic components for telecommunications and data storage applications. Key products included chips for fiber-optic networks, mobile phones, and hard disk drives. Agere was known for its innovation in communications and signal processing technologies. After becoming an independent publicly traded company, it was acquired by LSI Corporation in 2007. Agere's legacy includes contributions to advancing high-speed data communication and storage solutions during the early 2000s.