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January 27, 2012

T.J. Rodgers predicts strong H2.

Electronics Weekly - Cypress Semiconductor had sales revenue of $242m in Q4 down 8.5% from the $265m of Q3 with a gross margin of 56% and a $56m net profit. Compared to Q4 2010 it was 10% up.

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Free children's educational website for hardware design

Electronics Weekly - Hot on the heels of the Government's announcement that ICT education will focus on programming, US firm SparkFun is to set up a website dedicated to electronics education for 4-18 year olds....

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Altera sees sales and profit fall in fourth quarter

Electronics Weekly - "While industry conditions led to sequential sales declines in the fourth quarter, our FPGA market share once again improved," said John Daane, Altera's president and CEO

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Murata says tiny piezoelectric speaker goes into volume

Electronics Weekly - With a thickness of just 0.9 mm it is believed to be the world's thinnest IPX7 speaker, said the supplier

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Sequencing the MAX14885E VGA Crossover Switch

Maxim - Application Notes - The MAX14885E, a fully integrated low-capacitance VGA dual-graphics crossover switch, connects a VGA source to a VGA monitor. This application note explains the proper sequencing of the MAX14885Eâ€(tm)s...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

CalAmp Begins Volume Shipments of New Product to Direct Broadcast Satellite Customer

CalAmp - CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP), a leading provider of wireless products, services and solutions, announced today that is has commenced making...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Friday Video: First, Why panelize a PCB? Then, How? Paging Dr. Jones...

EDA360 Insider - Lots of people will instruct you in the art of panelizing a PCB using a design tool but Australia's Dave Jones (not really a doctor) first explains the engineering economics behind the "why?"...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Dual 3A, 2.5MHz, 42V Boost/Inverting DC/DC Converter with Fault Protection

Linear Technology - Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8582, a dual independent channel, step-up DC/DC converter with integrated fault protection features for output...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management UCD90124A 12-Rail Sequencer and System Health Monitor with Fan Control and ACPI Support

TI - New Products - The UCD90124A is a 12-rail PMBus/I2C addressable power-supply sequencer and monitor. The device integrates a 12-bit ADC for monitoring up to 12 power-supply voltage inputs. Twenty-six GPIO...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS728285180 Single Output LDO, 200mA, Dual Level Fixed (2.85V or 1.80V) with Vset Pin

TI - New Products - The TPS728xx series of low-dropout linear regulators (LDOs), with a selectable dual-voltage level output, is designed specially for applications that require two levels of output voltage regulation....

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS53316 High-Efficiency, 5-A Step-Down Regulator with Integrated Switcher

TI - New Products - TPS53316 provides a fully integrated 3.3-V or 5-V input, synchronous buck converter with 16 total components, in 200 mm2 of PCB area. Due to low RDS(on)
and TI proprietary SmoothPWM skip...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management CSD16415Q5 N-Channel NexFET Power MOSFET

TI - New Products - The NexFET(tm) power MOSFET has been designed to minimize losses in power conversion applications.
...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS51462 3.3-V/5-V Input, D-CAP+(tm) Mode Synchronous Step-Down Integrated FETs Converter With 2-Bit VID

TI - New Products - The TPS51462 is a fully integrated synchronous buck regulator
employing D-CAP+(tm). It is used for up to 5-V step-down where system
size is at its premium, performance and optimized...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS53313 6-A, Step-Down Regulator with Integrated Switcher

TI - New Products - TPS53313 provides a 5-V or 12-V synchronous buck converter that integrates two N-Channel MOSFETs. Due to low RDS(on) and TI proprietary SmoothPWM skip mode of operation, it optimizes the...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS53219A Wide Input Voltage, Eco-Mode, Single Synchronous Step Controller

TI - New Products - The TPS53219A is a small-sized single buck controller with
adaptive on-time D-CAP(tm) mode control. The device is suitable for low
output voltage, high current, PC system power rail and...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TPS7A1601 60V, 5-uA Iq, 100-mA, Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator with Enable and Power Good

TI - New Products - The TPS7A16 family of ultra-low power, low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators offers the benefits of ultra-low quiescent current, high input voltage and miniaturized, high thermal-performance...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Power Management TWL6041 8-Channel High Quality Low-Power Audio Codec For Portable Applications

TI - New Products - The TWL6041 is an audio codec with a high level of integration providing analog audio codec functions for portable applications, as shown in Figure 1. It contains multiple audio analog inputs...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Fairchild Semiconductor Demos at APEC 2012 Focus on Energy Saving Challenges Designers Face Every Day

Engineering Connections - At APEC 2012, in booth #701, February 5-9, 2012, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, Fairchild Semiconductor, (NYSE: FCS) a leading global supplier of high performance power and...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Inductors: Compact storage chokes for high currents

EPCOS - TDK-EPC, a group company of TDK Corporation, has extended the range of its standard ERU series of power inductors with the EPCOS ERU 20 series. These new components are characterized by a...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Best Supplier Award from Springer Carrier: Outstanding products and service

EPCOS - Springer Carrier honored EPCOS do Brasil with its Best Supplier Award for outstanding products and processes, end-to-end service and excellent value for money.

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Agilent Technologies Introduces Add-In Extensions for Compliance Application Software

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January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

REenergy Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Chooses Ioxus' Ultracapacitors to Increase Reliability in Wind Turbine Pitch Systems

Rethink Power Blog - This week we announced our work with REenergy Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of wind turbine power control systems in Suzhou, China, who is using 50 megawatts of our ultracapacitor...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Sematech and Soitec partner to advance next generation transistors and metrology techniques

Soitec - Partnership will focus on advanced materials technology to extend the technology roadmap

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Infineon Introduces Innovative New H-PSOF Packaging for Automotive Power Electronics; Sets New Standard for High-Current Capability and High Efficiency

Infineon - Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today introduced an innovative package technology providing high-current capability and high efficiency...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

College of Western Idaho Receives $2.5 Million from Micron Foundation

Micron Bulletin - Today, College of Western Idaho (CWI) was presented a $2.5 million gift from the Micron Foundation that will support the funding needed to complete the renovation of a $16.9 million new Professional...

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

Micron Says Chief Operating Officer Mark Durcan Will Retire

BusinessWeek.com -- Management - Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. maker of computer-memory chips, said Chief Operating Officer Mark Durcan will retire at the end of August.

January 27, 2012 01:13 PM

LSI Rises After First-Quarter Forecast Beats Analysts' Estimates

BusinessWeek.com -- Technology - LSI Corp., the maker of chips used in computer disk drives, rose as much as 10 percent in late trading after forecasting higher first-quarter revenue than analysts had estimated.

January 27, 2012 01:12 PM

CRUS FYQ3 Beats, Q4 View Tops Estimates

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Computer chip maker Cirrus Logic (CRUS) this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue and profit ahead of analysts' expectations, and forecast this quarter's revenue higher as well. Revenue in...

January 27, 2012 01:12 PM

Freescale Slumps: Q4 Revenue Misses, EPS Beats

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Shares of chip maker Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) are down 10 cents, or 0.6%, at $15.59 this afternoon despite the company reporting fiscal Q3 revenue slightly below the consensus estimate,...

January 27, 2012 01:12 PM

AMD: Out from the Shadow of GlobalFoundries?

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are up 16 cents, or 2.5%, at $6.69 following the company's report last night of better-than-expected Q4 earnings per share, and a Q1 revenue outlook slightly...

January 27, 2012 01:12 PM

Major New NVIDIA CUDA Release Makes It Faster and Easier to Accelerate Scientific Research With GPUs

Marketwire - Computers and Software - Breakthrough Expert Guidance System Helps Developers Maximize Performance for CUDA C/C++/Fortran Applications

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Netlist Names Gerard Yeh, Ph.D., as Vice President, Engineering, Research and Development

Marketwire - Computers and Software - Veteran Engineering and Product Development Executive Brings Diverse Technical Expertise, Consistent Record of Semiconductor Design Success

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Vishay Intertechnology Introduces Super-Thin ChipLEDs in White and a Range of Colors With Exceptional Brightness in Smallest Surface-Mount Package

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Devices Feature Maximum Luminous Intensity of 450 mcd for Colors and 180 mcd for White, With Height Profile of 0.8 mm

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Vishay Intertechnology to Showcase Latest Industry-Leading Power MOSFET, Passive Component, Diode, and IC Technologies at APEC(R) 2012

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced its technology lineup for the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC(r))...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Intersil's 40V Quad Precision Amplifiers Feature Lowest Noise, Low Power Consumption

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - ISL28407, ISL28408 and ISL28417 Provide Bias Current Drift 30 Percent Lower Than Competitive Products

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

NXP Extends LED Driver ICs for Compact, Non-Dimmable Lamps

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - SSL2108x Family Addresses Non-Isolated Topology; Provides Single Design Platform for 100V to 230V Markets

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Vishay Intertechnology's Inductors Division Earns ISO 13485:2003 Certification for Yankton, S.D., Facility

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that the company's Inductors Division has earned the International Organization for Standardization...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Nesscap Energy Inc. Announces Senior Management Appointments, Director Replacement and Conversion of Series 1 Preference Shares

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Nesscap Energy Inc. ("Nesscap") (TSX VENTURE:NCE), a global leader in research, development and manufacturing of ultracapacitor...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

CWI Receives $2.5 Million From Micron Foundation

GlobeNewsWire: Semiconductors - Today, College of Western Idaho was presented a $2.5 million gift from the Micron Foundation that will support the funding needed to complete the renovation of a $16.9 million new Professional...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

O2Micro's White LED Control Invention Issued Patent

GlobeNewsWire: Computers - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,948,455 for its White LED apparatus and methodology.

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Micron Technology Announces Retirement of Mark Durcan as President and Chief Operating Officer

GlobeNewsWire: Semi and Semi Equip - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), announced today that D. Mark Durcan, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), will be retiring at the completion of Micron's current fiscal year at...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

ITU Approves G3-PLC as a New Worldwide Smart Grid Standard

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces that its G3-PLC(tm) protocol has been approved by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a new low-frequency, OFDM-based narrowband...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Axcelis Announces Strategic Service Partnership With ULVAC TECHNO

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced a strategic service partnership with ULVAC...

January 27, 2012 12:29 PM

Synopsys Collaborates with Sigrity to Accelerate Signal Integrity Analysis

PR Newswire: Computer Software - Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, and Sigrity, Inc., a market leader in...

January 27, 2012 12:14 PM

MagnaChip to Acquire Dawin Electronics, Designer and Manufacturer of Power Modules

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip") (NYSE: MX) today announced that its Korean subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dawin Electronics Co. Ltd., a privately...

January 27, 2012 12:14 PM

Belden Announces Additions to the Brilliance Audio Snake Cable Line

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Belden Inc. a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, introduces its outdoor and direct burial analog audio, plenum jacketed and plenum Banana Peel...

January 27, 2012 12:13 PM

Mass Design Names PCB Industry Veteran Steven St. Pierre Quality Control Manager

PR Newswire: Electronic Components - Steven St. Pierre has recently joined Mass Design Incorporated as Quality Control Manager where he oversees all printed circuit board (PCB) product and process quality standards as well as...

January 27, 2012 12:13 PM

TE Connectivity Introduces Infrastructure Configuration Manager (ICM) Software

Business Wire: Technology News - TE Connectivity announces its new Infrastructure Configuration Manager (ICM) software. This new, state-of-the-art software powers its managed connectivity solutions, including Quareo and AMPTRAC.

January 27, 2012 12:13 PM

Rambus Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Business Wire: Technology News - Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world's premier technology licensing companies, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. GAAP Financial...

January 27, 2012 12:12 PM

IR's Compact AUIR0815S Automotive-qualified Gate Drive IC Shrinks and Simplifies Power Train Design in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Business Wire: Hardware - International Rectifier, IR(r) (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today introduced the AUIR0815S automotive-qualified IC featuring very high output current in excess...

January 27, 2012 12:12 PM

Cypress's New Tx-Boost(tm) Feature for TrueTouch(r) Touchscreen Controllers Delivers Three Times Higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio Without Using Digital Filters

Business Wire: Hardware - Cypress has developed a new proprietary technology based on Gen4's patent-pending high-voltage Tx drivers. Tx-Boost(tm) delivers three times higher signal-to-noise ratio than previously possible.

January 27, 2012 12:12 PM

Semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio rises

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Semiconductor equipment shipments increased 11.8 percent in December 2011 and new order bookings rose 18.5 percent compared to November, according to the trade association SEMI.
However, both...

January 27, 2012 11:12 AM

January 26, 2012

Micron's Hybrid Memory Cube Wins The Linley Group Analysts' Choice Award

GlobeNewsWire: Semiconductors - Micron (Nasdaq:MU) announced today that its Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) was chosen as a winner of The Linley Group's first annual Analysts' Choice Awards. The Hybrid Memory Cube won the award...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Texas Instruments' solutions help developers create the next generation of breakthrough products for the Smart Grid market

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - A leading innovator in energy management, communication and control for the Smart Grid, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced it has expanded its portfolio in utility...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Yamaha Standardizes on Synopsys' Processor Designer after Cutting DSP Development Time in Half

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that Yamaha has adopted...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Intel to Buy Patents and Next Generation Video Codec Software From RealNetworks

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec software to Intel Corporation...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Xilinx Discusses Stacked Silicon Interconnect Technologies and Demonstrates Newest 28nm 7 Series FPGAs at DesignCon 2012

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced participation at DesignCon 2012 in Santa Clara, from January 30 – February 2, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Booth #732. Xilinx Corporate...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Altera Experts Discuss Transceiver Technology, Floating Point DSP and Signal Integrity at DesignCon 2012

PR Newswire: Electronic Design Automation - Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced its participation at DesignCon 2012. Experts from Altera will showcase how they are solving some of the industry's most complex design challenges...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Altium Releases New Range of Board-level Components in Collaboration With STMicroelectronics

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Altium, developer of next-generation electronics design software and services, announces the addition of a comprehensive new range of board-level components from STMicroelectronics' Power Management...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

TI introduces industry's first 100-V synchronous buck regulator with integrated MOSFETs

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) expands its high-voltage point-of-load product line by introducing today the industry's first 100-V synchronous buck regulator with integrated...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

SEMATECH and Soitec Partner to Advance Next-Generation Transistors and Metrology Techniques

Business Wire: Nanotechnology - In an effort that will accelerate the development of next-generation transistors, SEMATECH announced today that Soitec, a world leader in manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor substrates...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Agilent Technologies Introduces Add-In Extensions for Compliance Application Software

Business Wire: Engineering News - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a product enhancement designed to help engineers extend the capabilities of compliance applications on the company's Infiniium real-time...

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

GSI Technology Reports Developments Related to Pending Patent Litigation with Cypress Semiconductor

Business Wire: Technology News - GSI Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIT) today responded to Cypress Semiconductor Corp.'s January 18, 2012 press release regarding the status of pending patent litigation between the two companies....

January 26, 2012 02:21 PM

Philips Lumileds Introduces LUXEON M for Outdoor and Industrial LED Lighting Solutions

Business Wire: Technology News - Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON M, a new solution for outdoor and industrial lighting solutions that reduces development and product costs and delivers leading light output and efficacy.

January 26, 2012 02:13 PM

RFaxis Granted Four Fundamental Patents for Its Disruptive Single-Chip Single-Die RF Front-end Integrated Circuit (RFeIC) Technology

Business Wire: Semiconductor - RFaxis, a fabless semiconductor company focused on innovative, next-gen RF solutions for the wireless and mobile markets, has been awarded 4 patents for its single-chip, single-die RFeIC architecture.

January 26, 2012 02:12 PM

Vishay Intertechnology to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus Annual Technology and Telecom Conference and the Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) announced today that Johan Vandoorn, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer will present at the following investor conferences: Stifel...

January 26, 2012 01:29 PM

New Keithley Semiconductor Software Expands Support for Reliability/High Power Device Test

Business Wire: Hardware - Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has upgraded the capabilities of its Automated Characterization Suite (ACS) Test Environment....

January 26, 2012 01:29 PM

IAR Systems Supports the Infineon XMC4500 High-Performance Microcontrollers for Energy-Efficient Industrial Applications

Business Wire: Hardware - IAR Systems(r) (STO:IARB) today announced that its embedded software development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench(r) now provides support for the new XMC4500 microcontrollers from Infineon...

January 26, 2012 01:29 PM

CTS Completes Acquisition of Valpey-Fisher Corporation

Business Wire: Hardware - CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) today announced the completion of the acquisition of Valpey-Fisher Corporation, a publicly held company located in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Valpey-Fisher is a recognized...

January 26, 2012 01:29 PM

Apple becomes top semiconductor customer in 2011

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Apple Inc. became the top customer for semiconductors in 2011, accounting for $17.2 billion, or 5.7 percent of the design total available market (TAM), according to researcher Gartner Inc.
Apple...

January 26, 2012 01:13 PM

Motor Capacitors: A Changing Market: 2011-2016

TTI MarketEye - Dennis Zogbi looks at the motor markets based upon their impact on capacitors- specifically motor run and motor start capacitors, which represent hundreds of millions of dollars in worldwide...

January 26, 2012 01:13 PM

OEM Semiconductor Spending Grew to $240 Billion in 2011- Spending was biggest in wireless communications segment, spurred by mobile handsets and tablets

iSuppli Market Watch - By Wenlie Ye: Propelled by the red-hot appeal of consumer electronic items like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, the wireless communications sphere led all segments in OEM semiconductor-related...

January 26, 2012 01:12 PM

Semiconductor Industry Revenue to Endure Slow Year in 2012- An uncertain global economy and insufficient inventory movement are culprits

iSuppli Market Watch - By Len Jelinek: With global economic prospects remaining uncertain and semiconductor inventory not moving quickly enough to stimulate new production, the worldwide chip market is expected to...

January 26, 2012 01:12 PM

C-MAC recognises suppliers Hi-Rel and Kyocera

Parallel Lines - High reliability electronics manufacturer C-MAC MicroTechnology recently held a ceremony at its Great Yarmouth offices to recognise the performance of two of its suppliers....

January 26, 2012 01:12 PM

January 25, 2012

Cavium's OCTEON(r) II Wins The Linley Group 'Best Embedded Processor' Award

Cavium Networks - Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital...

January 25, 2012 01:07 PM

Micron Technology Announces Retirement of Directors Teruaki Aoki and James W. Bagley

GlobeNewsWire: Semiconductors - Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today announced the retirement of two directors, Dr. Teruaki Aoki and James W. Bagley, from the company's board of directors. The announcement was made...

January 25, 2012 01:07 PM

AMD's Joe Macri challenges designers to embrace the future

EETimes - DesignCon 2012 keynoter AMD's Joe Macri will deliver a challenge to the design community to embrace the enormous opportunities that will soon be handed to them in the form of an advanced architecture....

January 25, 2012 01:06 PM

Israel gives Intel ultimatum on fab grant

EETimes - The Israeli government is attempting to force Intel's hand on a decision to potentially build a new fab in the north of the country in exchange for a 1 billion shekel ($264.37 million) grant

January 25, 2012 01:06 PM

DNA Tagging: Secret Weapon Against Industrial Espionage

EBN Online - The US military is taken special steps to protect its semiconductor supply chain against foreign, industrial, and other types of espionage.

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Altera Q4 Tops Estimates; But Guidance Is Soft; Shrs Fall

Forbes - Technology - Altera shares are trading modestly lower Tuesday afternoon on disappointing guidance for the first quarter.

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Lattice cuts power of its FPGAs by 30%

Electronics Weekly - The company has also announced its smallest FPGA with high-speed 3.2 G SERDES and 800Mbit/s DDR3 memory interface

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Freescale and INSIDE Secure Revolutionize the Prepaid Meter

Freescale - Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) and INSIDE Secure today announced a secure prepaid utility meter reference design with near field communication (NFC) connectivity that OEMs...

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Chip Shot: President Obama to Visit Intel Chandler Jan. 25

Intel Newsroom - The White House announced that President Barack Obama will visit the Intel Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Ariz. on Jan. 25 as part of a U.S. tour in the days following his State of the Union...

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First Reference Clock Multiplier for Receiver Test

Agilent - New Solution Improves Accuracy and Simplifies Setup for Receiver Testing of PCI Express, MIPI M-PHY and SD UHS-II

January 25, 2012 12:29 PM

Apple Now Eats More Chips Than Anyone

Digital Daily - Apple has been the world's largest consumer of flash memory for years. Now it has become the leading buyer of chips, as well. The company spent some $17 billion on semiconductors in 2011, giving...

January 25, 2012 12:14 PM

AMD's Sales Forecast Misses Some Estimates Amid Slump in PCs

BusinessWeek.com -- Technology - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of processors for personal computers, forecast lower sales than some analysts had estimated, hurt by supply shortages and slower demand...

January 25, 2012 12:14 PM

AMD Q4 Revenue Misses; Q1 View Weak

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) this afternoon reported Q4 revenue below expectations but beat on the bottom line. Revenue in the three months ended in December rose to $1.69 billion,...

January 25, 2012 12:14 PM

RF Micro FYQ3 EPS Misses, Q4 View Weak

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Wireless chip maker RF Micro Devices (RFMD) this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue in line with expectations but profit per share below analysts' estimates. Revenue in the three months ended...

January 25, 2012 12:14 PM

ATML, CY: Needham Cuts to Hold on Tablet Hangover

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Needham & Co.'s Rajvindra Gill this morning cut his ratings on Atmel (ATML) and Cypress Semiconductor (CY), both of which make "touch controller" integrated circuits for gadgets, to Hold from...

January 25, 2012 12:13 PM

Ramtron Introduces World's Lowest Energy Nonvolatile Memory

Marketwire - Computers and Software - New Low Power Memory First in Family of F-RAM Low Energy Memory Products

January 25, 2012 12:13 PM

Green Hills Software Announces the Next Generation Platform for Smart Energy

Marketwire - Computers and Software - Uniquely Providing Complete Device Lifecycle Management, High Assurance Security, Safety and Reliability for Smart Grid Devices

January 25, 2012 12:13 PM

Green Hills Software Launches First End-to-End Security Solutions for Next Generation of Security and Management

Marketwire - Computers and Software - Suite B-Compliant Security Protocol Toolkits and End-to-End Device Lifecycle Management Secure Devices, Software, Networks and Content

January 25, 2012 12:13 PM

Verigy, an Advantest Group Company, Earns Five Star Customer Satisfaction Award From VLSI Research for Third Consecutive Year

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Verigy, an Advantest Group company (TSE: 6857) (NYSE: ATE), has earned a Five Star Award for the third consecutive year in VLSIresearch's 2011...

January 25, 2012 12:13 PM