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.
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....
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
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...
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?"...
Linear Technology - Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8582, a dual independent channel, step-up DC/DC converter with integrated fault protection features for output...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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,...
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...
Marketwire - Computers and Software - Veteran Engineering and Product Development Executive Brings Diverse Technical Expertise, Consistent Record of Semiconductor Design Success
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
Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced its technology lineup for the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC(r))...
Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - SSL2108x Family Addresses Non-Isolated Topology; Provides Single Design Platform for 100V to 230V Markets
Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that the company's Inductors Division has earned the International Organization for Standardization...
Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Nesscap Energy Inc. ("Nesscap") (TSX VENTURE:NCE), a global leader in research, development and manufacturing of ultracapacitor...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.
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.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Cavium Networks - Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital...
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...
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....
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
EBN Online - The US military is taken special steps to protect its semiconductor supply chain against foreign, industrial, and other types of espionage.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Registration is now open for the 2012 Sensors Expo & Conference, the only industry event in North America exclusively focused on sensors and sensor...
PR Newswire: High Tech Security - Belden Inc., (NYSE:BDC), a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, announces that wholly-owned subsidiary GarrettCom is now a Belden associated product...
PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Leading the LED lighting revolution, Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), the world's premier LED lighting manufacturer, announced today that it produced 4.5 million light bulbs...
PR Newswire: Electronic Components - Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC), a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has released the new Magnum 10XTS Router Terminal Server. The Magnum 10XTS targets...
PR Newswire: Electronic Components - Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC), a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, is rolling out the GarrettCom brand's enhanced IEC 61850-compatible, substation-hardened...