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Here, ADI's MS-DPD platform incorporates a high-performance RF and mixed-signal transmit and observation receiver chain, supporting 2G, 3G and emerging 4G wireless protocols. Xilinx's Virtex-6 FPGA ML605 evaluation kit connects to the MS-DPD board through an industry-standard... [Source: TMCnet / 07-30]

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches and smart card interconnect devices, now offers its micro-miniature, snap-acting detect switch in four new surface-mount options. Designated the MDS Series,... [Source: PR-Inside - Computer/Tech / 07-30]

Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's biggest maker of semiconductors, flat screens and mobile phones, said second-quarter profit jumped 83 percent to a record, fueled by a recovery in demand for computer-memory chips. [Source: Business Week - Top News / 07-30]

Passive component maker Prosperity Dielectrics is expected to ship a total of 3,000 tons of ceramic dielectric powders to MLCC makers in 2010, accounting for 11% of the global ceramic dielectric powder market, according to the company. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-30]

MediaTek has posted net income of NT$9.03 billion (US$282.52 million) for the second quarter of 2010, a decline of 18.9% from the prior quarter, and also down 1.4% on year. Second-quarter EPS was NT$8.34, compared with NT$10.28 in the prior quarter and NT$8.46... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-30]

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq:AOSL) expands its synchronous EZBuckTM portfolio with four new next generation DC-DC step-down regulators. The AOZ103x series is designed to efficiently convert input voltages in the range of 4.5V to 18V down... [Source: Globe NewsWire / 07-30]

Jon Peddie Research 2nd quarter PC graphics shipment numbers say AMD and Intel have had huge growth at Nvidia's expense. [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

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TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the converging voice, data and video network, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Net revenues for the second quarter of 2010 were... [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), today announced with great sadness that Brani Buric, the company's executive vice president of marketing and sales, passed away on Sunday, July 25, following a short, but aggressive, illness.‚ He was 61. Brani was already... [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

ESI today announced shipment of its new 9850TPIR+ laser link processing system for the DRAM market. The 9850TPIR+ meets the growing productivity demands of DRAM manufacturers ramping 40 nm processes. [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

AD9650: dual 16-bit low-power, low-noise A/D Converter for high-performance data acquisition systems in medical, industrial, spectrum analysis, radio and radar applications. [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

SEMATECH and Carl Zeiss Demonstrate Mask Pattern Alignment and Registration to Enable Double Patterning Lithography [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

Omron to release the XF3E, a 1.1 mm-high FPC connector with a pitch of 0.3 mm and 90 pins - the highest pin count of its kind - on July 30, 2010. [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

MaxLinear Inc., (NYSE: MXL) a leading provider of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband communication applications, today announced that ARRIS Group Inc., a global communications technology company, has selected the... [Source: Business Wire / 07-30]

SEMATECH and the Semiconductor Metrology Systems division from Carl Zeiss announced today that Zeiss' next-generation photomask registration and overlay metrology system has successfully passed a key development milestone. The jointly developed system, called PROVE,... [Source: physorg.com / 07-30]

Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced its participation at National Instruments NIWeek 2010, Aug. 3-5 at the Austin, Texas Convention Center.  The event is one of the leading conferences and exhibitions on graphical system design. [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-30]

Melexis, an early and innovative semiconductor player in the RFID market, announced today its participation as co-chair of the newly formed Automotive Working Group within the DASH7 Alliance, a non-profit industry consortium that promotes t [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-30]

As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by radical shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research. [Source: CNET News.com / 07-30]

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that its high-temperature 140 CRH and low-impedance 150 CRZ series of surface-mount aluminum capacitors have been extended with new devices that meet the rigorous IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020 soldering guidelines... [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 07-30]

Cavium Networks (CAVM) shares are trading lower after hours despite Q2 results which edged Street consensus estimates. For the quarter, the maker of network processor chips posted revenue of $49.9 million and profits of 20 cents a share, just ahead of the Street... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

Maxwell Technology (MXWL) shares are trading higher after the producer of capacitors and other electronic components reported better-than-expected Q2 results. For the quarter, the company reported revenue of $29.6 million and a non-GAAP profits of 2 cents a share,... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

Power-One (PWER), which makes power conversion and power management systems, posted stronger-than-expected Q2 results, and impressive Q3 guidance. For the quarter, the company reported revenue of‚  $215 million and profits of 17 cents a share, ahead of the Street... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

Trident Microsystems (TRID), which provides chips used in TVs and set-top boxes, posted better than expected Q2 results. For the quarter, Trident reported revenue of $171.6 million and a non-GAAP loss of 9 cents a share; the Street had expected $155 million in... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) this morning reported better-than-expected Q2 results - and in a bit of good news for the chip equipment sector, the chip foundry raised its 2010 capital spending forecast. For the quarter, the company reported 104.46 billion New Taiwan... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

Anadigics (ANAD) shares are trading higher this morning on better-than-expected Q2 results and a strong outlook for the third quarter. For Q2, the communications chip maker reported sales of $51.7 million and non-GAAP profits of 2 cents a share, ahead of the Street... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

NetLogic Microsystems (NETL) shares are trading sharply lower this morning, despite reporting Q2 profits above Street expectations. Late yesterday, the networking chip company posted revenue for the quarter of $95 million, a hair below the consensus at $95.1 million,... [Source: BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily / 07-30]

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Software Defined Radio, Signals Intelligence, Tactical Communications And Radar Applications To Benefit From New GE FPGA Boards [Source: GE / 07-30]

According to DRAMeXchange, the research division of Trendforce, WW 2Q10 DRAM industry recorded US$10.70B, which is 15.2% QoQ growth compared of US$9.29B in 1Q10. [Source: DRAMeXchange / 07-30]

eeBulletin - Cadence - Holistic Design and Verification Solutions Drive Realtek?s Innovation and Reduce Time to Market for Communications Network ICs [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-30]

eeBulletin - Maxim - Application Notes - This application note uses the MAXQ2010 microcontroller's evaluation (EV) kit Rev D to implement a digital voltmeter. The article demonstrates how to measure the voltages with the ADC and display them on the EV kit's LCD.... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-30]

eeBulletin - Maxim - Application Notes - Receiving infrared (IR) signals while conserving system power is difficult, and typically requires the inclusion of complex power-management routines in the firmware. You can avoid that problem by disconnecting power to... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-30]

eeBulletin - TI - New Products - The bq24650 is a highly integrated switch-mode battery charge controller. It provides input voltage regulation, which reduces charge current when input voltage falls below a programmed level. When the input is powered by a solar... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-30]

ElectronicsBuzz - Intel - Analyst firm, UBM TechInsights announced that Intel has won two of its top awards, including the Most Innovative Logic Process Award for the 32-nm Intel(R) Core(tm) processor and the Most Innovative Memory Process for the Intel-Micron... [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-30]

ElectronicsBuzz - Dialight - Energy-Saving, Long-Life LEDs Offer 95% Greater Efficiency than Xenon Technology; Up to 10 Years of Reliable Operation Slash Maintenance Costs for Tower Owners [Source: ElectronicsBuzz.com / 07-30]

A new way of analyzing grids of numbers known as matrices could improve signal-processing applications and data-compression schemes. [Source: physorg.com / 07-30]

Regarded as a possible replacement for silicon-based semiconductors, graphene, a sheet of pure carbon, has been discovered to have an uncommon and astonishing property that might make it better matched for future electronic devices. [Source: physorg.com / 07-30]

What researchers might call white graphene may be the perfect sidekick for the real thing as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics. [Source: physorg.com / 07-30]

Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM) today reported its financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended April 30, 2010. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $11.9 million, which compares to $5.6 million for the comparable prior year period. Revenues... [Source: Business Wire / 07-29]

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH), a leader in Ethernet network processors, today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-29]

CoreMark: The Industry-Standard Benchmark Moving to Replace Dhrystone [Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-29]

Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions today announced the addition of Karl Chicca as the company's chief operating officer. To his role as COO, Mr. Chicca brings extensive experience in building and scaling... [Source: Market Wire - Electronics / 07-29]

eeBulletin - Linear Technology - The LTC4098-3.6 is a high efficiency USB PowerPath controller and full-featured LiFePO4 battery charger. It seamlessly manages power distribution from multiple sources including USB, wall adapter, automotive, Firewire or other high... [Source: EE Bulletin / 07-29]

If you look at our component businesses, [for instance] printed circuit boards, our Asian factories are running at 85 percent to 90 percent right now, but we have one North America plant that is running over 90 percent, and we got another one that is running at... [Source: PCB007 / 07-29]

The new HDMI 1.4 optimized Ultra Series HDMI Cable by Amphenol Cables on Demand supports the latest generation of HDMI High Speed features including 3D 1080p video and 4K cinema resolution; now... [Source: PR Web: Electronics / 07-29]

Renesas Electronics has unveiled what it calls a 'three pronged business strategy' in a bid to construct a business structure resistant to market changes and to achieve a 7 to 10% compound annual growth rate in semiconductor sales. The strategy will involve optimising... [Source: New Electronics / 07-29]

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Renesas is expecting a loss for the twelve months to March 31 2011 and will not pay any interim or final dividends. It will go to foundry for 28nm and better processes, and is looking to cut costs by $1.2bn between now and the end of March 2013. [Source: Electronics Weekly / 07-29]

ADI has embedded transceiver components into a development platform which can be used to evaluate DPD algorithms running on Xilinx's Virtex-6 ML605 evaluation kit [Source: Electronics Weekly / 07-29]

Higher sales and stable pricing of NAND flash chips helped propel Toshiba to calendar Q2 sales of $16.7bn with a record Q2 operating income of $335m and a net profit of $5.3m. [Source: Electronics Weekly / 07-29]

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw net profits hit an all-time high at NT$40.28 billion (US$1.27) in the second quarter of 2010, according to financial data released by the foundry chipmaker. Consolidated revenues for the quarter were NT$104.96... [Source: DigiTimes / 07-29]

Memory controller IC supplier Phison Electronics expects contract quotes for NAND flash chips to move upward in the third quarter, which will help push its third-quarter revenues, according to company chairman Khein Seng Pua. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-29]

Elpida has reported net profits of 30.7 billion yen (US$352 million) for the first quarter of its fiscal 2010, compared with a 44.4 billion yen loss a year earlier. This also marked its third profitable quarter in a row. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-29]

Communications networking IC design house Realtek Semiconductor has outlined a conservative outlook for the third quarter, citing a higher inventory level. The company expects its third-quarter revenues to stay flat sequentially. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-29]

MediaTek has reduced its chip prices by a range of 5-15% since the beginning of the third quarter in order to reduce its inventory which in turn will affect the company's revenue, gross margin and profit targets for the third quarter. [Source: DigiTimes / 07-29]

Thomas & Betts Corporation (NYSE: TNB), a leading designer and manufacturer of electrical components used in industrial, construction, communications and utility markets, will participate in the Vertical Research Partners Industrial Conference on August 5, 2010... [Source: Business Wire / 07-29]