Teradyne Inc. (Boston, MA) reported sales of $329 million for the third quarter of 2003, and a net loss on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $53.5 million, or $0.28 per share. The pro-forma net loss for the third quarter of 2003 was $26.8 million, or $0.14 per share, before special charges. Net […]
Powerwave Technologies Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) reported net sales of $63.2 million for its third quarter ended September 28, 2003, compared to third-quarter fiscal 2002 revenues of $91.3 million. Powerwave also reported a third-quarter net loss of $5.7 million, or a basic loss per share of $0.09, for its fiscal third quarter, compared to net […]
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced two new LINEARLINK™ RS-485/422 serial data transceivers designed for 3.3V applications. The ISL83483 and ISL83485 operate from a wide ±10% voltage range of +3V to +3.6V, which relaxes supply requirements and reduces costs. Applications for the data transceivers include, but are not limited to, factory automation, security networks and building […]
Anadigm (Campbell, CA) announced its new AnadigmDesigner®2 v2.4 software, which provides users with the ability to add voltage-controlled variable gain stages, low-corner...
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced that net sales for its first quarter ended September 28, 2003, were $174,077,000, an increase of 23% over net sales of $142,011,000 for the first quarter of the previous year. The company also reported net income for the quarter of $69,471,000, or $0.22 diluted earnings per share, an […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC2923, a simple and flexible power supply tracking controller in the 10-lead MSOP package...
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) announced the release of its Ansoft Designer™ v1.1 software for the design of high-frequency electronic components, circuits and...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the IRU3073 controller IC designed for dual-output, high-performance, dc/dc converters. The device is designed for a wide range of compact, high-performance, synchronous buck regulator applications used in DDR memory circuits, computer graphics cards, and desktop and server motherboards. The integrated low dropout (LDO) controller enables a second […]
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) announced that it has set the price for the public offering of 4,975,000 shares of its common stock at $9.50 per share. The offering is expected to close on October 8, 2003. The net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $44.5 million. American Superconductor intends to use the […]
CoEv Magnetics, a unit of Tyco Electronics (Menlo Park, CA), announced its new SMT Series of surface-mount inductors and chokes. The power...
Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, PA) announced that it is providing seven different types of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for Lucent Technologies' widely deployed Metropolis® DMX portfolio of data-enhanced multiplexers. Agere also provides ASICs for the successful DDM-2000 and FT-2000 optical multiplexers. "Agere has played a key role in the success of the Metropolis® DMX […]
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) announced its latest addition to the DigitalPOWER™ block amplifier family with the introduction of the 190V,...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced the delivery of select analog semiconductors in its NanoStar™ wafer chip-scale packaging (WCSP), which shrinks package size, increases design flexibility and improves reliability without sacrificing performance. Unlike plastic packages, NanoStar has no molding compound, lead frame, wire bonds or leads. Using standard surface-mount technology assembly procedures, NanoStar can […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced the appointment of Eric Kuo to lead Fairchild's endeavors as president of Asia Pacific, with a specific focus on greater China. Kuo formerly served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Asia Pacific. Kuo is now responsible for defining and implementing the region's strategic business […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) and ARM released the new PowerWise™ Interface (PWI) technology, jointly promoted as an open-standard interface for system power management, which enables rapid deployment of advanced power management solutions in hand-held electronic devices by providing an open, industry-wide standard for the interconnect between digital processors and power management integrated circuits […]