TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (Hillsboro, OR) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $59.6 million, or $0.46 per share, on revenue of $65.4 million. For the year, TriQuint reported a net loss of $26.2 million, or $0.21 per share, and revenue of $335.0 million, down from $460.6 million last year. The company's fourth-quarter loss included a net […]
Royal Philips Electronics NV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) posted a net loss of about $991.7 million (1.1 billion euros) for the fourth quarter...
Several former senior executives of Enron Corp. (Houston, TX) have launched a new company that will be involved in solar photovoltaics, wind and green energy. The new company, Celeren Corp., will provide independent power generation and risk management energy services for smaller companies that have significant business growth opportunity, but which are overlooked by large […]
The power output from solar cells may increase from a breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes. Researchers from Britain's Cambridge University...
Alpha Industries Inc. (Woburn, MA) and Conexant Systems Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted the companies early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the previously announced proposed merger of Conexant's wireless business with Alpha. The termination of […]
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) reported net revenues of $247.1 million for its fiscal second quarter ending December 29, 2001, down from the $438.3 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal 2001, and up from the $239.4 million reported for the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Net income for the quarter was $62.6 […]
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $25.8 million, a sequential increase of 13.6 percent from the third quarter of 2001, but a 1.2 percent decrease as compared to $26.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2000. Total revenues for […]
EMCORE Corp. (Somerset, NJ) announced financial results for its fiscal 2002 first quarter ended December 31, 2001. Revenues of $19.1 million and a net loss of $17.7 million, or $0.49 loss per share, were the results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2001. In the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2001, the company had […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that it has added the first two of a number of new Prismatic lithium-ion cells to its rechargeable battery product line. The cells, manufactured by Ultralife Taiwan Inc., will complement the company's existing Ultralife Polymer brand rechargeable products. The two new standard sizes of Ultralife lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) introduced its new single-cell, lithium-ion, battery-charge controller that features a standby current of 0.5µA. Designed for use in a wide variety of portable electronic devices, the NCP1800 delivers a small footprint, reduced parts count and extended battery life for wireless and portable handheld products. The NCP1800 is a constant-current/constant-voltage single-cell […]
GE Fanuc Automation (Charlottesville, VA) introduced the CIMPLICITY Machine Edition, an open integrated development environment for machine-level programming, monitoring and data acquisition, and troubleshooting. Employing an object-oriented, ActiveX shell, the CIMPLICITY Machine Edition provides a common user interface to host multiple software applications. "GE Fanuc's CIMPLICITY Machine Edition is an automation software breakthrough deploying HMI, […]
KDDI Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has signed a new business-exchange memorandum with regional Chinese telecom companies Beijing Telecom Corp., Shanghai Telecom Corp. and...
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA) announced the Apollo Series of single-output, 30A, quarter-brick dc/dc converters, which are suitable for telecom, datacom, automatic-test...
UTC Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a unit of United Technologies Corp. (Hartford, CT), announced that Petrobras (Brazil) will install a PC25 fuel cell power plant at its research and development center (CENPES) in Rio de Janeiro. The unit, which produces 200kW of electricity and 900,000Btus/hr of useful heat, will provide assured power for the […]
Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) announced the SC801 highly integrated, high-current lithium-ion battery-charger chip. According to the company, by packing the programmable...