Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) debuted a new high-performance power conversion integrated circuit (IC) with “smart charging” capability, the TPS65800, which...
Potentia Semiconductor Corp. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) unveiled its new PS-2607 power system controller, which features an embedded fault log that records the...
Delta Electronics Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan), a developer of power system solutions, in conjunction with Primarion Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a mixed-signal semiconductor company that provides digital control of power solutions, announced shipment of the first samples of their latest power technology breakthrough product, the Digital X-Power 30 (DXP 30). Though the DXP 30 product was developed […]
ROAL Electronics USA Inc. (Los Angeles, CA), a designer of ac-dc and dc-dc switch-mode power supplies, debuted its high-efficiency, high power density,...
AMI Semiconductor Inc. (AMIS, Pocatello, ID), a manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits and structured digital products, has complemented its existing range of generalized interoperable (GIFT)-compliant, single-chip transceivers with the new AMIS-42665, which has been fully verified and certified to the requirements of the GIFT controller area network (CAN) transceiver specification. GIFT compliance means that the […]
Summit Microelectronics Inc. (San Jose, CA), a supplier of programmable, mixed-signal, power management platform solutions, introduced its new SMB122 programmable power manager,...
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Austin, TX), a designer of mixed-signal integrated circuits, delivered its new Si8250DK development kits for the Si825x family of...
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) announced three new No-Bus™ digital point-of-load (POL) converters — the 7 A ZY1207, 15 A ZY1115, and 20...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced a massive expansion of its MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) platform with plans to add over...
Ramtron International Corp. (Colorado Springs, CO), a developer of ferroelectric random access memory products, announced its acquisition of Goal Semiconductor Inc. (Montreal, Canada), a manufacturer of digital-to-analog conversion products and programmable microcontrollers, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $7.6 million. Ramtron believes that its business combination with Goal will enable the company […]
MGE UPS Systems Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA), a developer of high-availability power solutions, announced that its Galaxy 4000 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)...
Potentia Semiconductor Corp. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) has upgraded its PowerCenter Designer software. The enhanced Version 4.0 software now supports the company’s complete...
Power-One Inc. (Andover, MA) announced that Arrow Electronics Inc. (Melville, NY) has been fully certified to implement Z-One Digital IBA™ power solutions...
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Austin, TX) announced the acquisition of privately held Silicon MAGIKE Inc. (Austin, TX), a development-stage company creating high-voltage, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs). Silicon MAGIKE has design expertise in many fields, including telecommunications, networking, high-voltage semiconductor physics, and high-voltage precision analog circuit design. Silicon Laboratories acquired Silicon MAGIKE in an all-cash transaction for […]
AMI Semiconductor Inc. (AMIS, Pocatello, ID), a manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits and structured digital products, announced plans to consolidate its European wafer fabrication operations. The company said it will close its 4-in wafer fabrication facility in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and will fold operations from that site into its existing 6-in wafer fab, also located in […]