Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) announced results for the first quarter ended March 27, 2005. Fairchild reported first-quarter sales of $362.8 million, a 9% decrease from the first quarter of 2004 and 4% lower than the prior quarter. Fairchild reported a first-quarter net loss of $10.4 million, or $0.09 per share, compared to […]
Generac Power Systems (Waukesha, WI) unveiled its new line of automatic standby generators. the new QT Series, which range in output from...
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, submitted its results for the year ended December 31, 2004, to the US Securities and Exchange Commission reporting revenues of $2.6 million for the year and losses from continuing operations of $3.38 million. […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) announced the appointment of Mark Thompson as President and Chief Executive Officer. Thompson, who will also become a member of the Fairchild Semiconductor Board of Directors, will succeed founding President and CEO Kirk Pond effective as of the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 4, 2005. Pond will […]
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan) and Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced plans to expand a global effort to promote pin-compatible, non-isolated, point-of-load, plug-in power modules and provide a second source centered on leading semiconductor technology. As the newest member of the Point-of-Load Alliance (POLA), a group that promotes multi-sourcing of pin-compatible, non-isolated, point-of-load […]
iWatt Inc. (Los Gatos, CA), a power management IC company developing and marketing digital controllers for power supplies, announced its new iW2202...
Primarion Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a mixed-signal semiconductor company that provides digital control of power solutions, announced the addition of Carl Everett to its board of directors. Everett, with a distinguished 27-year career in semiconductors and computing, becomes Primarion's seventh board member. "Primarion is thrilled to welcome Carl to our board of directors," said Primarion President […]
Primarion Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a mixed-signal semiconductor company that provides digital control of power solutions, appointed Deepak Savadatti to its executive team as Vice President of Marketing. In this position, Savadatti is responsible for Primarion's marketing, product management and business strategy. Prior to joining the company, Savadatti was the director of offline products at digital […]
The Power Management Bus Implementers Forum, which supports the advancement and early adoption of the PMBus protocol for power management, announced that...
Summit Microelectronics Inc. (San Jose, CA), a supplier of programmable, mixed-signal, power management platform solutions, announced two new devices, the SMB111 and...
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) reported that its Chairman, Greg Williams, plans to leave his position in May 2005. No reason was given for his departure. Williams has served on Intersil's board of directors since the company's IPO in 2000, and as chairman since May 2002. Intersil's board of directors reported that a new chairman would […]
Summit Microelectronics Inc. (San Jose, CA), a supplier of programmable, mixed-signal, power management platform solutions, announced that its SMB120 nine-channel Programmable Power Manager (PPM) IC has won a top-ten award in the power-products category of the EE Times Ultimate Products Award competition. The Ultimate Products are selected by EE Times journalists and then subjected to […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced its new IR3082 multi-phase control IC for AMD Opteron™ and Athlon64™ processor-powered servers and...
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA), a developer and manufacturer of mobile and stationary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announced that Mike Staran has joined the company as Director of Marketing and Sales. Staran will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing Enova's global marketing strategy for its advanced mobile and stationary […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) launched a new eighth-brick intermediate bus converter (IBC) with a 300 W output capability, the IBC25A...