Fraunhofer IIS (Institute for Integrated Circuits) and austriamicrosystems business Unit Full Service Foundry announced the availability of a new version of its process design kit based on Tanner software for its 0.35µm High-Voltage CMOS technology. The design kit includes the latest enhancements of austriamicrosystems 0.35µm High-Voltage CMOS process technology H35. The new process design kit […]
CamSemi has announced an extension to its C round funding to bring the total sum raised to $34 million (€17 million). BankInvest Group is taking an $8 million equity stake in CamSemi through its New Energy Solutions VC fund and has become the second cleantech investor to back the company’s technologies, products and approach. Carbon […]
Diodes Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Revenue for the first quarter of 2008 increased 3.9% to $95.6 million, compared to $92.0 million reported in the first quarter of 2007. Revenue declined 11.2% sequentially, which the company states is due to the overall weakening of the global economy combined […]
Raytheon announced that a company-led team has accomplished a key step demonstrating that affordable, high-performance circuits for military applications can be produced by growing semiconductor compounds directly on silicon. Demonstrating this technique is part of a $6.5 million contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research and funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency […]
STMicroelectronics has introduced IGBTs that use what is described as innovative and efficient lifetime-control techniques to reduce energy loss during turn off....
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. a manufacturer of vertically integrated photovoltaic products, announced that it has entered into a sales contract with IBC Solar AG, described as one of the leading specialists in PV systems worldwide. Under the terms of the contract, Yingli Green Energy is expected to supply a minimum of 35MW of […]
XP Power announced new additions to its I series of low power isolated dc-dc converters. The series, now comprising 11 families, offers...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced that it has acquired Commergy Technologies, Ltd., a power supply reference design provider that specializes in energy efficient and compact architectures. TI states that the acquisition will allow it to broaden its focus on improving energy efficiency in today’s end-equipment designs, especially in the areas of ac adapters and high-power-density […]
ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) announced the inauguration of Germany’s first location for the production of hybrid drive modules in Schweinfurt, Germany. During...
STMicroelectronics announced a new family of fast-recovery MOSFETs that are said to combine enhanced switching performance with on-resistance improved by more than 18% over existing devices, to meet the needs of efficiency-focused applications, including renewable-energy controllers. The first device in the new Super-Junction FDmesh™ II family is the STW55NM60ND, a 600V N-channel MOSFET, which is […]
Flextronics announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the FRIWO Mobile Power (FMP) business unit of CEAG AG, a manufacturer of power supplies and chargers for mobile telephones. FMP is now part of Flextronics’ power supply division. "The acquisition of the FRIWO Mobile Power Business unit substantially expands our power supply capability […]
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced its results for the first quarter of 2008. Revenue stands at US$31.5 million – some 132% higher than Q1 2007 and 8.8% lower than Q4 2007, which the company states is in line with the typical and expected seasonality levels associated with its business. The company reported a net profit of […]
TranSiC AB, the developer of power transistors in wide bandgap Silicon Carbide, announced the launch of engineering samples of the first silicon...
austriamicrosystems announced an expansion of its dc-dc converter portfolio with the AS7620, a hysteretic, high efficiency 32V step-down regulator in a 4...
Qimonda AG, a manufacturer of memory products, and Centrosolar Group AG, a German solar company, announced that they have signed a contract to jointly build, equip and operate a solar cell manufacturing plant. The joint venture will produce solar cells based on silicon and will be owned 49% by Centrosolar and 51% by Qimonda Solar […]