Atmel Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced its new T0905 and ATR0906 multi-purpose power amplifiers (PAs), which provide maximum system flexibility. Manufactured in Atmel's Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) technology, the new devices address communication systems such as professional radios (military, police, security, etc.), maritime radios, ISM-band applications and pre-amplifiers in wireless infrastructure systems. The new T0905 and ATR0906 […]
Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a developer and marketer of programmable products used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets, reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended January 31, 2004. As of January 31, 2004, Catalyst had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $34.9 million, an increase of $4.6 […]
Enpirion Inc. (Bloomsbury, NJ), a developer of power management solutions based on its proprietary Power System on a Chip (PSOC) technology, announced that it has closed an $8 million round of funding, the company's first. The investment, which was led by Canaan Partners and in which Silicon Alley Seed Investors participated, will enable Enpirion to […]
The Wirewound and Film Technologies Division of IRC Inc. (Boone, NC) announced its OAR Series of open-air, through-hole, current-sense resistors with a...
The Wirewound and Film Technologies Division of IRC Inc. (Boone, NC) introduced its OARS Series of precision surface-mount, current-sense resistors for automakers...
Scientists at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM, Armonk, NY) claim to have found a way to make thin films of semiconducting materials that allow electrical charges to move through them about 10 times faster than had been reported for all other similar approaches. The research, conducted at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, finds that such […]
Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, PA) cut its forecast for its fiscal second quarter due to lower-than-expected shipments of third-generation chipsets for mobile phones. As a result, the company now expects GAAP earnings per share to be between $0.04 and $0.05 per share. Agere expects the quarter's revenue to be between $465 million and $475 million, […]
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) extended its VersaCOMM® family of digital up-converters. The AD6633 is a digital up-converter that reduces output...
Top-Up Ind. Corp. (Taiwan) debuted its 18PR1SVB-D variable resistor, which has a 10 kiloohm to 500 kiloohm resistance range; ±20 percent total...
Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, PA) reported that it has accelerated its 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi chipset to deliver 150Mbit/sec using software enhancements. The WaveLAN chipset WaveLAN can support applications such as streaming media within the home, transmitting large data files, or routing multiple Wi-Fi devices to an external hard disk drive. The chipset will be in volume […]
Molex Inc. (India) released its first voltage regulator module (VRM) connector that supports VRMs in 1U servers, the iCool, which can be...
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) has developed a unique base metal electrode (BME) system featuring a soft termination layer for its multi-layer...
Zhejiang Hengyi Electrical Co. Ltd. (China) announced its HY145-C car audio capacitor, which supplies an instantaneous burst of current for greater bass...
NEC Electronics Corp. (Japan) announced its new V850E/RS1™ 32-bit microcontroller for the automotive market, which offers a 40 MHz V850E™ controller core; a 10-bit, 16-channel, analog-to-digital converter with auto discharge and diagnostic functionality; a buffered clocked serial interface; and flash memory with hardware in-circuit error correction coding. The V850E/RS1 controller is suited for real-time, safety-critical, […]
SMK Corp. (Japan) has developed a "five-in-one card connector" that is compatible with seven types of memory cards, including the Memory Stick,...