austriamicrosystems AG (Graz, Austria) has developed a highly integrated, real-time, programmable, power management unit (PMU), the AS3601, which is designed for mobile...
JARO Components Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) announced a new series of capacitors that combine high temperature and long life into one surface-mount...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its next-generation of non-isolated power modules that are up to 70% smaller than previous board-mounted...
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has closed its cellular base band unit, laying off 340 employees. The company had previously said that it was trying to sell the unit, in addition to its information appliance (IA) unit, in a profit-improvement plan laid out in February. Since then, National said it has […]
Dynex Semiconductor Ltd. (Lincoln, UK) announced the release of three new IGBT module product ranges at 1,200V, 1,700V and 3,500V in single, half-bridge, chopper and dual-switch circuit configurations for high-reliability applications. Typical applications for the new modules will include high-reliability inverters such as wind turbines and motor controllers, and railway traction drives. The 1,200V and […]
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced three new additions to its MightyMUX™ high-performance, low-voltage, analog switch line, the ISL43143, ISL43144 and ISL43145, which...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) introduced the new 30V, 9 milliohm, FDC796N and the 100V, 70 milliohm, FDC3616N. The n-channel MOSFETs...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced that it has reached an agreement with Infineon Technologies AG, a long-term strategic partner, for purchase of COOLMOS® Power MOSFET die for packaging and selling of finish products under the APT brand name. APT intends to sell into market segments not covered by Infineon Technologies mainly using […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the new LTC3414, a high-efficiency, 4MHz, synchronous buck regulator using a constant-frequency, current-mode architecture. The...
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) announced that it has received $13.4 million of the aggregate $305 million investment committed to the Fab 2 project by Tower's partners. Tower distributed shares to SanDisk, Alliance Semiconductor, Macronix International, Israel Corporation-Technologies and the Challenge Fund to raise the money. To date, the wafer and financial partners have […]
Motorola Inc. (Austin, TX) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government to invest $90 million in establishing a research company in Beijing. Motorola expects the research company to spend $500 million over the next five years on human resources and equipment. No other details were given. "China is an important […]
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) reported fiscal second-quarter orders of $1.53 billion, spawning revenue of $1.47 billion and a net loss of $146 million, or $0.31 per share, in line with its previous guidance. Net loss includes $74 million of net restructuring charges and intangibles amortization; excluding those items, and the company reported a […]
Conexant Systems Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) introduced its CX24152/5, a single-chip system for interactive satellite set-top box (STB) applications. The technology includes all of the major subsystems required to implement the core system receiver and decoder components of an interactive direct broadcast satellite STB. The CX24152/5 uses on-chip, one-time-programmable memory technology to for the ability […]
ChipPAC Inc. (Fremont, CA) announced that it is ready to produce a 10mm x 14mm x 1.2mm, four-chip, stacked package, what it claims is the world's thinnest. The company's previous-generation thin package had a height of 1.4mm. The new package can house four different types of semiconductors, including ASIC and memory chips, in addition to […]
Micro Linear Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced it is cutting 37 jobs and will consolidate some functions at its San Jose headquarters. The chip maker, which manufactures RF transceivers and WLAN chipsets, is still suffering under the downturn. The job cuts will come from all operational segments across the company. "These are difficult times in […]