Powercube (Chatsworth, CA) announced the release of the VRMS-91-12-36 dc/dc converter voltage regulator module (VRM) specifically designed for Intel Corp.'s low-voltage Xeon...
Thunder Components Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan) announced the availability of a line of cement-type, metal plate resistors that feature non-inductive properties and are...
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced a new addition to its growing MightyMUX™ high-performance analog switch line, the ISL43240 IC, which contains four...
Sipex Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the appointment of Tim Nakahara to the position of Vice President of Sales for Japan. Reporting directly to Walid Maghribi, president and CEO of Sipex, Nakahara-san will be responsible for developing sales in Sipex's growing Japanese market. With over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor business, Nakahara-san has served […]
Gowanda Electronics (Gowanda, NY) announced the availability of a new comprehensive product catalogue, which addresses technical specifications, design details, custom products and...
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced the development of a sheet-type heatsink that the company claims is the world's smallest and enables...
Sirenza Microdevices Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a designer and supplier of radio frequency (RF) components for communications equipment manufacturers, announced the completion of its acquisition of all the assets and assumption of specified liabilities of Vari-L Company Inc. (Denver, CA). The close of the transaction followed Vari-L shareholder approval at a special meeting of the company's […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced new 15V and 20V Schottky diodes for server and telecom power systems that are...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced a new family of 1,200V, short-circuit-rated, motor drive modules with six IGBTs, each with...
EaglePicher Technologies LLC (Joplin, MO) announced two leadership appointments in its Power Division, Darrell Ideker as director of the Space business, and John Bennett as director of the Defense business. Both men will report to Louis Lupo, vice president/general manager of the Power Division. Ideker comes to this position with nearly 15 years of prior […]
Tioga Technologies Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) announced the closing of its assets transaction with STMicroelectronics NV (STM, Geneva, Switzerland), following the exercise by STM, on January 15, 2003, of its call option to acquire all of Tioga's business assets. The total cash consideration of the deal is $12 million. Tioga will receive an immediate cash […]
Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, CA), a leader in energy-saving semiconductors used in power conversion, announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2003, ended March 31, 2003. Net revenues for the first quarter of 2003 were $29.1 million, compared with $23.7 million in the first quarter of 2002 and $29.2 million in the […]
Siliconix Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), announced a new series of junction FETs (JFETs) that...
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that total revenue in the first quarter of 2003 were $267 million, an increase of approximately $1 million from the fourth quarter of 2002. The company reported a net loss of $31 million in the first quarter of 2003, as compared to a net loss of $40 million in […]
O2Micro International Ltd. (George Town, Grand Cayman), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. Net sales for the first quarter were $19.3 million. First-quarter revenue of $19.3 million was an increase of 5% over the preceding […]