Evox Rifa Group Oyj (Finland) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) have agreed to jointly develop film chip capacitors. The companies signed an agreement that will enable Evox Rifa to market the stacked film chip capacitor technology that Matsushita has developed. Evox Rifa will take a license for the stacked chip capacitor technology […]
Amkor Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) has completed the sale of its wafer fabrication services business to Anam Semiconductor Inc. (ASI, South Korea) worth $62 million. Amkor also confirmed that it has obtained releases from key customers of the wafer fabrication business regarding Amkor's contractual obligation to perform wafer fabrication services subsequent to the transfer of […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced a new family of low-noise CMOS low dropout (LDO) switching regulators for low-voltage, high-current applications, including PC, microprocessor and digital signal processing power supplies. The six new products feature output currents of 0.8A, 1.5A or 3A; logic-controlled on/off; an error flag or a separate sense pin; and over-temperature […]
Riello UPS, Europe's second largest manufacturer of UPS equipment, announced the purchase of the uninterruptible power systems sales and service business of Advance Galatrek (UK, Advance Electronics Ltd.), the UK's leading provider of power protection solutions for the IT, communications, commerce and industrial sectors. The new business will be known in the UK as Riello […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced that Kirk Pond, president, CEO and chairman of the board, has extended his contract with the company and will remain president, CEO and chairman of the board for an additional two years. Pond's current contract expires on March 11, 2003. Additional details are provided in the company's preliminary […]
The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new ML0xx18 family of electro-absorption (EA) modulator driver ICs for 10Gbps transponders, transceivers and other modules designed to conform to all types of multi-source agreements. The new family requires an input of only 0.1V to generate the 3V output necessary […]
Axcelis Technologies Inc. (Beverly, MA) announced that William Jennings has joined the company's board of directors, bringing more than 38 years of business management experience to the team. Jennings is a former partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and most recently led the company's risk management and internal controls consulting practice. Previously, he served as chief financial officer […]
Amkor Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) and Sharp Corp. agreed to unify the design for a 3D system-in-package assembly that enables the stacking of very thin packages. Targeting ASICs, DSPs and memories for the cell phone, PDA and digital still camera markets, the two companies will develop and enhance an industry-standard stacked package format utilizing Amkor's […]
iWatt Inc. (Los Gatos, CA), a power management IC company developing and marketing digital controllers for power supplies, announced that it closed a $14.5 million Series B financing, led by new investor VantagePoint Venture Partners. Existing investors Horizon Ventures, PTI Alliance of Taiwan, and Sigma Partners, as well as several private investors, also participated in […]
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the release of three single-chip ESD protection devices packaged in CSPs, which are designed to...
Epson Singapore Pte Ltd. (Singapore) debuted its new S1F77600 dry-cell, battery leakage, detection IC, which operates from a 0.8V to 5.5V supply and draws a maximum current of 5µA. Available in a three-pin SOT89 package, the IC detects voltage drops in dry, two-cell batteries from 1.2V to 1.6V with an accuracy of ±3.5 percent. The […]
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) has formed an alliance with Yeong-Long Technologies Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan), a privately held manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors, to manufacture and market its proprietary BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products in China. Maxwell is scheduled to begin purchasing finished ultracapacitors from Yeong-Long in 2004, which will supplement its internal production capacity. In […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) has announced that its 800,000ft² assembly, test and warehouse facility in Suzhou, China, is scheduled to be completed next quarter. The facility is located within the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. Qualification testing is ongoing, and about 250 employees are being trained to immediately begin production. With the new factory, […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced a next-generation, differential digital, gear tooth sensor with a two-wire back-biased package, peak detecting algorithms and...
Anadigics Inc. (Warren, NJ) introduced the new AWT6123 quad-band, power amplifier (PA) module that measures 6mm x 8mm and provides a typical...