Siemens Matsushita Components (Munich, Germany), whose legal successor is now EPCOS AG (Germany), will increase production capacity at its two-year old facility in Évora, Portugal for the production of tantalum electrolytic capacitors. EPCOS owns the only two European manufacturing facilities for tantalum chip capacitors; the other plant is in Heidenheim, Germany. Production capacity in Évora […]
Amkor Technology (Chandler, AZ) has completed the integration of recently acquired Integra Technologies (Witchita, KS) into its worldwide operations, adding resources to the company's existing test service capabilities in the semiconductor industry. Nearly 50 test engineers and technicians will staff the new organization in the United States. Additional test engineers and technicians are already in […]
A comprehensive agreement has been entered into by Semiconbay.Com (Sunnyvale, CA) to provide e-commerce services for IPC Fab Automation GmbH (Germany), a company that provides production optimization of semiconductor manufacturing with its software tools. IPC will promote its products and services including promotional materials, sales/marketing collateral, technical documents, patent information and web seminars on semiconbay.com. […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its second-quarter 2000 financial results. Results show that the company's revenue increased 7 percent sequentially in the second quarter, and 19 percent over the same period in 1999. Semiconductor revenue increased 22 percent, compared with a year ago and 6 percent sequentially, despite the absence of an $85.0 […]
Dallas Semiconductor (Dallas, TX) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0325 on each outstanding share of its common stock, payable on Sept. 1, 2000, to holders of record on Aug. 15, 2000.
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced it will increase capital expenditure by an additional 50.0 billion yen in an effort to increase the scale of its semiconductors.
Power Integrations (Sunnyvale, CA) announced financial results for the second quarter ending on June 30, 2000. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2000 was $29.0 million, up 26 percent from net revenues of $23.0 million reported in the second quarter of 1999. Income before tax in the second quarter of 2000 was $7.5 million […]
Omnirel (Leominster, MA) introduces four high-efficiency, low-voltage switching regulators in glass/epoxy (FR-4) packages with built-in heatsinks that increase power density in select commercial, industrial and military applications. These switching regulators feature 5V input, 3A output units for 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V and 1.5V output applications, respectively. The OM955 Series regulators deliver up to 90 percent efficiency […]
ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) announced it has doubled the number of general-purpose diodes and transistors offered in the SC-75 package. The products offered in this package consist of general-purpose single and dual diodes and transistors intended for low-current switching and signal-conditioning applications. The introduction of seven new transistors, identified as BC847BTT1, BC847CTT1, BC857BTTT1, BC857CTT1, […]
Intersil Holding Corp. (Irvine, CA) introduced its latest switched-capacitor voltage inverter, the ICL828. The ICL828 specifically targets LCD applications such as cellular phones, pagers and PDAs. Intersil's ICL828 IC contains all the required circuitry to complete a negative converter. It performs supply-voltage conversions from positive to negative. The resulting negative voltage can then be utilized […]
Omnirel (Leominster, MA), an International Rectifier company, has released the OMR9601SCK, a 3.3V to 2.5V ultra-low dropout linear regulator with 3A capability. The OMR9601SCK high-current regulator is designed for commercial, scientific and military satellite power systems where point-of-load regulation is required. Applications include power conditioning for DSPs, microcontrollers and microprocessors, low-voltage logic circuits, and field-programmable […]
Advanced Power Technology (Bend, OR) has introduced a new line of IGBTs in hermetic packages with high-rated power and voltage. Manufactured with nonpunch-through technology, these devices provide fast switching, improved high-temperature operation, improved ruggedness, lower leakage currents and easy paralleling compared to conventional punch-through technology. The new IGBTs feature hermetic packaging, which provides protection for […]
General Semiconductor (Melville, NY) reported sales of $128.3 million for the second quarter ending on June 30, 2000. The results were a 26.3 percent increase over the $101.6 million the company posted for the same period last year.Operating income reached $22.1 million, which was up 83.6 percent, compared to $12.0 million for the same quarter […]
The external communications power supply market is being driven primarily by -48V rectifier and VRLA battery sales, but "new equipment in unfamiliar places" is behind the growth of emerging communications segments. This trend and more are discussed in the new Darnell Group report, Global Communications Power: Market Forecasts, Emerging Technologies and Competitive Analysis. This nearly […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) has received the Partners in Performance award from Celestica Inc. Celestica gives the Partners in Performance awards to suppliers based on their ability to support Celestica's supply chain management objectives. Those objectives include flexibility and responsiveness, impact on asset management, effectiveness and efficiency and overall supplier performance."We are very proud […]