Microchip announced the PICkit 2 Starter Kit. It  connects to any personal computer via full-speed USB 2.0. The PICkit 2 has a purchase price that starts at $34.99, and a set of easy-to-understan...

Effective immediately, Dr. Andreas von Zitzewitz, is stepping down as Member of the Board of Infineon Technologies AG. He informed today the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Max Dietrich Kley, about...

For the second quarter 2005, Fairchild Semiconductor announced losses amounting to 205.3 million US$ (Q2 2004: +17 million US$ ). The turnover was reduced from 414.3 million US$ in Q2 2004 to 346 mill...

Texas Instruments announced the third generation of its discrete PCI Express physical layer (PHY) chip. TI has designed the new PHY to be compliant to PCI Express 1.1 specifications, which is critical...

National Semiconductor is to close its production and test facilities in Toa Payoh, Singapore. In the course of the next 12 months the production there will be transferred to the Fabs in Melaka, Malay...

National Instruments introduced a Controller Area Network (CAN) interface module for its CompactRIO platform. The NI 9853 module is a two-port, high-speed CAN interface that combines with NI reco...

Maxim Integrated Products introduced the MAX1215, a 12-bit 250Msps analog-to-digital converter (ADC). At 250Msps, this ADC has the world's fastest sample rate at the 12-bit level, and delivers outstan...