PMC-Sierra, a provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake Partners to acquire the storage semiconductor business of Agilent Technologies for approximately $425 milli...

Sharp Microelectronics is expanding its family of photocouplers by adding some components for specific models with transfer rates of 1Mbit, 10Mbit or 25 Mbit per second. Whereas all high-speed photocouplers function within an ambient temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees Celsius, the 1 Mbit couple...

International Rectifier has introduced four Schottky diodes that are smaller and more efficient than typical industry-standard Schottky devices. Offered in chip-scale packages (CSP), these 0.5A and 1.0A devices are siuted for handheld and portable equipment. The 30-volt IR0530CSP and 40-volt IR...

More turnover, more profit

ARM announced it has acquired Keil, a independent provider of software development tools for the microcontroller market.  Keil operates jointly through two privately-owned companies, Keil Elektronik GmbH in Munich, Germany, and Keil Software, Inc. in Plano, Texas. 

The 23-person company...

Vicor announces a lower cost option for its line of 2nd Generation DC-DC converter modules and VIPAC Arrays – E-Grade versions. E-grade modules and power systems are priced approximately 15% below C-grade versions. These products are available in four different input ranges (24, 48, 300 and 375V), s...

The Kontron AG, manufacturer of embedded computers, achieved a turnover in the third quarter of the current business year of 73.5 m Euro (Q3 2004: 64.3 m Euro). The profit for this period was 4.2 m Euro compared to 2.9 m Euro in the same period of the previous year.