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 Partner...
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 photoco...
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....
In its third quarter 2005, National Instruments achieved a turnover 141.6 M US$ and a profit of 14.4 M US$. Compared to the third quarter of the previous year, the turnover increased by 13 % and the p...
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 Elektro...
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-g...
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 Eu...