Analog Devices has acquired privately held AudioAsics, a Danish company consisting of a team of developers of high-performance, low-power microphone and audio signal conditioning technology. ADI paid approximately $19 million in cash at the closing in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Au...

Freescale Semiconductor has entered into a merger agreement to be acquired by a private equity consortium in a transaction with a total equity value of $17.6 billion. The consortium is led by The Blackstone Group, and includes The Carlyle Group, Permira Funds and Texas Pacific Group. The merger agre...

Wolfson Microelectronics is targeting the ‘pocket multimedia’ market with a stereo DAC with integrated 1W Class D stereo speaker driver and capless headphone output. The WM8956 is aimed at mobile phones, solid state media players, portable DVD, games consoles and other similar battery operated devic...

Bookham developed a DWDM SFP transceiver to transmit at 2.5 Gbit/s and 4.25Gbit/s. The transceiver will provide equipment vendors with the ability to support SONET/SDH, Ethernet and Fiber Channel with one product. The transceiver is designed to perform in amplified low OSNR links. It enables an unco...

AnalogicTech has introduced the AAT2554, a power management IC to combine a 500mA battery charger, 250mA step-down converter, and 300mA low dropout (LDO) linear regulator in a 3x4mm package. All three functions are optimised for ultra-low-power applications using a single-cell Lithium-ion battery as...

Tektronix reported net sales of $268.1 million and net earnings from continuing operations of $20.1 million for the first quarter 2006. This compares with net sales of $235.1 million and net earnings from continuing operations of $14.2 million for the same period last year. Excluding acquisition-rel...

Freescale is demonstrating a non-contact proximity sensor reference platform. This platform is based on Freescale's MC33794 proximity sensor, which generates a low-level electric field and uses feedback to detect the presence of objects. Freescale's proximity sensors provide solutions for automotive...