Cirrus Logic has named Tim Turk as its vice president of Worldwide Sales. Turk, 50, will be responsible for managing Cirrus Logic's global team of direct sales, representatives and distribution partners. Turk served 20 years in sales and operations with Cypress Semiconductor, including as vice presi...

International Rectifier announced that Alex Lidow, Chief Executive Officer and Director, has gone on leave of absence with pay pending the resolution of the investigation conducted by the Audit Committee of the Board of the Company. The Board has determined that this action was in the best interests...

NetLogic Microsystems has acquired certain assets associated with Cypress's network search engine products targeting the desktop switching market. Upon closing, NetLogic Microsystems paid Cypress $12.0 million in cash plus the cost of inventory. The desktop switching search engines from Cypress will...

The 16-megapixel Prosilica GE4900 is a high-resolution CCD camera with Gigabit Ethernet output. The 35 mm format sensor used in the GE4900 is the Kodak KAI-16000 CCD image sensor. The GigE Vision compliant GE4900 works with standard gigabit Ethernet hardware and cable lengths up to 100 meters (300 f...

Linear Technology introduces the LTC4268-1, a Power over Ethernet (PoE) interface controller with a synchronous, current mode, switching regulator for delivering regulation to Powered Devices (PDs). The LTC4268-1 provides up to 35W for 2-pair systems and as much as 70W for 4-pair systems.

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Cooper Industries has acquired Illinois-based io Lighting, a dedicated light-emitting diode lighting fixture company, and Vermont-based Powerline Communications (PCI), a manufacturer of digital lighting control panels. Expected sales for the two companies in 2007 are approximately $17 million and th...

Analog Devices announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Revenue increased to $680 million, an increase of approximately 3% compared to the same period one year ago and 2% compared to the immediately prior quarter. Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, under genera...