X-FAB Silicon Foundries and Brazilian-government-backed entity the Excellence Center for Advanced Electronic Technology (CEITEC) have reached a strategic licensing agreement for semiconductor manufacturing. Under terms of the agreement, CEITEC will license X-FAB's advanced 0.6 micrometer process tec...

Teradyne will acquire Nextest for approximately $325 million. Teradyne is a provider of System-On-Chip test products. Nextest’s core business is the design and manufacture of flash memory test products. Nextest announced revenue of $95.8 million in calendar year 2006. Upon closing, which is expected...

Vishay released a series of yellow, amber, and white power SMD LEDs in the CLCC-6 ceramic package to offer thermal resistance of 40K/W or 60K/W and optical power from 2800 mcd to 9000 mcd for thermal-sensitive applications. With an profile of 0.9mm, the CLCC-6 flat ceramic package of the VLMK62, VLM...

Linear Technology announces the LT6105, a current sense amplifier with an input common mode range that extends from –0.3V below V-, up to 44V above V-. The common mode range of the LT6105 is independent of the positive supply voltage. As a result, the device can operate as a high-side or a low-side ...

Samsung Electronics and Toshiba Corporation have licensed to one another the rights to produce, market and sell memory with the specifications and trademarks of Samsung’s OneNAND and Toshiba’s LBA-NAND memory chips. As a result of the reciprocal arrangement, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) w...

Seoul Semiconductor has launched a chip-LED at 0.17mm. The WH108 measures 1.6mm in width, 0.8mm and in length. The WH108 delivers superior performance at a luminous intensity of 240 mcd, more than two times brighter than the existing chip-LED at a current of 5 mA. WH108’s ultra-thin package and high...

STMicroelectronics will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Genesis Microchip for approximately $336 million. Genesis Microchip is a provider of image and video processing systems for flat-panel TVs and a variety of consumer and PC-display products. During the twelve months ended September 2007...