Altera announced second quarter 2007 sales of $319.7 million, up 5 percent from the first quarter of 2007 and down 4 percent from the second quarter of 2006. New products grew 26 percent sequentially. Net income was $80.5 million, compared with net income of $77.3 million in the second quarter of 20...

Texas Instruments reported revenue of $3.42 billion for the second quarter of 2007. Revenue increased 7 percent compared with the prior quarter as demand for the company's semiconductor products began to rebound following an inventory correction in the semiconductor market. Growth also benefited fro...

Maxwell Technologies has appointed David J. Schramm president and chief executive officer, replacing Richard D. Balanson, who will remain a part-employee of the company, functioning as a senior technical advisor. Schramm, 58, has spent the bulk of his 36-year business career in a series of senior ma...

Linear Technology introduces the LTC3826/-1, an ultralow quiescent current, 2-phase dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller. The LTC3826/-1 draws 30uA when one output is active and 50uA when both outputs are active, making it ideal for automotive applications, such as navigation systems, ...

Intel, STMicroelectronics and Francisco Partners unveiled the company name of "NumonyxT" for the pending independent semiconductor company announced on May. Numonyx, being created from the key assets of businesses that last year generated approximately $3.6 billion in combined annual revenue, will f...

Xilinx announced net revenues of $445.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, up 1% sequentially from the prior quarter and down 7% compared to the same quarter a year ago. First quarter net income was $84.3 million - 2% more than in 2007. Sales from all geographies were in line with expectat...

Freescale announced for the second quarter ended June 2007 a net sales of $1.38 billion an a net loss of $288 million. The net sales compares to $1.60 billion in the second quarter of 2006. The Transportation and Standard Products segment reported net sales of $684 million, compared to $697 million ...