In comparison to the previous month, the turnover of the circuit board manufacturers in Germany in December 2007 rose by 0.4%. Thus, the industry is on a growth course because the last month of the previous year only had 15 working days, due to the holidays, compared to a theoretical 19 working days...

According to ZVEI, the turnover for semiconductors in Germany in February 2008, with markedly reduced orders received, was just below that of the previous month and therefore 9% under the level of the month of February 2007, after a minus of 10% in comparison of January 2008 to January 2007 and minu...

Arrow Electronics will distribute Alpha & Omega Semiconductors (AOS) power devices, along with support for customer projects from design to production, under a worldwide agreement between the two companies. AOS is a fabless semiconductor company that develops analog power management solutions. T...

Vishay launched a series of half-bridge insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) in the industry-standard Int-A-Pak package. The series consists of eight 600-V and 1200-V devices that offer a variety of technologies for high hard switching operating frequencies in standard and Ultrafast speeds. The...

Complete information compiled on the subject of MOST is now available as a standard work: The reference "MOST Book" provides an introduction to the technology and applications of the multimedia standard MOST (Media Orientated Systems Transport). Not intended to replace the official MOST specificatio...

iWatt, a provider of digital power IC and Systems announced Ron Edgerton as new President and CEO of the company. Edgerton previously served as CEO at SigmaTel. Prior to this he participated in several start-ups as an officer and/or consultant. Edgerton has also held the positions of General Manager...

Tyco Electronics plans to sell a portion of its wireless segment. The company will pursue the divestiture of the Radio Frequency Components and Subsystem business. This business represented approximately $500 million of the Wireless Systems segment's total sales of $887 million in fiscal 2007. The r...