Agilent reported revenues of $1.48 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter 2008, 2 percent above one year ago. Fourth quarter GAAP net income was $231 million. Last year’s fourth quarter GAAP net income was $180 million. Organic revenue growth in the Americas was about 4 percent, and local currency re...

The electronica 2008, with 2,800 exhibitors showing their wares, ended last friday. 58% of them were foreign exhibits. Two years ago there were 2,961 exhibitors of which 60 percent were international. On the visitor side, the fair company registered approximately 72,000 trade visitors. This time the...

Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of Power Management Semiconductor solutions, has won the 2008 National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) award for Innovation. The NMI Awards Ceremony is a prestigious annual event that brings together stakeholders from across the microelectronics industry. The NMI In...

Jennic, a manufacturer of 32-bit wireless microcontrollers for IEEEE802.15.4 based low-power wireless applications, has released the next generation of its wireless networking protocol stack, JenNet 1v4. The release introduces a list of new features for enhanced network management and control, addre...

Vishay released a ESD-protection array to protect USB-OTG ports against transient voltage signals. The device provides three lines of USB ESD protection at a 5.5-V working range, and one line of VBUS protection at a 12-V working range. The VBUS053AZ-HAF is packaged in the leadless LLP75-7L, with a 1...

Trident Microsystems has appointed Uri Kreisman as its new Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Kreisman, 43, brings 14 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Immediately prior to joining Trident, he had a career at Zoran Microelectronics, serving most recently as its Senior Director ...

Maxwell Technologies unveiled a new family of BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor. The HC family of products includes 25-, 50- 150-farad cells, all rated at 2.7 volts. Key features and benefits include:

• Reliable performance for 500,000 or more charge/discharge cycles
• Zero maintenance over es...

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