Maxim introduces the MAX4889B/MAX4889C, 1:2 or 2:1 PCI Express (PCIe) passive switches. The quad double-pole/double-throw (DPDT) switches are for switching four half lanes of PCIe data between two destinations. Four devices can be used to convert 16 PCIe lanes into two sets of 8 lanes for use with e...

Linear Technology announces the LTC6802, a multicell battery monitoring IC capable of measuring up to 12 individual battery cells. The device’s proprietary design allows multiple LTC6802s to be stacked in series without optocouplers or isolators, for precision voltage monitoring of every cell in lon...

Picor, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation specializing in the design and development of power management solutions, announced the Cool-ORing Family of full-function Active ORing solutions (PI2121, PI2122, PI2123, PI2125) and discrete Active ORing controllers (PI2001, PI2002, PI2003). These solutions ...

In the third quarter of 2008, Avago had a turnover of 439 m US$ and a net profit of 44 m US$. Thus, the company exceeded its sales of Q3/2007 by 15.2%. In that period there was still a net loss of 167 million US$.

Littelfuse will purchase Startco Engineering for an unknown sum. The company, which is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a provider of ground-fault protection products and custom-power distribution centers that are used in industrial manufacturing and mining applications. Startco’s annual revenue...

The distributor Abacus Group informed, that the trading conditions have been challenging since the beginning of the year. In reviewing the Company’s strategic options, the Board concluded that shareholder value would best be delivered through entering into discussions with a number of companies that...

At the membership meeting of the German Trade Association for Automation in the ZVEI, the chairman of the Measurement Technology and Process Automation Section, Michael Ziesemer presented a positive balance: “2008 will be a further good year for measurement technology and process automation with a g...