Agilent will buy Varian, a supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and applied market applications. Agilent will pay $52 cash per share of common stock for Varian in a transaction that represents a premium of approximately 35% to Varian’s closing price on J...

Freescale announced financial results for the second quarter ended July 3, 2009. Net sales were $824 million, compared to $840 million in the first quarter of 2009 and $1.47 billion last year. The year-over-year sales decline was attributable primarily to the company’s decision in 2008 to exit its c...

NXP Semiconductors announced second quarter sales of USD 857 million, a comparable increase of 26.2% from the first quarter of 2009. The increase in sales is mainly attributable to supply chain replenishment following a soft first quarter of 2009 and the continued impact of various, mainly Chinese, ...

Lattice Semiconductor announced financial results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2009. For the second quarter, revenue was $46.9 million, an increase of 8% from the $43.3 million reported in the prior quarter, and a decrease of 19% from the $58.1 million reported in the same quarter a year ago...

Intersil reported financial results for its second quarter ended July 3, 2009. Net revenues were $147.3 million, a 32% decrease from $216.2 million in the second quarter of 2008 and a 25% increase from $118.2 million in the first quarter of 2009. Intersil’s second quarter revenues by end market were...

STMicroelectronics` STBP120 protects the charging-control circuitry inside cellphones and other battery-powered portable equipment in case the external charger applies an excessive voltage. A number of variants are available, suitable for a range of charging-voltage levels including the USB voltages...

Microchip announces six members of the PIC16F193X family of microcontrollers, featuring Microchip’s enhanced mid-range 8-bit core. The increased memory and core capabilities deliver enhanced support for both C and Assembly programmers, while the ‘LF’ family members feature Microchip’s nanoWatt XLP T...