National Semiconductor and Nuventix unveiled an electronic drive and thermal management reference design that simplifies development of high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) bulb fixtures that replace incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs in standard sockets. LED replacement bulbs typ...

Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, announced an investment in ASM International (ASMI). Intel Capital's investment through open market stock purchases is 4 percent of ASMI's total common share capital, based on approximately 54 million common shares outstanding. ASMI ...

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX17031, a dual, Quick-PWM step-down controller with synchronous rectification specifically intended for generating 5V/3.3V supplies in battery-powered systems. This device integrates a 100mA linear regulator that generates the 5V bias needed for power-up or...

MicroSys extends its miriac MPX module family by the introduction of the MPX-530 CPU Module, which utilizes the new industrial temperature versions of the low power Intel Atom processor Z5xx series and the Intel System Controller Hub US15WPT. The complete design is aimed at rugged applications for h...

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the DS8500, a single-chip, HART-compliant modem IC that enables the smallest solution size for modulating and demodulating 1.2kHz/2.2kHz FSK signals. This device integrates an ADC and state machine to implement the digital filter required to eliminate noise from ...

Freescale Semiconductor has named Dr. Reza Kazerounian as its new senior vice president and general manager of the Microcontroller Solutions Group (MSG). Formerly he was president and CEO of STMicroelectronics Inc. Americas. Previously to that, he was chief operating officer with WaferScale Integrat...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $14.7 billion in March, a gain of 3.3 percent from the prior month when sales were $14.2 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales for the first quarter of 2009 amounted to $44.0 billion, a 29.9 percent decline from the first q...