Renesas Electronics will close the Tokyo Device Division (Ome, Tokyo) of Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics, near the end of March 2012. Renesas plans to proceed with the necessary measures while consulting with customers, including transferring pro...

Ansys will acquire Apache Design Solutions, a provider of simulation software, for a purchase price of approximately $310 million in cash. The agreement also includes retention provisions and incentives for key members of management and employees, earned over a three fiscal year period following clo...

Distributor Digi-Key and Swissbit, DRAM module and Flash storage manufacturer in Europe, have signed a global distribution agreement. Some of Swissbit’s products include SATA SSD’s, DDR2 modules, and USB modules.

Swissbit was created from a management buy-out from Siemens Memory Products in 20...

Microsemi, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced that the company’s SoC Product Group achieved compliance with AS9100 Rev C quality system requirements for aviation, space, and defense markets.

The new revision of AS9100 i...

The Central Association of the German Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI) reported that in April the German electrical industry recorded total exports of twelve billion Euros which is eleven percent more than the previous year. From January to April 2011 total exports for the industry amounte...

Arrow will acquire all of the assets and operations of the distribution business of Seed International. Seed is a distributor of embedded products with 14 offices across China. The company is primarily focused on Texas Instruments products, and is known in China as a technical service provider with ...

David Schwartz is joining Micrel as the Company's Vice President of Worldwide Sales. He will report directly to Mr. Ray Zinn, president and CEO, and have responsibility for the Company's global sales efforts. Schwartz brings more than 30 years of valuable semiconductor sales experience to his role a...