Avago Technologies reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011. The fourth quarter net revenue (GAAP) was a record $623 million, an increase of 3 percent compared with the previous quarter, and up 9 percent from the same quarter last year. Net income was $154 million. Thi...

This year the German semiconductor market will grow by 8 % to more than 11 Billion Euro. In 2010 the German semiconductor market grew by 47.6% to more than 10.3 Billion Euro. The European market will show no growth in 2011. Worldwide, the turnover will rise by approximately 1.3 % to more than 300 Bi...

Analog Devices announced that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD, Inc. As one of the distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI’s RF ICs along with the company’s full range of analog, mixed-signal and ...

RS Components and SMC have signed a worldwide sales agreement. They have extended a partnership started in 2009 and this now permits RS to deliver the complete SMC program of pneumatic control systems which includes actuator drives, link elements, control valves and pressure regulators.

Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California . Under the terms of the merger agreement, Synopsys will acquire Magma for $7.35 per Magma share in cash, resulting in a transaction value of appro...

Synopsys ended 2011 with a turnover of 1.536 billion US$ and a net profit of 221.4 million US$. Compared with 2010 turnover increased by 11%. By contrast profit declined by 6%. The fourth quarter contributed to the overall result with a turnover of 390.5 million US$ and a net plus of 39.9 million US...

EBV Elektronik dedicates the ninth issue of its knowledge magazine ‘The Quintessence’ (TQ) to the topic of consumer electronics. The TQ magazine shows that the latest developments in consumer electronics are not just about entertainment. In addition to providing new ways of accessing information bas...