According to DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists), the semiconductor distributor and manufacturer members achieved Q2/2007 quarterly distribution revenues of 1.37 Billion Euro. The first half of 2007 still showed 0.9% growth compared to all-time-high leve...

Synopsys reported for its third quarter 2007 revenue of $304.1 million, a 10 percent increase compared to $277.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2006. On a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 was $24.9 million, compared to $7...

Maxim purchases the Storage Products Business of Vitesse Semiconductor located in Colorado for $63 million in cash. An additional amount up to $12 million in cash will be payable by Maxim upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones through the end of Vitesse's 2008 fiscal year on September...

Memphis Electronic, a distributor of memory components and manufacturer of industrial memory modules, has extended its portfolio with the flash memories of Eon Silicon Solution Inc. Eon offers the complete range of parallel 3 and 5 volt NOR flash memories with up to 128 megabits of storage capacity....

The sales and marketing chief of AMD, Henri Richard, is leaving the company in September 2007. He departs AMD of his own accord and on completely amicable terms. The AMD global sales and marketing organization will now report into the office of the CEO Hector Ruiz.

In their pilot production line, scientists at the Fraunhofer ISE have produced multi-crystalline solar cells with contacts at the rear. The MWT solar cell (Metal Wrap Through) is produced in three process steps and is based on the concept that the front side contacts have been partly moved to the re...

According to the ddp (Deutscher Depeschendienst), the Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution (PTD) division are planning a joint venture with Infineon. The undertaking is to be carried out under the name of Infineon Technologies Bipolar with the intention of producing power semiconductors. Th...