In the 1st quarter of 2009 National Instruments achieved sales of 157.8 million US$ which is 18 percent below the results of Qi/2008. The profit (GAAP) was 358,000 US$. In the same quarter of the previous year there was a profit of 17.6 million US$.

In the second quarter Keithley reported sales were of 24.0 million US$ resulting in a net loss of million 10.3 million US$. The turnover sank by 40% in comparison to the same quarter of the previous year. In that year a net profit of 1.2 m US$ was still made.

In the second quarter of 2009 Tyco Electronics reported sales of 2.46 billion US$ which is 33 percent below the results of the same period of the previous year. The net loss was 3.24 billion US$ compared to the 301 million profit US$ of Q2/2008. The high losses are attributed to the 3.55 billion US$...

Actually the whole affair should have been completed: the takeover of the Canadian Tundra by Gennum. In the middle of March 2009 a bid for the purchase of the interface chip specialist was presented. However the American Mixed-Signal chip manufacturer IDT appeared on the scene and made an offer that...

Globalfoundries, a semiconductor foundry company formed by a joint venture between AMD and Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), announced the appointment of Gregg Bartlett as senior vice president of technology and research and development. Bartlett comes with 25 years of experience in tec...

For the first quarter, revenue was $43.3 million, a decrease of 13% from the $50.0 million reported in the prior quarter, and a decrease of 23% from the $56.6 million reported in the same quarter a year ago. FPGA revenue for the first quarter was $15.5 million, up 9 percent from the $14.3 million re...

Xilinx announced fiscal 2009 sales of $1.83 billion, down 1% compared with $1.84 billion in fiscal 2008. Net income increased 0.4% to $375.6 million in fiscal 2009 versus net income of $374.0 million in the prior fiscal year.

Fourth quarter sales were $395.0 million, down 14% sequentially and do...