National Semiconductor reported sales of $398.5 million and net income of $79.2 million, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended May. The fourth quarter sales were 10 percent higher than the third quarter of fiscal 2010, and 42 percent higher than the $281 million reported in the fourth q...

Synopsys acquires Virage Logic Corporation, a independent provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. Under the terms of the agreement, Synopsys will pay $12.00 cash per Virage Logic share, resulting in a transaction value of approximately $315...

In the first quarter 2010/2011 the distributor Premier Farnell achieved total sales of 244.9 million GBP. This was a growth of 20% compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Profit before tax was 22.2 million GBP compared with 13.0 million GBP in the same period of the previous year.

ON Semiconductor has acquired privately held Sound Design Technologies SDT) from an affiliate of Global Equity Capital, in an all cash transaction for initial consideration of approximately $22 million. Under the terms of the acquisition, the seller will also have the ability to receive additional e...

François Gabella has been appointed the new CEO of LEM Holding SA. He will take over from Paul Van Iseghem who will retire by the end of this year. Paul Van Iseghem, CEO of LEM, will be 65 next year. He has decided to retire by the end of 2010.

François Gabella will join the company on July 1, 2...