Semiconductor News

Linear Technology Corp. has introduced the LTC2656, a 16bit octal digital-to-analog converter with 4LSB INL maximum over temperature - a significant performance gain over its LTC2600 16bit octal DAC, which offers 64LSB INL.

The second half of 2009 will bring welcome relief to the semiconductor and capital equipment industries, according to market research firm IC Insights Inc., which is predicting strong seasonal strength for electronic system sales, worldwide gross domestic product growth and continuation of an IC inventory replenishment trend that began in the ...

Will Teradyne Inc. enter the DRAM test market? Raj Seth, an analyst with Cowen and Co.

LogicVision, Inc. , a leading provider of semiconductor built-in-self-test and diagnostic solutions, today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg.

While the top-of-the-line smartphones of today rely on third-generation wireless networks, carriers are looking ahead to 4G networks, which will facilitate even faster data transfers to and from wireless devices.

NVIDIA announced Elemental Technologies has released an Adobe Creative Suite CS4 plugin that should dramatically boost performance for users with NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards.

Global semiconductor sales rose 5.4 percent in May sequentially, reflecting a slow pick up in demand for products such as mobile phones and personal computers that use chips, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association .

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announced June 29 that it has raised second quarter 2009 revenue guidance to a 76% to 78% sequential increase.

First integrated device providing IEC 61000-4-5 surge protection for PoE applications saves 55 percent of space consumed by conventional protection circuitry GENEVA , June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Power over Ethernet , or IEEE 802.3at, is the industry standard enabling devices such as Voice-over-IP phones, wireless-LAN access points, RFID tag ...

QuickLogic Corporation , the lowest power programmable semiconductor solutions leader, today provided an updated revenue outlook for the second quarter of 2009 which ended on June 28.

July 3, 2009, 08:15 AM - - Taiwan will have to revise chip-industry regulations before United Microelectronics can invest in China, an official said Friday.

DMN Newswire--2009-7-2--Sonnet Technologies today announced a new, faster 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning Fusion F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system that employs 7,200-RPM drives.

Panavision Imaging LLC, a pioneering innovator and developer of high performance CMOS image sensors, and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd.

Yesterday we reported on some rumors of a split between Apple and Nvidia due to the latter company's quality-control issues.

I was at a conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few weeks ago and interviewed Craig Barrett, the former chairman of Intel, about how America should get out of its current economic crisis.

It's not the first time Bernard L. Madoff has had his name in lights this year. But with his induction into the newly launched Con Artist Hall of Infamy , it may well be the first time that his exploits will serve a constructive purpose.

Today, Chuck Swoboda, chairman and chief executive officer of Cree joined President Obama at the White House to discuss the latest developments in energy-efficient technologies.

JP Morgan upgraded the solar sector this morning, and sent shares of Evergreen Solar soaring in morning trading.

Sonnet Technologies has announced that it has reduced the price of its Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 to $199.95, cutting the price by $100. What's claimed to be the fastest 2-port eSATA controller available for ExpressCard slots, the SATA card supports sustained data throughput of up to 200 MB/sec. Unlike most other eSATA ExpressCard adapters, the ...

Chip maker Xilinx Inc. said sales in the quarter that just ended will be down from the previous quarter.