News & Analysis

Silicon Laboratories has announced the appointment of William Bock as senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, effective immediately. Mr. Bock will be resigning as a director on Silicon Laboratories’ board where he served as chairman of the audit committee since the company went public in March, 2000. In addition to his familiarity with Silicon Laboratories’ products, strategy and mixed-signal history,...

Avago Technologies has introduced an enhanced series of cost-competitive ultra-small optical encoder modules with resolutions of up to 360 lines per inch (LPI) - said to be the highest in the industry. These new encoder modules make it possible for manufacturers to produce more compact inkjet printers, photo printers and all-in-ones, that can provide higher quality images that today's customers want. The AEDS-964x series are a drop-in replacement...

STMicroelectronics, the first company to release a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) fully compliant with the TCG (Trusted Computing Group) TPM 1.2 specification, today announced a new module which is manufactured in ST’s advanced 0.15-micron CMOS EEPROM process technology. The new ST19NP18 is based on the successful previous-generation ST19WP18 TPM, with the 0.15-micron process delivering additional cost benefits for PC manufacturers.

StockerYale, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKR), an independent provider of photonic-based products, has announced that it has acquired privately held Photonic Products Ltd. of the United Kingdom, a well-known provider of laser diode modules and laser diodes for industrial, medical and scientific markets. This strategic acquisition will significantly broaden StockerYale's product portfolio of laser modules, increase StockerYale's 2006 revenues by approximately ...

Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the first power management integrated circuit (PMIC) fully optimized to support all power system requirements of a multimedia device based on DaVinciT technology. Simplifying power design in portable media players, digital still cameras and other lithium-battery powered electronics, the flexible device provides dynamic voltage scaling and up to 95 percent power conversion efficiency.

Intersil to feature leading-edge analogue products in its booth and will present on automotive infotainment applications at Electronica on Thursday, November 16, 2006. Intersil will show its first families of parts for the growing precision amplifier and automotive markets. It will also feature power management products for industrial, communications and medical applications, as well as high-speed and video amplifier products. From high-perform...

Avago Technologies has announced that John Larson III, Ph.D., will be named an IEEE Fellow at the 2006 International Ultrasonics Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia. IEEE Fellows are nominated by their peers in numerous engineering fields for extraordinary accomplishment.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a compact stereo headphone and loudspeaker driver chip, with a flexible I2C bus control interface, which is intended for mobile phones, PDAs and laptop computers. The new TS4956, in a lead-free 2.5x2.4mm flip-chip package, can drive up to 38mW per channel continuous average power into 16-ohm headphone loads, or 450mW into 8-ohm loudspeaker loads, when operating on a 3.3V power supply.

Renesas Technology’s AE-5 32-bit smart card microcontroller family has received a further two ‘Common Criteria’ security certifications. These certifications are at assurance level EAL4+ according to the ISO/IEC 15408 international standard relating to security of IT (Information Technology) products. These latest results confirm Renesas' commitment to developing ICs for a wide range of security-conscious applications. In today's global ...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), in collaboration with USED4semicon, has launched GLOBALStockroom, a machine parts sourcing service dedicated to semiconductor manufacturing. It aims to reduce downtime, reduce inventory and provide a marketplace for slow moving and obsolete spares. The service has been trialled and tailored during the last 12 months by 3 major manufacturers within the NMI membership.