Linear Technology Corp. said fiscal 2014 first quarter net income and revenue rose at a single-digit pace but warns results in the ongoing quarter may be negatively impacted by several factors, including “the current budgeting stalemate at the Federal Government level.” The high-performance linear semiconductor vendor’s profit rose to $107.9 million, or 45 cents per…
Intel Corp.’s year-over-year growth flattened in the third quarter with revenue and net income coming in largely unchanged from the 2012 comparable quarter in an environment described as “tough” by the company’s CEO who also said the results came in as “expected.” The world’s biggest semiconductor supplier by sales reported net income fell slightly in…
Analog Devices Inc. said it has struck a deal to sell its MEMs microphone division to California-based Invensense Inc., a supplier of motion tracking components and solutions for the consumer electronics market that is aggressively expand offerings in the market segment. Invensense will pay $100 million in cash to Analog Devices and assume some undisclosed…
Texas Instruments adds three power management modules to its SIMPLE SWITCHER family, including the 10-A LMZ31710, which TI said offers the industry’s highest power efficiency in the smallest package.
TDK introduces the CGA3EA series of automotive-grade MLCCs for automotive electronics applications including airbag controllers, remote keyless entry systems, and navigation systems.
Microsemi expands its SiC Schottky product family with a new line of 650V diodes, targeting high-power industrial applications including solar inverters.
Avnet, Inc., a global technology distributor, has been named to the 2013 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 Ranking: The Next 25. Avnet was evaluated for its multi-tier supply chain and cost-to-serve analytical capabilities.
Santa Clara, Calif. – Serus Corporation, a leader in Supply Chain Visibility and Intelligence solutions, today announced that Micron Technology has selected the Serus solution to optimize its global supply chain. Micron intends to implement the Serus cloud-based solution across its global operations. “After evaluating multiple solutions for improving our supply chain visibility, we determined the…
As a buyer that was keen for big cost savings on behalf of the companies I’ve worked for, I crossed over to the dark side more often than not in my purchasing functions. I am not proud of it and I personally gained nothing from it except a feeling of accomplishment that I was able…
Memory semiconductor vendors have engineered the seemingly impossible. Prices are rising, inventories are tighter, there’s even talk of shortages in certain product areas due to a fire that halted production at a major facility and overall, the fundamentals of the memory market are seen as much better today than they have been in years. How…