One of the lesser-known facts about the Dodd-Frank Act (also known as the “conflict minerals” rule) is that the provision has been challenged in court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit recently issued its ruling on a challenge by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) regarding the SEC’s conflict minerals rule, according to…
Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) (Nasdaq: MPWR), a leading fabless manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 are as follows: Net revenue was $60.1 million, a 5.5% decrease from $63.6 million in the fourth quarter of…
Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced that it will start from today, sample shipments of 32-gigabyte and 64-gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory modules compliant with the JEDEC UFS[1] Ver.2.0 standard, the first company in the industry[2] to do so. The modules also integrate 5.8Gbps High-speed MIPI® M-PHY®[3] HS-G3 I/F, which…
RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a 100 to 3,000MHz GaN amplifier offering a saturated output power of 12W. The TriQuint TGA2216 is available as a 1.8×1.8mm DIE and services applications in electronic warfare, communications systems and RADAR. The TGA2216 provides 22dB of small signal gain and 14dB of large signal gain…