PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2011. Net revenue of $32.3 billion was up 4% from the prior-year period both as reported and in constant currency. GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $1.17, up 26% from $0.93 in the prior-year period. Non-GAAP…
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NOR revenue in 2011 is projected to amount to $4.8 billion, down from $5.1 billion last year
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and integrated semiconductor products, today reported total revenue of $16.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with total revenue of $14.4 million for the same quarter last year. Net…
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ANGLETON, Texas — Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE), a leading contract manufacturing provider, today announced that it has acquired facilities and certain other assets to expand its precision technologies capabilities in Penang, Malaysia. This expansion will provide sheet metal and frames fabrication, advanced metal joining and grinding, along with complex mechanical assembly and machining services.…
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, announced today it is expanding its relationship with TT electronics, a leading electronic components supplier to manufacturers in the defense, aerospace, medical, transportation, and industrial markets, by adding…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, is adding new services for customers including FedEx First Overnight® Freight and FedEx 2Day® A.M. and is making further enhancements to FedEx First Overnight®. The services will be available beginning Feb. 28 and will provide customers…
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that it will carry the complete line of rechargeable solid state batteries and evaluation kits from Cymbet Corporation. This distribution agreement encompasses Cymbet’s entire line of EnerChip™ solid state batteries (SSB) and development tools, including the new EnerChip…
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Tablet computers and smartphones are eating notebooks' lunch in more ways than one. It looks as if component makers may have to choose between meeting demand in the high-flying tablet and smartphone markets, or in the more staid notebook market. Last week, EBN contributing editors Marc Hermann and Jennifer Baljko reported on supply concerns expressed…
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I'm a gearhead. I like double overhead camshafts, six-speed transmissions, and small-displacement, high-revving engines that make lots of noise. I like fast cars with great handling. I'm having trouble adjusting to hybrids and even more trouble adjusting to plug-in electric cars that need to have electronically-generated noise added to alert pedestrians. Low-performance econo-slugs aren’t interesting…
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The global digital TV (DTV) semiconductor market is expected to expand by a robust 16.5 percent in 2011
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