Dallas, Tex. – The race to bring new products to market faster just got a little easier for power supply designers, particularly for time-constrained engineers who often have to work under tight deadlines and are faced with complex design requirements. Texas Instruments (TI) has released three new advanced tools in its online WEBENCH Power Designer that…
Every so often the licensing of spectrum — the radio frequencies that carry wireless communications — becomes a battle between the “haves” and “have nots.” As the report “Mobile Broadband Spectrum: A Vital Resource for the American Economy” notes, spectrum is a finite resource that is in high demand in the mobile industry. Spectrum licensed to U.S.…
Communication and computer system demand is expected to drive the greatest percentage of growth for IC sales in all regions in 2015, according to a new IC Insights report. Communication applications is forecast to hold about 41 percent of IC sales in Asia-Pacific and 39 percent of the revenue in the Americas this year. Computer…
With customers merging and capital expenditure budgets shrinking in North America and Europe, Ericsson AB is shifting more marketing resources to Asia where the mobile and networking equipment OEM is hoping to benefit from a surge in infrastructure spending by governments and private communication services enterprises. The company aims to keep up a vibrant presence…
It’s no accident that the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes place in January. A new year means a fresh start for many companies, and if businesses are savvy, they’ll have the rest of the year to capitalize on new opportunities. Stratecast/Frost & Sullivan predicts many changes in 2015 that will improve the way communications…
Asia-Pacific continues to dominate the global IC market with the lion’s share of revenues, led by the computer and communications segments. Asia-Pacific is forecast to account for nearly 59 percent of the $285.9 billion IC market in 2014, followed by the Americas region, Europe, and Japan, according to IC Insights Update to the 2014 IC…
Aliso Viejo, Calif. — Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Centellax, a supplier of high-speed analog and RF semiconductor products for the optical communications and Ethernet datacom markets. The terms of the transaction were not…
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.
ST-Ericsson, the joint venture formed years ago by STMicroelectronics N.V. and Ericsson LM is now history, concluding a saga that initially started five years ago with the bundling together of the wireless operations of two of the continent’s leading semiconductor vendors. Ericsson and ST said in a statement that they had completed the “transaction to…
A single quality issue crimped margins at TTM Technologies Inc. during the second quarter, adding to the series of challenges facing the printed-circuit board manufacturer even as it tries to widen offerings to include advanced technology products and deepen relationships with some of the electronics industry’s leading OEMs. Costa Mesa, Calif.-based TTM reported net income…