Analysis
Extreme Results in Top 25 2011 Semiconductor Sales Ranking!
Although only 2% growth was registered in the worldwide semiconductor market (including ICs and Optoelectronics, Sensors, and Discretes; O-S-Ds) in 2011, several companies posted results that were far different (Figure 1). Boosted by its acquisition of Sanyo’s semiconductor business, ON Semiconductor registered a 49% sales increase last year and moved into the top 25 ranking for the first time!
Micrel Promotes Rami Kanama to Vice President in New Key Strategic Role
Micrel, Inc. today announced that Micrel’s High Bandwidth Marketing Director, Rami Kanama, has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Clock and Timing Products. Mr. Kanama will also serve as the president of the recently acquired PhaseLink Company Ltd, now a Micrel subsidiary. His promotion makes him a member of Micrel’s executive staff. Mr. Kanama will continue to oversee the marketing and business development of the High Band...
Broadcom Completes Acquisition of BroadLight
Broadcom Corporation today announced it has completed its acquisition of BroadLight, Inc., The addition of BroadLight extends Broadcom's industry leading broadband access product line, enabling Broadcom to offer a complete, end-to-end GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) solution for customers — from the optical line terminal (OLT) at the central office to the optical network unit (ONU) at the home.
Growth in multicore software parallelization drives Vector Fabrics to open US office
Vector Fabrics today announced the opening of a US office, their first regional office to be opened outside the Eindhoven, the Netherlands corporate headquarters. The new facility will provide local field application support for Vector Fabrics' family of multicore software parallelization tools across the United States in addition to sales support.
Meet TDK-Lambda’s next-generation power supplies at NEW 2012
TDK Corporation announces that it will showcase an extensive array of new and innovative TDK-Lambda products at this year's National Electronics Week. A full line-up of standard and configurable power AC-DC power supplies, DC-DC converters and programmable power supplies will be on display at the TDK-Lambda stand (Hall 2, Stand 134).
Fujitsu Technology Puts Big Data to Use in Minutes
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed new parallel distributed data processing technology that enables pools of big data as well as continuous inflows of new data to be efficiently processed and put to use within minutes.
ON Semiconductor to Jointly Develop Next Generation Star Tracker CMOS Image Sensor with the European Space Agency
ON Semiconductor today announced that the European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded it a joint development contract for the next generation star tracker CMOS Image Sensor (CIS), referred to as HAS3. Once developed and qualified, the High Accuracy Star Tracker 3 (HAS3) image sensor will expand the STAR family of radiation-tolerant CIS.
Fujitsu Develops Power Saving System Control Technology for Container Data Centers
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of a power conservation system control technology that reduces overall power consumption in container data centers by closely coordinating the operation of servers and air-conditioning (A/C) systems.
Eurotech: €1.2M order for Aurora HPC from German Research Centre Jülich
Eurotech announces that it has received a 1.2 million euro order from Forschungszentrum Jülich, one of the largest research centres in Europe, for supply of a HPC (High Performance Computing) system of the Aurora family. Delivery is scheduled to take place within this year.
PULS power supplies keep 2,000,000 LEDs shining brightly on the world’s largest clock
German power supply manufacturer PULS has supplied 1,000 high-efficiency DIN-rail power supplies to light 2,000,000 LEDs on the world’s largest clock.