Archive for July, 2008

Making LCD TV and Solar Cell Production Environmentally Friendly (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

MUNICH, Germany—-The technology company The Linde Group offers a unique solution to replace the powerful greenhouse gas nitrogen trifluoride used in the production of LCDs and solar panels.

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 7th Mar 2008 21:40 UTC (OS News)

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

A few days ago the news that Pioneer, manufacturer of some of the best TV sets ever made, hit the net that they will cease manufacturing of their plasma panels.

Youngtek expects LCD driver IC testing demand to recover (Digi Times)

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Youngtek Electronics anticipates an increase in overall utilization rate from growing mixed-signal and logic IC orders, as well as recovering demand from LCD driver ICs in the third quarter, according to company executives during a July 11 investors conference.

Power Integrations Expands TOPSwitch(R)-HX Family of Offline Switcher ICs, Enables Extremely Compact and Lightweight … (Finanzen.net)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Power Integrations (Nasdaq:POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced a new, ultra-low-profile package for its popular TOPSwitch-HX family of AC-DC power conversion ICs. This …

Avocent Reports Record Second Quarter Revenue of $159.2 Million and Provides Third Quarter Outlook (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—-Avocent Corporation today reported record second quarter revenue of $159.2 million, an increase of 6% compared with the second quarter of 2007.

Digital Storage Oscilloscope features 60 MHz bandwidth. (ThomasNet)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Measuring 12.2 x 10.6 x 5.8 in., Model 2534 weighs 8 lb, and comes with analog-style knobs/controls and PC software that can be used to capture, save, and analyze waveforms and measurement results. It has triggering, digital filtering, waveform recorder, delayed sweep/zoom, mask testing, automatic measurements, and FFT functions to debug circuits. Features include 400 MS/sec sample rate, 4,000 …

BW)(AZ-ON-SEMICONDUCTOR-CORP)(ONNN.NASDAQ)(CATS.NASDAQ) ON Semiconductor to Acquire Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. in an … (INO News)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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ON Semiconductor to Acquire Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. in an All-Stock Transaction (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

PHOENIX, & SANTA CLARA, Calif.—-ON Semiconductor Corporation and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor by ON Semiconductor in an all-stock transaction in which Catalyst shareholders will receive 0.706 shares of ON Semiconductor common stock for each share of Catalyst common stock they …

Panasonic Upgrades Semi-Rugged Mobile PCs (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

InformationWeek - The Toughbook CF-52 and CF-74 will include more storage capacity, faster wireless connections, and Intel’s latest platform for mobile PCs.

Making LCD TV and Solar Cell Production Environmentally Friendly (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, July 18th, 2008

MUNICH, Germany—-The technology company The Linde Group offers a unique solution to replace the powerful greenhouse gas nitrogen trifluoride used in the production of LCDs and solar panels.