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Fairchild Semiconductor’s Next Generation DrMOS Delivers Over 92 Percent Peak Efficiency in the Industry’s Sma

San Jose, California – September 30, 2008 – Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) introduces XS™ DrMOS, the industry’s first high-performance . .

TI introduces lowest power video amplifiers for component and composite SDTV in consumer applications

DALLAS (Sept. 30, 2008) - To help manufacturers design energy-efficient consumer electronics, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced . .

Taiyo Yuden’s New EIA-0201-Size Multilayer Ferrite Chip Beads Offer 64% Smaller Surface Area Vs. Previous Devi

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-September 30, 2008-TAIYO YUDEN (U.S.A.) INC. announces the BKP0603 series of 0.6 x 0.3 x 0.3mm multilayer ferrite . .

Zilog Introduces Encore! 32 Series Microcontroller for Control, Connectivity and Security Embedded Application

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2008 – Building on its heritage of embedded microcontroller innovation, Zilog, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZILG) . .

MEMS Accelerometer from STMicroelectronics Boosts Price-Performance for Automotive Systems and Industrial Appl

Geneva, October 01,2008 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in MEMS, has introduced its first automotive-qualified three-axis MEMS . .

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SemiApps.com, our three-year old semiconductor applications-based Web site, has been given an exciting new look and feel. We’ve added . .

How we can loosen the grip of big oil

Unless you’ve been living detached from the grid in the middle of the desert, you know about the diminishing . .

National Instruments Extends Environmental Monitoring Capabilities in LabVIEW With a New Instrument Driver

NEWS RELEASE – Sept. 16, 2008 – National Instruments today announced the release of a new instrument driver that . .

Atmel’s 6-channel touch controller with integral LED driver adds reliability and cuts component count

Southampton, UK, September 15, 2008…Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the AT42QT1060, a touch control chip that integrates 6 . .