Vicor Corporation unveiled its new IBC Power Simulation tool, which the company says is an industry-first online simulation capability that enables power system designers to interactively model the electrical and thermal performance of intermediate bus converters in application-specific operating conditions and thermal environments. Available to users via Vicor’s PowerBench™ online design center, Vicor’s IBC Power […]
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Advanced Energy Announces Fourth Quarter Results
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. The company posted fourth quarter sales of $112.5 million compared to $148.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $128.5 million in the third quarter of 2011. Loss from continuing operations was $2.6 million or $0.06 per diluted share. […]
Blue Spark Technologies Opens Battery Printing and Assembly Facility
Blue Spark Technologies announced it has opened a new high-volume printing and production facility located in West Bend, Wisconsin. The new facility extends Blue Spark’s capability to produce large volumes of its line of disposable, flexible carbon zinc batteries to meet growing demand for printed electronics that power innovations in commercial and industrial packaging. Blue […]
Ener1 Files for Bankruptcy
Ener1, the parent company of EnerDel, an electric car battery manufacturer that received a $118 million grant from the Obama administration has filed for bankruptcy protection. Alex Sorokin, the CEO for Ener1, said the company suffered when demand for the batteries dropped as fewer Americans than expected opted for electric cars. “This was a difficult, […]
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited reported financial results that are prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended December 31, 2011. The results for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended December 31, 2011 are as follows: SOURCE
Micrel Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year-End Financial Results
Micrel, Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011. Fourth quarter revenues of $58.8 million decreased by $5.5 million, or 8.5 percent, from $64.2 million in the third quarter of 2011. The sequential decrease in revenues was primarily due to lower demand across the Company’s product lines. Compared […]
MagnaChip to Acquire IGBT Manufacturer Dawin Electronics
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. announced that its Korean subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dawin Electronics Co. Ltd., a privately held semiconductor company that designs and manufactures Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), Fast Recovery Diode (FRD) and MOSFET modules. Dawin Electronics is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea, and has sales offices in China […]
Maxim Reports Financial Results
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. reported net revenue of $591 million for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended December 31, 2011, a 7% decrease from the record $636 million revenue recorded in the prior quarter. Tunc Doluca, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our customers maintained a cautious outlook during the December quarter and continued to […]
Microsemi Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
Microsemi Corp. reported unaudited results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2012 ended Jan. 1, 2012. Net sales for Microsemi’s first quarter of 2012 achieved a record $240.9 million, up 30.7 percent from the first quarter of 2011 and up 6.0 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011. These results include a partial quarter […]
ITU Approves G3-PLC as a New Worldwide Smart Grid Standard
Maxim Integrated Products announced that its G3-PLC™ protocol has been approved by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a new low-frequency, OFDM-based narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) standard. In partnership with Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) and Sagemcom, Maxim developed the G3-PLC specification to promote open-endedness and interoperability among smart grid implementations. Currently, the G3-PLC is […]