01/07/2005 (January 07, 2005) Scottsdale, Ariz.—China's IC market is forecast to grow 11% to $34.3 billion in 2005, making it the largest regional IC market in the world according to IC Insights' recent McClean Report 2005.
01/07/2005 The filtration industry recorded 21 M&A transactions in 2004, up 300 percent from the seven deals posted in 2003 and a record number for the last decade, according to a new report by Robert W. Baird & Co.(Baird).
01/07/2005 Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) announces that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released ISO Standard 14644-7, Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments-Part 7: Separative devices (clean air hoods, gloveboxes, isolators, and minienvironments).
01/07/2005 (January 07, 2005) Fremont, Calif.—Aehr Test Systems, a supplier of semiconductor test and burn-in equipment, says that its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 ended November 30, 2004 were in line with expectations. Net sales increased 33% in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 to $4.8 million, compared with $3.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.
01/07/2005 January 6, 2005 - National Semiconductor Corp. announced it has initiated a global program to reduce expenses, part of which will affect approximately 550 people, most of whom work in National's manufacturing plants in the US, Europe, and Asia. The program will also streamline manufacturing operations in line with the current utilization of National's factories, and adjust factory levels required to support its ongoing higher value-added analog business model.
01/07/2005 For an investor searching for the most likely beneficiaries of micro- and nanotechnology development, choosing companies is difficult. Should the investor focus on material suppliers, process enablers, manufacturing companies, IP powerhouses or the producers of “micro- and nano-refined” end products?
01/06/2005 (January 06, 2005) Santa Clara, Calif.—National Semiconductor Corp. is initiating a global program to reduce expenses, streamline manufacturing operations in line with the current utilization of National's factories, and adjust factory levels required to support its ongoing higher value-added analog business model. These actions will affect approximately 550 people, most of whom work in National's manufacturing plants in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
01/05/2005 (January 05, 2005) Santa Clara, Calif. — National Semiconductor announces the first in a new family of multi-functional, dynamically programmable products for powering advanced application and communication processors based on ARM technology, including Intel's XScale processor family. National's new single-chip, flexible power management unit (FlexPMU) features 12 integrated power domains for reduced board space and increased efficiency.
