KLA-Tencor Corporation Board of Directors Authorizes an Additional 15 Million Share Repurchase
KLA-Tencor Corporation announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 15 million of the company’s outstanding shares. Subject to market conditions, the repurchase of these 15 million shares is expected to be completed within 15 months. This 15 million share repurchase authorization is in addition to previous authorizations. more...
STMicroelectronics Announces Further Advances in Corporate Responsibility During 2007
STMicroelectronics has announced the publication of the Company's 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report, which is available for download. The report, which covers all of ST's activities and sites in 2007, contains detailed indicators of the Company's performance across the full range of Social, Environmental, Health & Safety, and Corporate Governance issues and reaffirms ST's long-established commitment to serving its stakeholders with integrity, transparency and excellence. more...
Technical News
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LDK Provides an Update on Its Polysilicon Plant Construction Progress
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multi- crystalline solar wafers, held an equipment installation celebration ceremony for its 1,000 metric ton (MT) annualized capacity polysilicon plant in Xinyu, China on July 1, 2008. Chairman Xiaofeng Peng, Mayor Anze Li and other local Xinyu government dignitaries were present at the ceremony. more...
Samsung Electronics and Simplay Labs Launch the Simplay HD Self-Testing Pilot Program
Simplay Labs, LLC, the leading solutions provider of technologies, testing programs, development tools, and interoperability and performance design standards for the high-definition (HD) consumer electronics industry, today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC) will be implementing a pilot program of Simplay HD testing and verification at Samsung's facilities. more...
Press Releases
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SMSC Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
SMSC announced first quarter fiscal 2009 sales and revenues of $92.8 million, up 13.8% from $81.5 million in last fiscal year’s first quarter. On a GAAP basis, for the three months ended May 31, 2008, net income was $4.5 million, an increase of 39.9% or $1.3 million from the same period last year, and net income per diluted share was $0.20, up from $0.14 in the same period last year. more...
Analog Devices Sigma-Delta Converter is Unmatched in Speed and Resolution for Precision Sensing
Analog Devices, Inc. is enabling industrial equipment manufacturers to expand the operating speed and precision of sensitive measurement instruments with the introduction today of a sigma-delta ADC (analog-to-digital converter) that features the industry’s best combination of data rate and noise-free resolution. more...
Using state-of-the-art, patented laser technology, the Lighthouse REMOTE 1100 line of laser particle counters provides a sensitivity of 0.10 micron and a high flow rate of 1.0 CFM (28.3 LPM).
Designed with reliability and quality in mind, the REMOTE 1100 line features the long-life Enhanced Active Cavity Laser technology that provides higher power, purged optics, a better signal to noise ratio, and requires less maintenance than conventional laser-based particle counters.
