Parts & Electronic Components News 2008

April 26, 2008

Frost: Asia Is Outsourcing Destination for Power Semiconductor Packaging

According to Frost & Sullivan, the trend to outsource packaging requirements to Asia is growing among power semiconductor manufacturers, due to declining profit margins and escalating competition.... more

April 26, 2008

ABI: Cellular/3G Decline Will Negatively Impact RF Power Semiconductor Device Market

According to ABI Research, the radio frequency (RF) power semiconductor device market below 4 GHz is composed of six major segments.... more

April 25, 2008

Frost: Need to Reduce Aircraft Operating Costs Drives Growth of Asia-Pacific PMA Parts Market

While the growth of air travel in Asia-Pacific is encouraging airlines to expand their fleets, constant hikes in jet fuel prices are adversely impacting their operating costs. ... more

April 03, 2008

Fujitsu to Release 7200 RPM 320 GB 2.5 Inch Hard Disk Drive for High-Performance PCs

Fujitsu Ltd. announced its new MHZ2 BJ series of 2.5 inch hard disk drives that feature a rotational speed of 7200 RPM and capacities up to 320 GB. ... more

April 03, 2008

Altera Offers M164 Package for Cyclone III FPGAs for Use in Power-, Space-Sensitive Applications

Altera Corp. announced the availability of its new 8 by 8 mm2 packaging (M164) for its family of 65 nanometer (nm) Cyclone III field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). ... more

April 03, 2008

Pericom Offers One-Chip PCIe to UART Serial Bridge Family for PDA, GPS

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. added a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) serial bridge (SBridge) product family offering a one-chip tool for the central processing unit (CPU) to universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) input/output (I/O) market. ... more