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Federal District Court in Dallas ruled that LSI Logic Corporation, along with two other California defendants, did not infringe on Texas Instruments' patents on the plastic encapsulation of semiconductors. This decision set aside a jury verdict that had initially favored Texas Instruments, resulting in the $14.6 million damage
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Harris Corporation, a leader in providing technology to the government and private sectors, has announced a significant increase in its quarterly dividend. This move reflects the company's confidence in its financial performance and its commitment to enhancing shareholder value. The dividend increase, from 31 cents to 34 cents
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Cirrus Logic Inc. has launched its World Wide Web home page, offering technical and corporate information to a wide range of users. The website, accessible at http://www.cirrus.com/, is designed to be highly interactive and user-friendly, providing timely information about the company and its rapidly growing product portfolio.
Semiconductor industry
Siemens U.S. business units reported a 4% increase in sales to $5.4 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 1994/95, up from $5.2 billion in the corresponding 1993/94 period. This growth reflects the performance of all Siemens U.S. businesses, excluding revenues from Siemens
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Edward R. McCracken, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc., has been elected to the Board of Directors of National Semiconductor Corporation. McCracken's election brings a unique combination of technical and managerial expertise to the board, particularly in the emerging multimedia marketplace. As
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and Sony Corporation have been jointly recognized with the 1995 MITI Minister's Award for their collaborative development of a single-chip solution for digital cordless telephones. This award signifies the importance of design-in activities and promotes the sales of foreign-based semiconductors in the Japanese market.
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Sierra Semiconductor Corporation and DSP Group, Inc. have signed a licensing agreement for DSP Group's speech compression software, TrueSpeech. The agreement allows Sierra to use TrueSpeech in their high-speed modem solutions for Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD) applications. DSVD enables users to talk interactively and share computer
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The semiconductor and computer industry is experiencing robust growth, with embedded high-end microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs) leading the charge. According to In-Stat, a premier market research company, total high-end embedded processor shipments surpassed those for personal computers (PCs) and workstations (WSs) by 2.8 times in 1994, with 173.
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California has taken a significant step towards reducing pollution and promoting energy efficiency with the announcement of $1.7 million in grants for five state companies that have developed innovative technologies to save energy, cut pollution, and encourage recycling. The U.S. Department of Energy's NICE3 program, which
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Power Spectra Inc. has announced significant breakthroughs in its BASS and PSIristor product lines, which have proven indispensable in both offensive and defensive Information Warfare applications, a key area of development initiated by the US Department of Defense following the Gulf War. Michael Gamble, Power Spectra's President and
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Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced that it has been selected by AT&T's Network Systems to receive the 1994 "Supplier Excellence" award for the second year in a row. This prestigious award is presented annually to a select group of vendors that exceed criteria established for
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Sunrise Test Systems Inc., a Viewlogic Company, has announced that Austria Mikro Systeme International (AMS) has adopted Sunrise's suite of tools for the support of AMS's ASIC design activities, as well as for internal ASSP designs. The selection of Sunrise's tools was based on
