SEATTLE -- With sales of the Xbox 360 gaming console expected to top 3 million in
the first three months after its launch, the EMS firms building the units are primed for a busy quarter.
The XBox 360 is scheduled to reach stores on Nov. 22. Microsoft said
yesterday said it expects to sell 2.75 million to 3 million units in
the first 90 days after the launch date.
METHUEN, MA -- Shareholders of flexible
circuit manufacturer Parlex Corp. today approved the sale of the company to Johnson Electric Holdings. The deal is expected to close this week.
NEEDHAM, MA – PTC, a supplier of product lifecycle management software,reported revenue of $195.1 million for the fourth
fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, 2005, up 15% from $170.1 million for
the same period last year.
DORSET, UK -- Speedprint Technology Ltd. and Tecan Stencils will sponsor a number of lead-free clinics at Productronica next week.
Presentations by Tony Welton of Tecan will cover Pb-free considerations for materials, stencils, soldering and
printing. The sessions will take place in
booth A4.121 the week of Nov. 14, in Munich.
Tecan also will offer a Lead-free Help Desk within Speedprint's booth.
Speedprint is a division of Blakell
Europlacer Group.
SAN JOSE -- The Semiconductor
Industry Association today applauded congressional action to
provide a significant increase in federal funding for the National
Science Foundation in 2006.
Congress appropriated $5.65 billion
for the NSF, an increase of 3.3% over last year.
PALO ALTO,
CA -- IPCore Technologies Corp., China's largest design
service company, has selected the Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC series for testing digital, mixed-signal and RF devices.
Agilent is also collaborating with IPCore on test-program and
load-board design.
"[We] found that the Agilent 93000 system
offered a scalable platform with the flexibility, accuracy and speed we
require," said Randy Cao, senior director of turnkey operations,
IPCore. "Agilent has demonstrated its strong commitment and support
capability to the high-end SOC test market in China."
Agilent has installed more than 1,000 9300 systems worldwide.