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<<the core tech. has been patent pending for a year or so with no challenges.>>
Challengers (competitors or others who think that a current patent or technology may infringe on an existing patent or other technology) would typically not make any challenges (or even be in a position to do so) until after the subsequent patent was issued and after the "new" product or technology began infringing. Since the patent application is not public, others are not aware of the claims and other details of the patent until the patent issues.
That does not mean that there are or may be valid claims against or challenges to the patent (if it issues) or to the technology, just that there is no way to currently tell. The passage of time while the patent application is pending means nothing to anything other than that it is likely closer to a grant-deny decision on the application than it was when it was filed.
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OT....
Had they been playing we would have lost. No one could oe would have kept their eyes on the ball.
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<<am i the only one not knowing what a FSU is?>>
I suppose it depends on your coast. On the east coast (and for most of the country), it is likely Florida State University. On the west coast, it could be Fresno State University. On the jail thread or on more seedy internet subscription only pages, it could mean frolicking with (or something similar) some undergraduates. I'll leave anything else to others' imaginations.
As for the Texans, America's team (cough, choke, gag) gets to play second fiddle, take a back seat, and be seen in the I-45 rear view mirror for at least a year. The overrated hype was exposed as the cowboys got bucked off the bulls. A sign in the stands said it all: "1-15 is okay. Just make the 1 tonight."
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The brick on my home is a dark red. The sprinklers in the flower beds have sprayed water onto the brick as well as into the flower beds. This, of course, has caused minerals from the water to stain the brick -- producing semicircular whitish stains on the brick.
Does anyone have any idea how to remove the stains? I have already (unsuccessfully) tried a commercial product containing hydrochloric and sulfuric acid -- by itself and in combination with professional power washing equipment.
If I am unable to remove the stains, my next thought for a remedy is to try and restain the brick to match its natural color -- or at least get close enough where it does not look as bad as the water stains.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
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<<GO Texas Longhorns & Dallas Cowboys!!!>>
How 'bout them Texans!!!!
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Something does not seem right with this report.
It is highly unlikely that it has been "advertised," unless there is a distribution agreement and it is unlikely that there is a distribution agreement since NVEI has not reported one; it would clearly be a material event. It is highly unlikely that NVEI would not have publicly disclosed it if there was a distribution agreement. A distribution agreement would be meat, not fluff.
Although it was passed on as a news story, a true "news" report seems even stranger. What is newsworthy about a movie that has no present, meaningful ability to be shown, i.e., no distribution agreement? It is unlikely (at least NVEI shareholders better hope so) that the JV is planning on putting it is theaters on its own without a meaningful distribution agreement. So, without a distribution agreement, how could it reasonably be reported as "coming soon?"
If this was a "news" item and there is no distribution agreement, then this seems, IMO, like the same kind of "we need to drum up interest where there isn't already enough" news item as the last NVEI press release about SIL.
The "friends" indication for MSFT also likely seems like fluff. If it was a material event, you can sure bet it would have been included in a press release if not a filing.
The only thing, IMO, that is meaningful as far as SIL is concerned is a distribution agreement; everything else is fluff. Although most folks probably figured that "the end of summer" meant the end of August, giving NVEI the benefit of the doubt that it meant 9-15 or so, that date is coming soon with little indication that a distribution agreement is imminent.
NVEI really needs SIL to be more than speculatively "coming soon." A meaningful distribution agreement would go a long way towards creating some objectively reasonable trust and quelling some lingering suspicion.
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This old saying seems pretty appropriate to much here:
Those who claim not to want to get into a pissing match are usually standing in yellow snow.
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Wow -- here is a rare event.
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=17929344
Edit: now there is someone who deserves to be grandfathered.
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This is not exactly a compliment, but seems pretty funny, in a back handed sort of way.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=5343
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<<Bob fixed that a little while ago. That is why it is now unnecessary to do any longer.>>
What was fixed and what is unnecessary? In the quote box on the profile page, a single apostrophe still shows up as a dual apostrophe. That is the problem I am trying to solve -- and it does still exist.
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This may be a silly question, but here goes.
The profile edit page contains the instruction:
"[To put an apostrophe in your signature, use two apostrophes next to each other(eg. Don''t) It will show up as one apostrophe.]"
I figured that this had to explain why using one apostrophe in the Quote field produced a " mark. It did not explain or fix it. Instead, when adding two apostrophes, I ended up with "" rather than one apostrophe.
I don't (and that is with one apostrophe) really care why one apostrophe produces two apostrophes, (even if I did care, I would probably not understand), but I would like to know how to simply get one simple apostrophe.
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PS - I never realized how much I hated typing the word apostrophe; my fingers just can't (again with one apostrophe) get the letters in the right order. I would much rather just use one keystroke for '.
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<<NV Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of New Visual Corporation (NVEI) today announced that Step into Liquid is being currently prepared for worldwide distribution. >>
This is news??? If it is, it is very old news. Haven't they been doing this ("prepared for worldwide distribution") for months? A distribution agreement would be news: this is hype.
<<Ray Willenberg, Jr., president of NV Entertainment, Inc., and co-executive producer said, "We feel the rich cinematography and quality production, combined with the growing worldwide interest in surfing, gives Step Into Liquid a rare market opportunity.">>
Could the "rare market opportunity" be read as trying to create some press in order to get a distribution agreement that has not been obtainable so far? If the market opportunity is so rare (as in good presumably), one has to wonder why there is not yet a distribution agreement.
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<<The bottom is much more intense -- it has a much stronger power of expression than the hand in my experience>>
That sounds like how my wife describes some of the gaseous expulsions (or perhaps more accurately explosions) that escape from mine.....
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PS -- glad that was posted in the jailhouse.....
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Makes sense now. Thanks.
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<<Why are you guys posting this early in the morning?>>
My sleep schedule got screwed up Thursday night when this catastrophe happened during the day Thursday. Called it a night Friday a.m. about 4. Managed about 3 hours sleep since I had to be up and in federal court Friday a.m. Did not leave the office Friday p.m. (actually Saturday a.m.) until about 3. Then slept till noon on Saturday, with an additional nap from 4-6 p.m. Saturday. Finally hit the hay this a.m. at around 5 and managed to drag my arse back up around 10 to try and get the sleep schedule headed back in the right direction.
No naps today and hopefully a semi-normal bedtime.
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<<On your server, can you get a floppy boot with HD1 only in place? (with HD2 and HD3 out of the server.)>>
I have not tried this, but I will.
<<Assuming you have a virus scanning programs, have you tried the emergency boot disks from the program?>>
We do have virus software, but since I did not personally install it I do not have the emergency boot disks. I will have to wait until Tuesday for those.
<<Setup your Network from the new Hard Drive so that you are operational for business on Tuesday morning.>.
We are currently operational by using HD2 (the RAID mirrored drive with limited files copied from HD3).
However, unless we can recover some or all of the data from HD1, we will have lost about 80% of the last two years worth of work.
Thanks for the response and for passing it on.
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<<Sure sounds viral to me.
It did to me too. However, aside from the PC that has a worthless hard drive right now, I checked all of the other machines (and the server) and ruled viruses out -- unless the virus executes and then destroys itself so it cannot be detected and is not detectable by the PC-cillin software, both of which I seriously doubt.
I did not try FDISK. I will do that next. Heck, it took me a while to remember how to create a boot disk -- it has been so long since I either needed one or had to create one. It finally came to me, but it was one of those, "crap, I knew how to do this once" moments.
Thanks for thinking about my predicament.
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Fellow night owl(s).......
I have a mega problem and hope someone can provide some possible clues.
My office server runs Win2000 Server with a P-III 1.0. It serves about 10 PC's (all running Win98). On Thursday, a non-employee was at one of the machines. She downloaded and then installed (all seriously unauthorized) what I am told was VPN software. I do not know the specifics. During the installation (which she told me (not much credibility) was to the local c drive and not to any of the network drives) two very bad things happened. First, the machine she was at crapped out -- it shut down and would not reboot. I created a boot disk on another machine and was able to get it to boot to an a prompt, but could never get it to a c prompt. The BIOS recognizes that the hard drive exists, but that is as far as it goes. My gut guess is that whatever she was doing destroyed the FAT. But, there is virtually nothing on this machine that is not easily replaceable.
The more important problem is the server. At the same time that the local PC was crapping out, every file on the server (on all of the partitioned drives) disappeared. The file structure remained, but the files were gone. In case this is not clear, all of the directories and subdirectories in all of the partitioned drives still exist, but there are no files in any of the directories or subdirectories.
The server is set up with 3 hard disks (I will call them 1, 2 and 3). The first two are mirrored with a RAID controller. The third was for manual backups. Each disk is partitioned into multiple drives.
After the problem arose, I eventually attempted to reboot the server without making any physical changes to the disk alignment without any success. I was ultimately able to get the server to reboot by removing HD 1 and moving HD 2 into the HD 1 bay (they are all removable hard drives which makes the process much easier).
In the course of attempting to recover all of our data from HD 3, we learned that there had been a glitch in the software used to copy from HD1 to HD3 and that only about 20% of our data from the last two years had been copied to HD3.
Thus, it is now very critical that we try and understand what happened to HD 1 and 2 so that we can hopefully recover at least the majority of our data from it.
Once I moved HD 2 into HD 1 bay and got the network back up, I copied what was on HD 3 onto HD 1 so that we at least had some data -- albeit only about 20%.
Later, I ran an undelete program on HD 2 and found nothing. While this could have been caused (in part) by the overwriting taking place when I copied data from HD 3 to HD 2, I think it is unlikely that nothing on HD 2 would have remained.
I have tried to reinsert HD 1 into bays 2 and 3 and have not been able to get the machine to complete a boot up with HD 1 in the machine.
I am at a loss to understand the cause of what has happened and am out of idea on how to proceed to potentially fix it.
We have lost 80% of our data for the past two years -- business and financial. All help is appreciated in advance.
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I have a mega problem and hope someone can provide some possible clues.
My office server runs Win2000 Server with a P-III 1.0. It serves about 10 workstations (all running Win98). On Thursday, a non-employee was at one of the machines. She downloaded and then installed what I am told was VPN software. I do not know the specifics. During the installation (which she told me (not much credibility) was to the local c drive and not to any of the network drives) two very bad things happened. First, the machine she was at crapped out -- it shut down and would not reboot. I created a boot disk on another machine and was able to get it to boot to an a prompt, but could never get it to a c prompt. The BIOS recognizes that the hard drive exists, but that is as far as it goes. My gut guess is that whatever she was doing destroyed the FAT. But, there is virtually nothing on this machine that is not easily replaceable.
The more important problem is the server. At the same time that the local PC was crapping out, every file on the server (on all of the partitioned drives) disappeared. The file structure remained, but the files were gone. In case this is not clear, all of the directories and subdirectories in all of the partitioned drives still exist, but there are no files in any of the directories or subdirectories.
The server is set up with 3 hard disks (I will call them 1, 2 and 3). The first two are mirrored with a RAID controller. The third was for manual backups. Each disk is partitioned into multiple drives.
After the problem arose, I eventually attempted to reboot the server without making any physical changes to the disk alignment without any success. I was ultimately able to get the server to reboot by removing HD 1 and moving HD 2 into the HD 1 bay (they are all removable hard drives which makes the process much easier).
In the course of attempting to recover all of our data from HD 3, we learned that there had been a glitch in the software used to copy from HD1 to HD3 and that only about 20% of our data from the last two years had been copied to HD3.
Thus, it is now very critical that we try and understand what happened to HD 1 and 2 so that we can hopefully recover at least the majority of our data from it.
Once I moved HD 2 into HD 1 bay and got the network back up, I copied what was on HD 3 onto HD 1 so that we at least had some data -- albeit only about 20%.
Later, I ran an undelete program on HD 2 and found nothing. While this could have been caused (in part) by the overwriting taking place when I copied data from HD 3 to HD 2, I think it is unlikely that nothing on HD 2 would have remained.
I have tried to reinsert HD 1 into bays 2 and 3 and have not been able to get the machine to complete a boot up with HD 1 in the machine.
I am at a loss to understand the cause of what has happened and am out of idea on how to proceed to potentially fix it.
We have lost 80% of our data for the past two years -- business and financial. All help is appreciated in advance.
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FWIW, have been getting a lot (at least a half dozen) of this error message tonight when simply hitting next....
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01fb'
An exception occurred: 'execute'
/boards/read_msg.asp, line 11
Backing up and trying again has cured it in all instances, but thought you might like to know.
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Here is a current research note from CSFB regarding VSH, SILI's parent.
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC. (VSH: $25) 05/22/02
Highlights from Vishay (Siliconix) Plant Tour in CA
Annual EPS Prev. EPS
12/03E 1.80
12/02E 0.65
12/01A 0.89
Rating: BUY 12-Mo. Target: $36
Yesterday, we met w/plant mgr of Siliconix (80% owned by VSH and 20% of VSH's total revs), a maker of pwr & analog semi products for pwr mgnt and conversion applications.
Our visit gave further support to our investment thesis on VSH that due to the growing exposure to its highly value-added and higher-margin discrete semi biz (57% of 1Q02 total revs), VSH should be first amongst its peers to bounce off bottom & experience strongest GM expansion.
Key takeaways: 1) Seq Booking Trends Continue – We believe Siliconix (SILI-$33.23-NR) is continuing to experience seq improvement from 1Q02 based upon increasing booking trends throughout April & May, as well as expanding lead times (at 8-10 wks up from 7-8 wks in 1Q02). Also, mgmt indicated current orders being placed are fulfilling short-term forecasts rather than custs building inventory for future long-term consumption.
2) End Demand – End markets which continue to drive seq bookings improvement include consumer (29% of revs – i.e., Sony PS2 (SNE-$58.05-NR)), computers (28% - i.e., laptops) and auto (6%). Mgnt indicated wireless handsets (22% of revs) are beginning to experience improvement across all geogs.
3) Capacity Utilization – Capacity utilization is currently operating at 70-75% which, going forward, we believe could result in mitigating ASP decline (-3% seq in 1Q02) and improving gross margins (at 29% in 1Q02).
4) New Product Introduction – Siliconix is on pace to introduce 140 new products this year (up 8% from 130 new products introduced in 2001). Typically, new products introduced in last 2 years represent 25-30% of total revs. We reiterate our Buy rating on shares of Vishay.
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SILI is a decent company. The only negative is the significant VSH ownership.
SILI has moved nicely lately and has broken out from a well formed base in the 30ish range. It is nearing a 52 week high.
Profits, profits, profits, and no debt make for more profits.
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VTSS and others have moved nicely. If ifs and buts..... I wish I had one of those crystal balls, too. <g I could leave the day job behind.
It does look like (most) all of the semis have made very nice moves from seriously depressed prices.
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Actually, I bet some folks (not me) would pay to have their alias featured on a prominent list. This could be a revenue source for you.
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A better list than all members may be a list of all members who have posted in the last 30-60 days. It would eliminate some of the dead grandfathers.
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This has been a very good discussion. I see it developing as three potential options:
1. End of day -- open, close, high, low, volume, etc.
2. Delayed quotes like SI (and many others).
3. Real time and streaming quotes.
As to option 1, is there any (meaningful) out of pocket cost involved? (I understand that at some times any expense is a meaningful expense.)
As to all of the options, one of the things that makes this discussion difficult is we (or at least I) do not know what price tags we are talking about. Can I get delayed quotes (and even real time quotes) lots of places for free? You bet. Would I be willing to pay something to IHUB for the convenience of seeing them here? It depends on how much. Would I be willing to pay "something" for the convenience? Yes, but frankly, I do not know what the something is. Would I pay $10 a month? Not a chance. Would I cut loose of $20-$25 a year for the convenience? Probably. Would enough people do that to make it at least a break even out of pocket proposition for IHUB? I don't have any idea.
Would I be willing to pay for real time quotes on IHUB? That also depends on how much. The price stamping of posts, especially with RT prices, is an incredibly intriguing idea and would be a true value added feature.
Perhaps, someone could post how the services that provide delayed or real time quotes charge message boards for them. For example, if the delayed quotes for everything on IHUB only cost $100 a month, I suspect that you would have little trouble recouping it and making some money off of it. On the other hand, if delayed quotes cost $1,000 a month, then this entire discussion may be purely academic.
Even if quotes are economically viable, someone made a very valid point that it still may not (at this time) be the best business decision for IHUB given the time resources that Bob would have to allocate to setting up quotes rather than developing or tweaking other things. Sometimes, it is better to do a few things very well than do a lot of things only marginally. These decisions, of course, are internal IHUB business decisions.
It is encouraging to see the openness to discussing possibilities. But, in order for this discussion to progress meaningfully, I think we need some bottom line, "here is what it would cost per person and we would need at least this many."
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<<would also apply to me, therefore my response.>>
While I am not aware of the history between you and Bob (although it sure seems like it is probably colorful), I did see the last little exchange. I know nothing of it and my comments were not directed at you, even implicitly. There are HUGE differences, IMO, between the tenor of your linked post and JM's post(s).
<<What I disagree with is an uneven enforcement or worse "creating special rules just to boot you".>>
I do not think that most (myself included) would disagree that uneven enforcement of the TOU is not desirable. In a perfect world, the TOU would be crystal clear, not at all subject to interpretation, and objectively applied. But, as we both know, it ain't a perfect world. Everything is a matter of perspective and TOU enforcement is no different. As to the special rules, I agree with you: but that was intended tongue in cheek.
<<Granted, JM is taxing the spit take meter almost every time he posts.>>
We agree on a lot. <g>
<<While you're playing crusader for removing folks from IH...>>
Ah, something we disagree on. I am taking no such role. I have expressed no view about whether JM or anyone else should stay or go -- it ain't my place to do that. I have said, rightfully I think, that there is more than enough objective justification to do so if they chose to do so and that he seems to constantly be daring them to do it. That he may not be as bad or offensive as someone or anyone else begs the question and was not my point -- expressed or implied.
As to cursing, and this is just my personal opinion, it really depends on how it is used and directed. For example, using the f word in "He is a stupid mother f..." is inappropriate on any thread. On the other hand, saying "what the f..." is probably not going to get you in serious trouble on all but the tightest threads. Again, IMO, a matter of perspective in where and how it is used. But, by way of further example, just because Matt may have agreed to allow unlimited cursing and flaming on this thread (and I do not know that he has) does not mean that he has agreed to wholly abandon the TOU on this thread. Being given an inch doth not entitle the receiver to a mile.
<<will you be taking on the stalkers, the hypemiesters and hardcore bashers as well?>>
Only if they are in far more trouble than for a few poorly chosen words on an internet message board -- and have paid the very heavy freight for me to take them on.
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<<Matt, I just want you to know that I will not have my thoughts, opinions, and language censored on this thread.>>
If you wanted just him to know, you would have PM'd it.
Uh, (with expression of utter amazement on my face) unless I am confused about who owns and runs this site, you (like the rest of us) will get your "thoughts, opinions, and language censored" (your words not mine) any place Matt or Bob decide to do so.
Just because they let you use language on this thread that would get you booted on other threads, just because they let you attack people on this thread in ways that would get you booted on other threads, and just because they relax the civility rules on this thread does not mean that there are no rules and that only mayhem will rule at whatever level and by whatever standard you chose.
Under your vision (I started to call it a theory, but most theories have at least some arguable basis and your position does not), you could have 50 different handles and so long as you only used them here, you would be exempt from any sanction.
Knock-knock. Anyone home? Reality check time.... You do not set (much less dictate like that) ANY policy on IHub. Reality check times two: although there was nothing that I saw that was changed just to get you in trouble (which, frankly, sounds a little like "mommy he looked at me wrong....waaaaa"), you would be SOL if they chose to do so. Frankly, your behavior has convinced a lot of people here that they would be fully justified in creating special rules just to boot you.
I suspect that even if it was a free-for-all on this thread, it would not be a free-for-you given your history. Your last two posts on this thread appear to be nothing more than attempts to do nothing other than anger others and to force others to confront you publicly.
<<BTW, Stock discussion will begin May 20th.>>
Given your last two posts it may be a bit presumptuous of you to assume or think you will still be able to do so here on May 20th.
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<<Real, or even delayed-time quotes, are of interest to traders, but not investors.>>
I strongly disagree. There are a number of companies that I keep an eye on that I am not invested in. But just because I am not currently invested in them does not mean that their price is irrelevant to me or anyone else. Even stocks that I am invested in (by your definition) may present additional buying opportunities for a variety of reasons. Having quotes appear on a page is a matter of convenience. IMO, it has little to nothing to do with whether one is an investor or a trader.
On the other hand, we agree (I think) that a day or short term trader must have real time quotes -- at least if they want to remain a trader for very long. An investor, as a matter of convenience, is happy with delayed quotes, or even just daily open, close, high and low (the newspaper type info).
You are right that it is not difficult to simply go to some other site and get the information. It is especially easy on AOL. But, that is the point -- one should not need to leave the site for very basic information related to the subject. Other sites offer the service, in part, to attract people. Some of the attracted folks, upon finding the other service, will remain there and not come back to the place they had to leave to get the basic information.
Just because you are a shoe store does not mean you cannot offer laces as well. In my view, basic stock price data is as essential as the laces in a shoe: the shoe is useable and wearable without them, but it is sure a lot more comfortable with them.
<<But having quotes on board is really catering to the kind of members Matt and Bob are saying they want to morph away from.>>
I'll let them speak for themselves, but I did not understand or perceive their views on it in quite the same way or as broadly as I think you have.
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<<Along with portfolios, if I would un-cheapskate enough to make it possible, I'd like quotes to go with each board. Also if I can get past the reluctance to dilute "What we do".>>
I cannot tell you how many times I have scrolled down to the bottom of a page looking for a quote -- just something that I (and I suspect others) got very used to at SI. It is an information habit that is difficult to break. Of course, the information is available lots of other places, but it takes me away form here to find it.
Real time is always nice, but delayed for the boards is all that is really necessary, IMO.
I absolutely do not think that quotes would in any way dilute anything that you do. Of course, the financial dilution may be another story and I (and I suspect most others) have no idea of the costs associated with making quotes available. Something tells me it is a bit more than just a few bucks a month.
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New products....
Siliconix Launches Record-Breaking Chipscale MOSFET and Analog Switch: Devices are Industry's First Rated for 1.8-V Operation
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002--Siliconix incorporated (Nasdaq:SILI), an 80.4 percent-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (NYSE:VSH), Wednesday launched three new chipscale MICRO FOOT devices, including the industry's first 12-V chipscale MOSFET and the industry's first chipscale MOSFET and analog switch rated for operation at 1.8 V.
The new Vishay Siliconix MICRO FOOT devices use a solder bump process along with proprietary techniques developed at Siliconix to eliminate the need for an outer package to encase the power MOSFET die, greatly reducing the size of the devices required to switch power and analog signals in cell phones and other handheld electronic systems.
New MICRO FOOT Power MOSFETs
Measuring just 1.6 mm by 1.6 mm with a 0.65-mm height profile, the new single p-channel Si8405DB MICRO FOOT power MOSFET is the industry's first such device with a 12-V breakdown voltage and the industry's first chipscale MOSFET rated for operation at a -1.8-V gate drive.
On-resistance specifications are the lowest ever recorded for any chipscale MOSFET as well, ranging from 55 milliohms at a -4.5-V gate drive to 90 milliohms at -1.8 V.
For applications where a higher breakdown voltage is needed, Siliconix offers the MICRO FOOT Si8401DB, a single p-channel device with a drain-to-source voltage of 20 V and maximum on-resistance of 65 milliohms at a -4.5-V gate drive or 95 milliohms at a -2.5-V gate drive.
Direct links to product data sheets:
http://www.vishay.com/document/71674/71674.pdf (Si8401DB MOSFET)
http://www.vishay.com/document/71814/71814.pdf (Si8405DB MOSFET)
New MICRO FOOT Analog Switch
The industry's first chipscale analog switch rated for operation at 1.8 V is the new Vishay Siliconix DG3000. This new MICRO FOOT device, measuring 1.07 mm by 1.57 mm with a 0.7 mm-height profile, features an industry-best charge injection specification of 5 pC (compared with 13 pC for the next closest device) which reduces glitching and thus improves accuracy.
The DG3000 also features the lowest on-resistance of any chipscale analog switch capable of handling frequencies over 100 MHz -- just 1.4 ohms -- reducing time between charges in battery-operated systems.
Configured for single-pole, double-throw operation, the DG3000 is about a third thinner and occupies about a fifth of the footprint as comparable devices in the SC-70 or TSOP-6 packages, but still offers an order of magnitude improvement in on-resistance.
By combining 1.8-V operation, low on-resistance, and low charge injection, the DG3000 will allow designers to implement switching and voice multiplexing applications in cell phones and other portable devices with lower power consumption and in less space than any previous solution.
Direct link to product data sheet:
http://www.vishay.com/document/71742/71742.pdf (DG3000 analog switch)
Samples and production quantities of the Si8401DB, Si8405DB, and DG3000 are available now, with lead times of four weeks for larger orders.
Siliconix is a leading manufacturer of power MOSFETs, power ICs, and analog switches for computers, cell phones, fixed communications networks, automobiles, and other electronic systems.
With 2001 worldwide sales of $305.6 million, the company's facilities include a Class 1, six-inch wafer fab dedicated to the manufacture of power products in Santa Clara, and an affiliated Class 1, six-inch wafer fab located in Itzehoe, Germany. Power products are also manufactured by a subcontractor in Japan.
Analog switches, analog multiplexers, and low-power transistors are fabricated by subcontractors in Dresden, Germany and in Beijing. Assembly and test facilities include a company-owned facility in Taiwan, a joint venture in Shanghai, China, and subcontractors in the Philippines, China, and the United States.
Vishay, a Fortune 1,000 company listed on the NYSE, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors (diodes, rectifiers, transistors, optoelectronics, and selected ICs) and passive electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors). The company's components can be found in products manufactured in a very broad range of industries worldwide.
Vishay is headquartered in Malvern, Pa., and has plants in 14 countries employing over 20,000 people. Vishay can be found on the Internet at http://www.vishay.com.
MICRO FOOT is a trademark of Siliconix incorporated.
CONTACT:
Vishay Siliconix
Swapan Banerjee, 408/970-5581
swapan.banerjee@vishay.com
or
Wall Street Communications
Bob Decker, 415/409-0233
bob.decker@wallstcom.com
SOURCE: Siliconix incorporated
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05/08/2002 16:11 EASTERN
Troy
VTSS is likely at the beginning of a nice uptrend. It does look like semis are in the early stages of a recovery.
I also just started a thread in IH for SILI for many of the same reasons as you started this one for VTSS.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=1116
At first glance, VTSS and SILI appear to be similar in basic size (revenues) -- but SILI is profitable. Of course, SILI does not have the analyst coverage of VTSS (perhaps that is a good thing these days) because of the VSH ownership of SILI.
Feel free to visit the SILI thread also. Not much there yet, but perhaps it will grow as semis pick up.
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MXIM (Maxim) reported a similar change in bookings and an upturn from the prior quarter. When multiple companies head the same direction, it has to be more than coincidence.
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Maxim Integrated profits fall but bookings rise
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 29 (Reuters) - Maxim Integrated Products Inc. <MXIM.O on Monday posted lower quarterly profits, but executives said the analog and mixed-signal microchip maker was seeing some signs of stronger demand despite the ongoing slump in the telecommunications sector.
The Sunnyvale, California-based company said fiscal third-quarter net income fell 39 percent to $66.7 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with $109.9 million, or 31 cents a share. in the same period last year. Net income rose 6.5 percent from the fiscal second quarter's $62.6 million.
That met the expectations set by Wall Street analysts. On average, analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call expected the company to earn 19 cents per share.
Sales fell 35 percent to $258.5 million from $397.8 million in the same period a year ago, but rose 7 percent from $247.1 million in the second period.
Jack Gifford, the company's chairman, president, and chief executive, said that there were signs of increased business ahead. "Although our outlook for the fiber and telecommunications markets remains conservative, we have seen quarter-over-quarter bookings growth in the third quarter."
The bookings growth suggests that Maxim customers -- along with those of other chipmakers -- have depleted bloated inventories, and that customers are now ordering chips at levels consistent with demand. However, analysts have noted there is no clear consensus on whether a return of stronger demand in the second half will come to pass.
Bookings in the third quarter were about $299 million, or up 30 percent from the second quarter's $230 million. Turns orders, or those placed and scheduled for shipment in the same quarter, were $140 million, 12 percent more than those received in the second quarter.
"Based on our estimate of end market consumption of our
products, except for fiber and telecommunications equipment, we believe that our customers have worked through their inventories and are ordering for their net-term needs," Gifford said.
Maxim Integrated Products also said that "order cancellations remained low for the second consecutive quarter," noting that bookings increased on a sequential basis in all geographic regions and in all but one of the company's business units.
Shares of Maxim Integrated Products fell 5 cents to $48.14 on the Nasdaq. The stock has declined 8.5 percent year to date, compared with a 0.9 percent decline in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, a proxy for the sector.
04/29/02 14:28 ET
Troy
The recent earnings report is a good place to start this thread:
SILI earnings report:
Siliconix Reports First Quarter Net Income of $0.27 per Share on Revenues of $83.6 Million
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2002--Siliconix
incorporated (Nasdaq:SILI), an 80.4% subsidiary of Vishay
Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH), today announced net income of $8.2 million, or $0.27 per share, for the first quarter ended March 30, 2002. This compares to net income of $10.2 million, or $0.34 per share, in the first quarter of 2001 but represents a significant improvement over the net income of $649,000, or $0.02 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2001. Sales for the first quarter of 2002 were
$83.6 million, compared to $88.1 million for the first quarter of 2001 but a sequential increase of 9% from the $76.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2001.
The gross margin for the first quarter of 2002 was 29%, compared to 32% for the first quarter of 2001 but improved from 18% for the fourth quarter of 2001. The sharp sequential increase of 75% in the gross profit resulted from greater capacity utilization, higher revenues and firming pricing in the current quarter. The decline from
the first quarter of 2001 resulted mainly from price erosion caused by excess industry capacity during a major market downturn. The Company's ongoing cost reduction programs helped significantly to offset this decline. Research and development expenses increased by $400,000 from
the year-ago quarter and $700,000 sequentially, as the Company continued to develop technologies and products that will help it maintain its edge as the technology leader in the markets it serves.
Selling, marketing, and administration expenses continued to decline as a percentage of sales, to 11.5% of sales in the current quarter, compared to 12.9% in the first quarter and 12.3% in the fourth quarter of last year, reflecting the Company's ongoing success in controllingcosts.
Dr. King Owyang, Siliconix President and CEO, said, "We are now seeing a distinct improvement in the business climate that should leadto improved results during 2002. Both our book-to-bill ratio, andbookings in absolute dollars, improved for the fourth consecutive quarter. Our bookings in this quarter were more than twice our bookings in the same timeframe last year. Cancellations also declined
for the fourth consecutive quarter. The improvement in our business has resulted from increasing demands from the notebook computer, cellular phone, game console, digital camera and other consumer markets. We are also seeing signs that the desktop computer market may rebound for us in the second half of the year."
Dr. Owyang also stated, "Our backlog is increasing steadily and at the end of the first quarter, was 34% higher than at the beginning. Consistent with the recovery that we are seeing, we are taking measures to increase our capacity to meet our customers' anticipated increased requirements this year. Another positive note is that with the increasing demand in our strategic markets, we are observing a
moderation in the rate of decrease of our average selling price, which last year was the most severe in the past several years."
He continued, "We believe that developing new technologies, new products and new solutions for our customers will grow our business revenues and drive our profitability. In line with this philosophy, we have introduced 35 new products and closed on 230 new design wins. These are mostly based on the technology platforms, both silicon and packaging, developed in 2001."
Dr. Owyang concluded, "Our corporate strategy has not changed. We will maintain our focus on developing the best solutions for our customers through innovation to enhance our leadership in our key markets. At the same time, we will continue our cost reduction programs and improve our manufacturing efficiencies while we service the telecommunications, portable computer, and automotive markets. We are confident that this will allow us to further penetrate these markets."
Siliconix is a leading manufacturer of power MOSFETs, power ICs, and analog switches for computers, cell phones, fixed communications networks, automobiles, and other electronic systems. With 2001 worldwide sales of $305.6 million, the Company's facilities include a Class 1, six-inch wafer fab dedicated to the manufacture of power products in Santa Clara, California, and an affiliated Class 1, six-inch wafer fab located in Itzehoe, Germany. Power products are
also manufactured by a subcontractor in Japan. Analog switches, analog multiplexers, and low-power transistors are fabricated by subcontractors in Dresden, Germany and in Beijing, China. Assembly and test facilities include a company-owned facility in Taiwan, a joint venture in Shanghai, China, and subcontractors in the Philippines,
China, Israel, and the United States.
Vishay, a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors (diodes, rectifiers, transistors, optoelectronics, and selected ICs) and passive electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors). The Company's components can be found in products manufactured in a very broad range of industries worldwide. Vishay is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and has plants in fourteen countries employing over 20,000 people. Vishay can be found on the Internet at http://www.vishay.com.
SILICONIX INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
March 30 March 31
(In thousands, except 2002 2001
per share amounts)
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Net sales $ 83,602 $ 88,137
Cost of sales 59,194 59,812
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Gross profit 24,408 28,325
Operating expenses:
Research and development 4,762 4,335
Selling, marketing, and
administration 9,625 11,347
Goodwill amortization 0 115
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Operating income 10,021 12,528
Interest income (expense) 855 2,179
Other income (expense)
- net (22) (1,171)
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Income before taxes and
minority interest 10,854 13,536
Income taxes (2,590) (3,243)
Minority interest in income
of consolidated subsidiary (60) (60)
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Net income $ 8,204 $ 10,233
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Net income per share
(basic and diluted) $ 0.27 $ 0.34
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Shares used to compute earnings
per share 29,879 29,879
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SILICONIX INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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March 30, December 31
(In thousands) 2002 2001
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Assets
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $174,802 $167,236
Accounts receivable, less
allowances 38,781 33,644
Accounts receivable from
affiliates 28,473 12,457
Inventories 59,400 61,302
Other current assets 19,263 17,801
Deferred income taxes 5,058 5,058
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Total current assets 325,777 297,498
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Property, plant, and
equipment, at cost:
Land 1,715 1,715
Buildings and improvements 55,339 53,946
Machinery and equipment 350,699 352,196
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407,753 407,857
Less accumulated
depreciation 246,724 237,378
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Net property, plant, and
equipment 161,029 170,479
Goodwill 7,445 7,445
Other assets 331 376
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Total assets $ 494,582 $ 475,798
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Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 20,051 $ 17,800
Accounts payable to
affiliates 42,493 36,692
Accrued payroll and
related compensation 7,286 6,409
Other accrued liabilities 19,784 18,274
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Total current liabilities 89,614 79,175
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Long-term debt, less current
portion 2,083 2,001
Deferred income taxes 15,010 15,010
Other non-current
liabilities 36,976 36,976
Minority interest 3,726 3,666
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Total liabilities 147,409 136,828
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Commitment and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 299 299
Additional paid-in-capital 59,370 59,370
Retained earnings 288,306 280,102
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss (802) (801)
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Total stockholders' equity 347,173 338,970
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Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $494,582 $475,798
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CONTACT:
Siliconix incorporated
Swapan Banerjee, 408/567-8400 (Senior Director)
or
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
Robert Freece, 610/251-5252 (Senior VP)
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04/30/2002 08:30 EASTERN
Troy
Ah, I get it.
'It would not surprise me to learn that "VB" was really someone's private joke to describe Microsoft as very bad, is a comment
And, mentioning that the "interpreter" would reject it (and would be needed to do so) is equally as compelling a point, is a command.
''So, commenting a comment would likely have to be like this, which could not confused with """ or "' '."
I think I would likely need much more powerful glasses much more often if I had to frequently look for those kinds of differences a/k/a better you than me kimosabe. I'll stick to looking for differences in the meaning of comments and commands containing big (and many) words rather than small symbols.
I think I just figured out Enron's and Anderson's real problems (or at least what they should use for a defense): they just miscoded - as + (since they are right next to each other on the far right side of the keyboard they cannot be that different, right?) or, even better, some code monkey (who they have now fired and-or has committed suicide) just inadvertently inserted ' in front of all of the lines of code that Anderson and Enron really intended to cause things to be commands to properly account for and properly disclose everything all along. Instead of code commands to disclose everything being executed, however, they remained concealed comments buried deep within a program that they have just now been able to discover. It might have even been a conspiracy between the programmer and Dynergy or other competitor. Heck, with enough money and a well picked jury (maybe in California and we could have OJ as a consultant), it might be sellable.
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I was digging through the mental filing cabinet trying to recall what the heck could have possibly had a 710 engine in it. Obviously, nothing was coming to mind -- especially of the Buick variety. About 3/4 of the way through reading it, it dawned on me what it really was and I got one of the first good chuckles of the day. I immediately pictured my eldest daughter, who (as sweet as she is in other respects) is blonde, figuratively and literally, actually doing the same thing. When I repeat the story to her tomorrow, she will also likely laugh at it as well.
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That definitely clears it all up -- what the heck else could anyone possibly have been thunking or commenting on. Of course, this, like that, is just a comment and not live, which I suppose was the point.
Troy
<<Make sure your 710 cap isn't loose..>>
That one beats the heck of out of our others. Somehow, it sounds a lot like a variation of a blonde joke -- no (serious) offense to any blonde intended.
Troy
<<I take it the problem was that nobody could post PM's of any kind.>>
Was the system rejecting them and not indicating that they had been sent?
Better yet, and more directly, can and should we safely assume that if it appeared at the time like a PM went through and if that PM is in our outbox, that it in fact went through?
During what time frame did PMs not work?
TIA
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<<Sure enough, the problem was a pair of blown fuses in a fuse box I didn't know the truck had. Apparently a bunch of the fuses in that one are just for trailer stuff.>>
That is not where I thought the story was going, but it is of the same nature. So easy it is hard. I thought you were headed to "and I had forgotten to turn the switch on."
I was driving down a downtown Houston street one night about 20 years ago. A cop, who had been in front of me, drops behind me and flashes his headlights at me. I really do not know why so I slow and move over a lane. As he passes by me, I waive as though to say "I saw your headlights and am moving over." He drops behind me again and flashes his headlights again. Now I am really confused and am starting to get a little worried since I had had a little (a very little, fortunately) to drink a few hours before, but was sure that my breath still smelled. A glance around my dash shows that it is not lit up so I figure that has to be it. I pull the switch. Otherwise, I have no clue what he is doing except that he is paying far more attention to me than I prefer. He pulls around again and I again waive. When he starts to drop behind me the third time I am sure I am going to jail but have no clue why. He pulls me over and as I am entering the parking lot I notice that I have only pulled the headlight switch out part way, only turned on the parking lights, and have thus been headlightless the whole time.
Fortunately, he believes that I am not intoxicated and I get neither a ticket nor arrested. All for not pulling the switch all of the way.
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PS -- the Astros kicked some Expo butt!!!!
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