Innovators
Vicor: Power
conversion
Vicor believes it is poised to alter the power landscape with an
innovative new architecture.
IDT: Surviving the
storm
IDT remakes itself as a high-value supplier and emerges from the telecom
meltdown stronger than it was before.
The MathWorks: Adding
value
The Mathworks has built its reputation on elegant tools. Can the company
take itself to the next level?
Credence Systems:
Quick-change artist
Credence helps new ICs move from design to test more rapidly, which
translates into faster time-to-market for customers—and a stronger
position for Credence.
Syntricity: Total
recall
Syntricity's Web-based tools help IC companies manage—and
leverage—enormous caches of engineering data.
National Instruments:
Investing in innovation
Going against convention, National Instruments added engineers during the
downturn. Now the strategy is paying off.
Rudolph Technologies:
Yielding profits
Metrology specialist Rudolph Technologies yields to no one when it comes
to yield-improvement tools.
International
Rectifier: Constant current
Focus on power-management helps International Rectifier ride out the
tech-industry's ups and downs.
Movers and Shakers in Analog Design
Analog Devices:
Impressive execution
A focus on the high-performance analog space helps Analog Devices perform
well despite tough conditions.
Texas Instruments:
Enviable position
Texas Instruments gears up to reap the benefits of the age of signal
processing—and analog ICs.
National
Semiconductor: Renewed focus
Shedding peripheral businesses, National Semiconductor sharpens its
concentration on analog and its high growth potential.
Linear Technology:
High gross
Linear Technology maintains healthy gross margins and pulls ahead of the
crowd by doing the 'hard stuff' in analog.
International
Rectifier: Distinguished performance
International Rectifier focuses on proprietary products to set it apart
from its competitors and lift revenues.
STMicroelectronics:
Incidental Leader
STMicroelectronics is the top global analog supplier—not that the
application-focused company puts much stock in such rankings.
Maxim Integrated
Products: Analog explosion
Digital processors are leading to exponential growth in the need for
analog parts, and Maxim Integrated Products is on top of the trend.
Fairchild
Semiconductor: Powering ahead
Fairchild Semiconductor focuses on power-management ICs and business in
Asia to drive future growth.
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Leadership
IBM: Full service
Services, consulting, systems, chips: IBM does it all, and does it all
well.
Lexmark: Pretty
picture
Lexmark International prints up higher revenue, but may face obstacles
ahead.
Entegris: Bucking the
trend
Entegris avoids the perils of the semiconductor-equipment market, while
eyeing new revenue potential as well.
Sun Microsystems: The
different drummer
As it always has, Sun Microsystems follows its own unique vision of the
future of computing.
Agilent Technologies:
Moving ahead on all fronts
An R&D powerhouse, Agilent Technologies spins out new innovations in a
wide range of fields.
Renesas Technology:
Sudden impact
Renesas Technology—the combination of the chip businesses of Hitachi and
Mitsubishi—vaults to a leadership position.
Jabil Circuit:
Right-sized
Jabil Circuit hasn't grown as quickly as its giant EMS rivals.
Cisco Systems:
Grasping for growth
Profits are up at Cisco, but CEO John Chambers is still searching for a
way to increase sales.
Movers and Shakers in Distribution
Avnet: Strength
through adversity
Believing the downturn has made it stronger than ever, Avnet looks forward
to the recovery.
Arrow Electronics:
Man with a mission
New Arrow CEO plans to stay put and drive the distributor's growth,
especially in Asia.
Digi-Key:
Overachiever
Digi-Key—the little catalog distributor that could succeeds despite the
market.
Memec: Balancing act
Memec maintains an even keel while awaiting better days—and an eventual
IPO.
Newark InOne:
Differentiating factors
With a new name and new leadership, Newark InOne looks to set itself
apart.
TTI: The Specialist
With a focus on unglamorous passive-component distribution, privately held
TTI takes its own road.
Movers and Shakers in EDA
Mentor Graphics:
Picking its battles
Mentor Graphics avoids the big EDA fray and thrives by focusing on
neglected—but important—applications.
Cadence Design
Systems: End to end
EDA leader Cadence Design Systems plans to stay No. 1 by providing
integrated tools for the whole development process.
Synopsys: Position of
strength
Synopsys relishes both the challenge and the responsibility of being the
industry's leading EDA supplier.
Magma Design
Automation: Hot Property
Magma Design Automation's unique tools send its revenues rising despite
the downturn.
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