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December
Dec 16, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the latest addition to its line of Boomer? audio power amplifiers

Dec 09, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today reported net income of $72.5 million, or 46 cents per share, on sales of $640.3 million for its core businesses in the second quarter of fiscal 1998, excluding effects of the merger with Cyrix Corporation

Dec 09, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of a new LDO controller for regulator applications requiring the extremes of ultra-low drop-out (<0.10V) and high current (>1A)

Dec 01, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced that Steve Tobak, a Cyrix Corporation vice president, will join National's senior management team as the vice president of corporate marketing and communications

November
Nov 25, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the LM2403, a high-speed triple channel CRT driver

Nov 17, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE: NSM) today announced that shareholders of Cyrix Corporation have approved the merger agreement between National Semiconductor and Cyrix at a special meeting held today in Dallas, Texas

Nov 17, 1997In a move to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) bring sub-$1,500 networked PC products to market more quickly, National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE:NSM) today unveiled its first fully validated Managed PC reference design

Nov 17, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE:NSM) today announced the USBN9602, a standalone Universal Serial Bus (USB) node that offers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) unmatched design flexibility in developing USB PC peripherals

Nov 17, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced a chip set for SVGA/XGA TFT LCD panels at Fall Comdex 97

Nov 13, 1997Cyrix Corporation (NASDAQ:CYRX) and National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE:NSM) announced today that on November 12, 1997 a class action complaint was filed by a purported Cyrix stockholder in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara

Nov 11, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of stock of Future Integrated Systems (FIS) based in Milpitas, California

Nov 04, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of a dual micropower rail-to-rail output single supply op amp with new lows in power current consumption - just 0.95 microamp typical supply current per amplifier, and a guaranteed supply current of 1.2 microamp per amplifier

October
Oct 31, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of the QML-V Qualified FACT Quiet Series logic family- the first advanced CMOS logic devices to meet the noise problems of ground bounce, dynamic threshold and high EMI in space-qualified applications

Oct 30, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today named Jean-Louis Bories, 42, as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company's newly formed Core Technology Group

Oct 28, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced a power-on-reset (POR) voltage monitor with guaranteed accuracy of 1% over the entire temperature range of -20C to +85C and with guaranteed reset valid down to Vcc=0.5V. The micropower LP3470 voltage monitor, housed in a tiny SOT23-5 package, is designed to generate a reset output whenever the supply voltage falls below preset specifications Maximum flexibility for power-on-reset (POR) and supervisory functions is provided with an adjustable reset time-out period

Oct 27, 1997With an eye on accelerating the success (and mass consumer acceptance) of Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) on the PC, Mediamatics announced today the industry?s first flexible software DVD solution complete with Microsoft DirectShow compatibility and Content Scrambling System (CSS) software for playback of Hollywood movie content

Oct 21, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? and DSP Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: DSPG) today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which DSP Group, Inc., has become the worldwide exclusive distributor for general licensing and support of National?s CompactRISC core technology

Oct 17, 1997National Semiconductor? today announced a three-year, $2.5 million program to provide teachers access to free Internet training, and to encourage its use in the classroom

Oct 16, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of 0.5A versions of its high-efficiency Simple Switcher step-down power converters

Oct 09, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the implementation of a worldwide private network to deliver Internet and extranet services to their customers with rapid, reliable performance internationally. These services will be delivered through a relationship with Digital Island

Oct 08, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? (NSM:NYSE) today announced changes in the responsibilities of its executive staff

Oct 06, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the industry?s first 3V Channel Link driver and receiver chip sets

Oct 02, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the release of the world?s highest-speed, low-power mil-qualified operational amplifiers for high-performance military/aerospace applications, such as radar, sonar, moving map displays and communications

September
Sep 30, 1997Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (NYSE: AMD), Broadcom Corporation, National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) and Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN), today announced a jointly developed specification for a Reduced Media Independent Interface (RMII) intended for use between 10/100Mbps Ethernet physical layer interface (PHY) devices and switch silicon

Sep 29, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation?, the market leader in Fast Ethernet silicon solutions, today announced an advanced single-chip physical layer and transceiver device to support both 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and FX Ethernet protocols

Sep 29, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced its support of the new Low Pin Count (LPC) interface specification, developed by Intel Corporation, with the introduction of the first LPC-based Super I/O device

Sep 23, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of a high-efficiency switched capacitor voltage converter designed for fractional step-up 3:2 conversion or step-down 2:3 conversion mode

Sep 18, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced additional output voltage ratings and an extended temperature range for its line of award-winning LM2825 integrated power supplies (IPS)

Sep 04, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today reported net income of $70.1 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $600.8 million for its first quarter of fiscal 1998, reflecting a 39 percent growth in revenues and a 40 percent increase in bookings over National's core business in last year's first quarter

August
Aug 26, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the latest addition to its line of high-quality stereo Boomer audio products - the LM4881 audio amplifier in a mini small outline package (MSOP)

Aug 18, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of a 300Mbps serial digital video (SDV) decoder and serial-to-parallel converter

Aug 14, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? and Three-Five Systems, Inc. today announced a strategic relationship for the development and manufacture of liquid crystal-on-silicon microdisplays

Aug 11, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of a broad family of dual and triple low-power, high-output op amps and programmable buffers

July
Jul 30, 1997National Semiconductor's Free Design Kit With Newest High-Speed Op Amps Simplifies Prototyping of Active Filters up to 100MHz

Jul 28, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE:NSM) and Cyrix Corporation? (NASDAQ:CYRX) today announced a definitive merger agreement in order to develop system-on-a-chip technology for the rapidly growing entry-level PC, Net-PC and information-appliance markets

Jul 28, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of the LMV8172, a vertical deflection output amplifier for cathode ray tubes (CRTs)

Jul 24, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation's first Fellow Award, given to the technologist who has consistently shown outstanding contributions, was awarded to Tom Redfern, a strategic technical advisor in the company's Communication and Consumer Group

Jul 22, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation will break ground today on a $100 million expansion of its 8-inch wafer facility in Santa Clara, Calif

Jul 22, 1997With the introduction of the LM2662 and LM2663 charge-pump voltage converters, National Semiconductor Corporation? today doubled the current-output generated by switched capacitors in an SO-8 surface-mount package

June
Jun 27, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the opening of its 200 mm fab in South Portland, Maine

Jun 24, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of stereo audio amplifiers that deliver 11W per channel into 4-ohm speakers and 7W per channel into 8-ohm loads from a 24V supply at 10% THD (total harmonic distortion)

Jun 19, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of the first in a series of high-efficiency Simple Switcher? step-down power converters

Jun 12, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced availability of an economy version of its high-performance Boomer audio amplifiers. The device?s MSOP package, occupying only half the space of a standard SO-8, makes the mono-bridged LM4864 audio amplifier ideal for cell phones and cordless phones with stringent space limitations

Jun 09, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the appointment of Ulrich Seif as vice president of Information Services and chief information officer

Jun 05, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today reported net income of $61.9 million, or 41 cents per share, on National's core operations without the Fairchild businesses and excluding the effect of one-time charges and gains in its fourth fiscal quarter which ended May 25, 1997

Jun 05, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today raised the level of integration for audio amplifiers to meet the company?s system-on-a-chip strategy

Jun 02, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the industry's first Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)-compliant SuperI/O device with both ACPI controller and extender capabilities

May
May 29, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE:NSM) today announced that it has revised its net income for the second and third quarters of fiscal year 1997 in response to a Securities and Exchange Commission review of the company's spin-off of its Fairchild businesses

May 29, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? and Graychip DSP Chips and Systems today announced an agreement to jointly market ICs for cellular basestations

May 27, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today re-positioned itself in the forefront of the switched capacitor market with the introduction of the LM2660 and LM2661 CMOS charge-pump voltage converters

May 13, 1997National Announces Realignment of Manufacturing With One Time Charge of $75-85M, Offset By Credits of $278M

May 12, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the COP8ACC, a family of low-cost microcontrollers that offer up to 16-bit ADC performance with an integrated analog function block dedicated for high resolution, single-slope Analog-to-Digital conversion

May 06, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the formation of the Customization Business Unit (CBU) - a competency-based alliance with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Aspec Technology - to provide a complete range of ASIC services for its military/aerospace customers

April
Apr 04, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced a new low-power, low-cost addition to its popular line of high-speed, variable-gain amplifiers

March
Mar 31, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the redesign of its Web site (http://www.national.com) to help engineers make faster and better decisions based on timely and detailed information

Mar 31, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation today announced the newest members of its Channel Link family, which enable Gigabit interconnects in telecommunications and data-communications applications

Mar 31, 1997National Semiconductor?s LM6172-QML Dual Op Amp Offers Mil/Aero Market Best Slew Rate, Highest Gain Bandwidth At Lowest Price

Mar 11, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the completion of its previously announced sale of National's Fairchild businesses, consisting of a broad portfolio of logic, discrete and non-volatile memory semiconductor devices aimed at high-volume markets

Mar 11, 1997National Semiconductor? Shrinks One-Amp Low Dropout Regulator Into SOT-223 Package

Mar 10, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Mediamatics, Inc., a Fremont, California company that is the world's largest supplier of MPEG audio/video decoders to the personal computer market

Mar 10, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced four additions to its broad line of Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) driver and receiver devices

Mar 06, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today reported net income of $42.8 million or 30 cents per share for the third quarter of fiscal 1997, compared with net income of $23.0 million or 17 cents per share for the comparable quarter of fiscal 1996

Mar 04, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today released a low-cost deflection solution for continuous autosync 15-inch CRT monitors

Mar 04, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today released a low-cost deflection solution for continuous autosync 15-inch CRT monitors

February
Feb 24, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the industry's first 3V RS-422 compliant drivers and receivers

Feb 12, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the National LMX3161, the world's first complete single-chip radio for the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) market

Feb 10, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the LM1050 USB Hub Controller, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device that is the industry's most optimized host controller solution for PC monitors

Feb 10, 1997In a move to expand its low power Interface product offerings, National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the addition of four new RS-485 devices to its low power, multi-point transceiver product family

January
Jan 27, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation today announced it has signed an agreement to sell its Fairchild Semiconductor business

Jan 27, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced its Mobile System Solution, the most comprehensive control logic solution for mobile PC systems now available on the market. Consisting of three new integrated circuits and one existing device, this is also the first mobile system solution to fully support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Rev. 1.0 standard

Jan 27, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation?'s Comlinear Products Group today announced a very high speed 8x8 digital crosspoint switch designed for Serial Digital Video (SDV) systems and telecom/datacom switching

Jan 23, 1997National Semiconductor Corporation announced today the availability of two new Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) transcoder solutions that give telephone equipment systems the capability to double or quadruple service capacities on a standard twisted pair copper wire