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December
Dec 14, 1998New High-Speed Operational Amplifier From National Semiconductor Provides Price/Performance Breakthrough for Consumer Video Applications

Dec 10, 1998National Semiconductor Reports Loss of 29 Cents Per Share Before Effect of Previously Announced One-Time Charges

Dec 09, 1998Cyrix MediaGX? Processor Enables Sub-$1,000 Notebook

Dec 08, 1998National Semiconductor Wins "Outstanding Web Site" Award for Corporate Web Site Excellence

Dec 02, 1998National Semiconductor Sponsors Forum on Thin Client Technology

November
Nov 30, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces DC'97 Audio Accelerator

Nov 30, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Industry?s First Complete Scanner-on-a-Chip

Nov 30, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's First Scanner on a Single Chip

Nov 23, 1998National Semiconductor Offers Chipset for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Systems

Nov 16, 1998Cyrix and Boundless Technologies Team for New Windows-Based Terminal with MediaGX? Processor

Nov 16, 1998Cedar Systems Adopts Cyrix MediaGX? Platform for "The Nutshell" Windows?-Based Terminal

Nov 13, 1998Cyrix Unveils Groundbreaking WebPAD Conceptual Design Demonstrates proof-of-concept for low-cost, portable web browsing device that could enable mass adoption of Internet access

October
Oct 26, 1998Mediamatics' DVDExpress Takes Digital Technology On the Road With New Compaq Presario 1810 Notebooks

Oct 21, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces the Industry's First One-Time Programmable 8-Bit Microcontroller with 32K of On-Board EPROM Program Memory

Oct 21, 1998National Semiconductor Acknowledges Award-Winning Suppliers

Oct 15, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Industry's Smallest Low Power 8-Bit A/D Converter

Oct 13, 1998Cyrix Unveils Jalapeno Architecture

Oct 08, 1998National Semiconductor Leads Industry/University Consortium To Improve Chip Yields, Reduce Costs

Oct 08, 1998National Semiconductor To Lead Government/Industry Research To Develop New Bonding Materials For Faster, More Cost-Effective Chip Packaging

Oct 07, 1998Takaoka uses Cyrix MediaGX? Processor in Japan's First Windows Based Terminal

Oct 06, 1998National Semiconductor Announces 3.3V EIA/TIA-232 5x3 Driver/Receiver

Oct 05, 1998Cyrix MediaGX? Processor Selected to Power New Atari Site4 Game

Oct 05, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Plans to Restructure and Spin Out Wafer Manufacturing Operations in Scotland

September
Sep 28, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces Intustry's Smallest 1A Step-Up (Boost) DC-DC Switching Regulator for Low-Voltage Battery-Powered Systems

Sep 25, 1998National Semiconductor Terminates Cyrix Foundry Agreement with IBM

Sep 23, 1998National Semiconductor Presents Awards to Innovative Teachers Using the Internet Effectively in Classrooms

Sep 21, 1998National Semiconductor Processes Die-Sized Dual CMOS Op Amp with New Patented Wafer-Level Package Technology

Sep 17, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Low-Cost, Triple-Channel Video Driver for Entry-Level VGA and XGA Monitors

Sep 14, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces the First of a New Class of "Precision Over Time" Operational Amplifiers

Sep 14, 1998National Semiconductor to Expand Networking in the Home

Sep 10, 1998National Semiconductor Reports Loss of 63 Cents Per Share For First Quarter of Fiscal 1999

Sep 02, 1998Mediamatics DVD Technology Incorporated Into New IBM Apriva PCs

Sep 01, 1998National Semiconductor Announces 2W Boomer? Audio Power Amplifier with Full Set of Performance-Enhancing Features for Desktop and Laptop Computers

August
Aug 31, 1998Mediamatics DVDExpress? Has Been Designed Into Compaq's New Line of Presario PCs

Aug 25, 1998National Semiconductor Ramps Production of Cyrix Processors on 0.25-Micron Process in Maine

Aug 19, 1998National Semiconductor Foresees Losses for First and Second Quarters of Fiscal 1999

Aug 10, 1998National Semiconductor Announces High-Precision Current Gauge ICs with Direct Digital Output

Aug 03, 1998National Semiconductor Unveils Industry's First SVGA/UXGA-Compliant Chip Set for Next Generation, High Resolution Flat Panel Monitors

Aug 03, 1998Siemens Nixdorf to Integrate Cyrix MediaGX™ Processor Into World's Smallest Cash Register

July
Jul 28, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Compact Charge Controller for Single-Cell or Dual-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery Packs in Handheld Commpunications and Computing Products

Jul 21, 1998National Semiconductor's New Low Dropout (LDO) Regulator Extends Battery Life and Lowers noise in Cellular Phones and Other Batter-Powered Equipment

Jul 13, 1998National Semiconductor First to License New Synthesizable Processor Core From ARM

Jul 10, 1998Palmax Launch the New PD-1000 Mini-Notebook Using the Cyrix MediaGX? Processor

Jul 07, 1998National Semiconductor Adds First 5A Step-down DC/DC Converters to Simple Switcher? Family

Jul 02, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces Industry Standard Voltage Reference in a SOT-23 Package

June
Jun 22, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Agreement With IAR systems to Develop Embedded Workbench C-Compler for COP8 Microcontroller Family

Jun 12, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces High-Performance Boomer® Stereo Audio Power Amplifier for Laptop Computers

Jun 11, 1998National Semiconductor reports loss of 42 cents per share before one-time charges for fourth quarter of fiscal 1998

Jun 01, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Fully Compliant AC '97 Audio Codec For Multimedia PCs

Jun 01, 1998National Semiconductor Optimizes 65MSPS, 12-bit A/D Converter For Cellular Base Station Receivers

May
May 28, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Industry's Highest Efficiency Fractional Voltage Switched Capacitor Converter

May 25, 1998National Semiconductor Brings LVDS Advantages to Bus/Backplane Systems

May 21, 1998Packard Bell NEC to Use Cyrix M II? and MediaGX? Processors (Cyrix's Press Release)

May 20, 1998National Semiconductor Elects E. Floyd Kvamme To Board Of Directors

May 19, 1998National Semiconductor Announces Industry's Smallest Dual Synchronous Step-Down Power Controller For Portable PC Systems

May 14, 1998National Semiconductor Foresees Losses For Fourth Quarter FY98 and First Quarter FY99

May 11, 1998National Semiconductor Implements Three New Worldwide Extranet Services to Streamline Business-to-Business Transactions

May 07, 1998National Semiconductor announces free, Web-Based training to help teachers integrate the internet in their classrooms.

May 06, 1998With 0.5% regulation accuracy, National Semiconductor's Newest Lithium-ION Battery Charge Controller optimizes performance of single cells in wireless and PC-Based products.

April
Apr 24, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation® today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ComCore Semiconductor, a privately held company that designs and manufactures integrated circuits for computer networking and broadband communications

Apr 22, 1998National Semiconductor? today announced it is reducing its worldwide work force by approximately 1,400 people, or about 10 percent of total employment by a combination of involuntary reductions and attrition

Apr 21, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced two 14-bit A/D converters operating at 2.5 MSPS ? one for high speed, high-resolution imaging systems and the other for communication equipment applications

Apr 16, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced a pair of 12-bit ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) for high-speed, high-resolution imaging applications. ADC12081 operates at 5MSPS and ADC12181 at 10MSPS

Apr 07, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced two new high-performance members of its growing family of low-voltage differential signaling(LVDS) chips

Apr 06, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE: NSM) today announced it will put a PC system on a single chip by mid-1999

March
Mar 31, 1998National Semiconductor Introduces High-Output Boomer™ Audio Amplifier for Battery-Powered Systems

Mar 26, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the latest addition to its growing family of system hardware monitor ICs

Mar 23, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today unveiled a highly integrated remote management controller chip for servers and personal computers that dramatically improves IT managers' ability to remotely manage and fix networked PC problems while slashing costs associated with doing so

Mar 13, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced a high-speed synchronous step-down power controller that meets the guidelines for use by VRM (voltage regulator module) vendors and motherboard manufacturers

Mar 12, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today reported net income of $26.2 million, or 16 cents per share diluted, excluding a one-time charge, on sales of $650.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal 1998

Mar 12, 1998Addressing the size and power needs of the portable PC market, National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the industry?s smallest high-efficiency synchronous step-down power controller

Mar 11, 1998National Semiconductor Wins "Business On the Internet" -- BOTI -- Award for Best Extranet Application; Achieves Recognition for Saving Customers Time

Mar 10, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the World's Smallest Integrated Circuit

Mar 10, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today introduced the LMV321 - the industry?s smallest operational amplifier. The single op amp, housed in an SC70-5 package, measures just 2.0mm by 2.1mm x 1.0mm (about 3/32 inch square)

February
Feb 12, 1998National today set a new price/performance standard for the video channel with the introduction of a 110MHz video preamp with on-screen display (OSD) and a companion triple-channel CRT driver

Feb 12, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced its DP83924B Quad 10 Mb/s Ethernet Physical Layer(4TPHY?) solution for enabling high port density systems in switching applications

Feb 03, 1998Intel Corporation and (NASDAQ: INTC) and National Semiconductor Corporation? (NYSE: NSM) today announced they have settled a patent infringement lawsuit and extended the term of the existing patent cross-license agreement between the two companies

Feb 02, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced that sales and earnings per share for the company's third fiscal quarter ending March 1, 1998 may be below analysts' expectations

January
Jan 30, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation today announced availability of the latest generation of Boomer audio amplifier

Jan 26, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced that it has completed the acquisition of digital audio technology from Gulbransen, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electronic musical instruments based in San Diego

Jan 23, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today set new low dropout (LDO) performance standards for low-cost, linear voltage regulators with the introduction of the LM3480 LDO voltage regulator

Jan 15, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the smallest high-current regulators in the 1A market - theLM317 adjustable positive regulator, the LM337 adjustable negative regulator, and the LM340, a fixed 5V version

Jan 12, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? announced that it has successfully produced functioning Cyrix 6x86MX? processors on .25 micron process technology at its pilot manufacturing facility in Santa Clara, California

Jan 06, 1998To meet customer demands for smaller, lighter, hermetic surface-mount ICs, National Semiconductor Corporation? today announced the first QML-certified devices available in ceramic, surface-mount SOIC packages

Jan 05, 1998National Semiconductor Corporation? today expanded its family of switched capacitor voltage converters with the introduction of a pair of 50mA devices, the first to be housed in SOT23-6 TinyPak packages