Exar

A fully-integrated solution for high-speed imaging applications Fremont, CA, December 1, 1998 -- A 12-bit, 3-channel analog signal processor and digitizer, designed for 3-channel (RGB) linear CCD and CIS imaging applications, is available now from EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR). The XRD9815 offers the fastest A/D conversion rates (12 MSPS) as well as the fastest pixel rates (4 MPPS vs. 2....

Fremont, California, November 19, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today announced that the company anticipates a negative revenue impact in its fiscal fourth quarter ending March 31, 1999, and in fiscal year 2000, as a result of the sudden unexpected business failure and abrupt fab closure at one of Exar's foundry suppliers for several older custom products. Exar was recently notified ...

Exar Announces Sale of Silicon Microstructures Unit to OSI Systems Inc. Fremont, California, November 17, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today announced the sale of its Silicon Microstructures business unit to OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS). Under the terms of the agreement, OSI Systems paid $2.6 million for the purchase of the Silicon Microstructures, Inc. operation upon close, with c...

Fremont, CA. - November 2, 1998 -EXAR Corp., (Nasdaq:EXAR) released today a new transceiver line interface device for E3, DS3, and STS-1 applications. The XRT7300 offers the same performance as some of the best two-chip or discrete solutions while providing high noise immunity, and fully meeting all relevant input jitter tolerance and transmit pulse template standards. This new device, in additio...

Fremont, Calif., Oct. 22 -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today reported operating results for the second quarter fiscal 1999. Revenue for the second quarter was $19.2 million compared to second quarter fiscal 1998 revenue of $25.9 million. Net income for the second quarter was $1.8 million or $0.18 per share compared to $1.9 million or $0.20 per share for the second quarter of fiscal 1998. ...

Fremont, CA, September 28, 1998 -- A three-channel, 12-bit Contact Image Sensor (CIS) or Charged Coupled Device (CCD) signal processor, with the lowest cost design and lowest noise performance available for consumer and mass market scanners and copiers, has been introduced by EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR). The XRD9827 includes a high-speed 12-bit A/D converter for low-cost, high-throughput ...

Fremont, CA, August 20, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase of $10 million to its stock repurchase program. The company has used most of its earlier authorization of $18.5 million for the repurchase of approximately 1.2 million shares of its...

Fremont, CA, August 18, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Frank P. Carrubba to its board of directors. Dr. Carrubba has 37 years of industry experience with some of the world's leading technology-pioneering companies: IBM, Hewlett Packard and Philips Electronics. ...

FREMONT, California, July 21, 1998 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today reported operating results for first quarter fiscal 1999. Revenue for the first quarter was $21.8 million compared to first quarter fiscal 1998 revenue of $24.4 million. Net income for the first quarter was $2.4 million or $0.24 per share compared to $1.5 million or $0.16 per share for the first fiscal quarter of 1998. ...

Fremont, CA, June 29, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today announced a low-power analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for scanners and imaging devices. The XRD6406 offers 10-bit resolution and runs at a clock rate of 6 MSPS. The 5V part is pin-compatible with the EXAR MP8784, but is fabricated in 0.6-micron technology and hence offers improved performance and price. Since most scanne...

Fremont, CA, June 29, 1998 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today announced an industry first: a 3V voltage mode, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) family with the industry's lowest power consumption. At over 30 percent less than rivals, the XRD54L08/L10/L12 DAC family offers customers a new range of options for their portable device designs. The DACs are available now from Exar. The XRD54L...

Minimizes CPU Interrupts, Increases System Throughput Fremont, Calif., June 29, 1998 -- The industry's first dual UART (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter) ICs with on-chip transmit (TX) and receive (RX) FIFO (first-in, first-out) counters as well as 128-byte FIFO depth and automatic RS-485 half-duplex control is now available from Exar Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAR). Applications include net...

EXPANDING EXAR'S REACH IN KEY MARKETS PIONEER-STANDARD TO DISTRIBUTE EXAR PRODUCTSFremont, CA - May 26,1998, EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today that Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PIOS), a leading distributor of electronic components and computer products, has signed a contract to distribute EXAR products in the United States, Mexico and Canada. "The addition of Pi...

Fremont, Calif., May 4, 1998 - Exar's (EXAR:Nasdaq) new generation of data communications devices -- dual universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (DUARTs) --historically used in industrial applications, provide larger FIFO solutions for new designs and direct-pin-replacements to competitive DUART offerings. Optimized to interface in both Intel and Motorola environments, the new family of...

Fremont, California, April 24, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today reported fourth quarter fiscal 1998 operating results that demonstrate dramatic year-on-year improvement in profitability and continued execution of the company's operational turnaround plan. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $25.1 million, a 10.8% increase over fourth quarter fiscal 1997 revenue of $22.6 million. E...

Highly integrated, cost-effective solution for price-sensitive consumer and mass market digital scanners and copiers Fremont, CA, April 20, 1998 -- A single-channel, 10-bit integrated linear processor, combining analog front end (AFE) and analog-to-digital (A/D) functions onto a single chip device for consumer and mass market scanners and copiers, is available now from EXAR Corporation (NASD...

New Device Overrides Competitive Offerings for High-performance Scanners and Copiers Fremont, CA, April 20, 1998 - Exar (Nasdaq:EXAR) introduced today the industry's fastest and lowest power three-channel, 12-bit linear processor. The XRD9812 and the XRD9822 combine analog front end and analog-to-digital functions onto a single chip for high-performance scanners and copiers. At 8 MSPS dat...

Allan King to Head Mixed-Signal Company's Asia Pacific Sales Office Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) announced today the opening of its new EXAR Taiwan headquarters, and the appointment of Allan King to head the office as Sales Manager, Asia Pacific Region. Located in Hsi-Chih, Taipei Hsien, this representative office will serve the company's Asia Pacific S...

EXAR Announces Strategic Design Win For 3Com PalmPilot and Pilot OrganizersFremont, CA, April 13, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today that Palm Computing®, a 3Com company, has designed EXAR's ST16C650A UART (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter) communications device in its new Palm Computing 2MB upgrade package that gives users of earlier generation 3Com PalmPilot(tm),...

EXAR Announces Strategic Design Win For Connectix QuickCam VC Digital Camera Fremont, CA, March 16, 1998 -- EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today that Connectix Corporation has chosen EXAR's XRD4460 analog image signal processor for the Connectix QuickCam VC (r). Targeted at consumers, the Connectix QuickCam VC is a digital camera that can be used in virtually all video and still-image ...

EXAR Announces Strategic Design Win For Kodak Advantix Film Drive - System Demoed at Photo Industry Trade Show EXAR's New Device XRD6418 Now AvailableFremont, California, February 16, 1998 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today that Eastman Kodak has chosen the new (XRD6418) analog-to-digital device for the film scanner in Kodak's digital Advanced Photo System. The Advanced Photo S...

Minimizes CPU Bandwidth Requirements, Increases System Throughput Fremont, Calif., February 9, 1998 -- The industry's first UART (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter) ICs with on-chip transmit (TX) and receive (RX) FIFO (first-in, first-out) counters as well as 128-byte FIFO depth, is now available from Exar Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAR). Applications include networking equipment such as ...

Exar Corporation Names John Sramek Vice President/General Manager of Video & Imaging Division Fremont, California January 26, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) announced today that John Sramek was promoted to the position of Vice President/General Manager of the Video and Imaging Division. Sramek will report to Don Ciffone, President and CEO and have responsibility for managing and di...

Exar Corporation Names Michael Class Vice President North American Sales - New Sales Management Fremont, California, January 26, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) announced today that Michael Class was promoted to the position of Vice President North American Sales. Class will report to Don Ciffone, president and CEO. Class will have responsibility for US sales, corporate accounts and o...

Net income in first nine months FY'98 up 85% over previous year Fremont, California, January 20, 1998 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today reported third quarter fiscal 1998 operating results with continuing growth in revenue and net income over recent quarters. Revenue for the third quarter was $26.6 million, a 22% increase over third quarter fiscal 1997 revenue of $21.8 million. Net ...

Offering "excellent dynamic range, low power consumption and low cost" Fremont, CA, January 19, 1998 -- An analog to digital converter (ADC) with 12-bit resolution, 20 MSPS and on-chip reference and internal sample and hold, is available now from EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR). The XRD6622 utilizes a new architecture, called a pipeline converter, which uses a 6 stage serial conversion ...

Company Focus Continues on High Performance Market Sector FREMONT, CA, January 19, 1998 -- An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) with 10-bit resolution, 40 MSPS and on-chip track and hold amplifier and internal reference is available now from EXAR Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR). The XRD6440 utilizes a parallel successive approximation register (SAR) architecture, which interleaves 16 10-bit ...