"In a digital age, we are using analog technology from a legal standpoint, " Hatch said.
Swanson had made a bold move by walking away from National Semiconductor, in 1981, to focus on analog technology.
The good news is that analog technology is undergoing a renaissance.
The transition to digital image processing and storage has brought mighty companies such as Kodak to their knees and spawned a great many consumer electronic companies that have created image capture and display devices with features and capabilities that would never have been possible with analog technology.
This new range of docking speakers offers a superior sound performance in comparison to the analog processing technology common in current docking speakers.
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Part of his job is writing the clear, precise notes that lay out for engineers in hundreds of companies how to use the analog components Linear Technology makes to bring life to everything from hybrid cars to digital cameras.
The cellular telecommunications industry is entering a period of transition from aging, analog-era transmission technology to high-speed "third-generation" (3G) mobile networks.
Other competitors in the technology sector include: Analog Devices (ADI), Intersil Corp (ISIL), and Linear Technology (LLTC).
Covello today cut his ratings on Analog Devices (ADI), Linear Technology (LLTC), Lam Research (LRCX) and KLA-Tencor (KLAC) to Neutral from Buy.
For the past 26 years, Williams has been a scientist at Linear Technology, which designs much the analog circuitry essential to everything from music players to hybrid cars.
On the demand side of the equation, Webster says chip companies with the most exposure to the Japanese market include Altera (ALTR), Analog Devices (ADI) and Linear Technology (LLTC).
By comparison to analog and GSM-based technologies, 3G CDMA technology has advantages such as increased network capacity, network flexibility, compatibility with internet protocols, higher capacity for data and faster access to Internet.
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The last time we wrote about Analog Devices on this blog was as a part of The Technology 10 article pointing to Undervalued tech stocks back in February of 2009.
New digital television technology proved too expensive for some after the transition from analog to digital broadcasting.
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Kramer says he spent a year remastering the old analog tapes, using state-of-the-art digital technology to clean up the sound.
Consider the two strong entrants in analog semiconductors, the devices that monitor and amplify signals: Linear Technology ( LLTC, 31) and Maxim Integrated Products ( MXIM, 27).
The current versions are not capable of exploiting the leading-edge cell-phone technology known as 3G, a high-speed offering that follows the original analog and second-generation digital systems.
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Other competitors in the technology sector include: QUALCOMM (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Analog Devices (ADI).
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