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Furthermore, National Semiconductor introduced the industry’s first full-bridge pulse width modulati- on (PWM) controllers to integrate all four primary- side bridge MOSFET gate drivers. The LM5045 and LM5046 are well-suited for delivering higher effici- ency and higher power density in quarter-brick and eighth-brick power modules used in a variety of high input voltage communications infrastructure applica- tions.

Members of National’s PowerWise® energy-efficient

product family, the LM5045 and LM5046 PWM controllers ease the design of full-bridge topology- based power converters into small form factor power supplies by reducing the number of external power components needed with existing full-bridge solu- tions.

The Company reported sales of $343.9 million and net income of $59.4 million, or 24 cents per dilut- ed share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended Feb. 27, 2011. National’s third quarter sales were 12 percent lower than the $390.4 million in sales reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 due to inventory adjustments in the distribution channel and seasonally lower shipments to wireless handset customers following the holiday sales period.

Sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2011 were 5% lower than the $361.9 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2010. Third quarter net income of $59.4 million, or 24 cents per diluted share, was a decrease from the $83.5 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. One year ago, National reported net income of $53.2 million, or 22 cents per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

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xford Medical Diagnostics (OMD), the UK developer of breath based, medical diagnostic

technology for the rapid, non-invasive, accurate and low-cost diagnosis and monitoring of metabo- lic and infectious diseases; and V&F Analyse- und Messtechnik GmbH (V&F), a provider of analytical instruments to a wide range of industries, announced a strategic alliance focusing on the area of mass spectrometry. http://www.vandf.com

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xford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. and Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) announced the signing

of a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the partnership, Accelrys and Oxford Nanopore will de- velop software to enable complex, real-time analyses of experimental data produced by the Oxford Nano- pore single molecule analysis system. Nanopore-

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