25 Quotes by Brian Halla

First the PC goes on a chip. Next, the PC becomes a plug-in behind the dashboard of your car, behind a flat-panel display in your kitchen, or inside a set-top box. The PC disappears just the way electric motors are invisible in our lives.

Sales continued soft during the summer quarter. We think, however, we may have touched bottom as bookings in the first quarter improved for the first time in a year.

Our third quarter typically reflects a post-holiday seasonal decline in revenues. Although bookings picked up in October and November, it is too early to tell whether that momentum will carry over enough to offset the normal seasonal pattern.

Now, a lot of people are saying better than 25 percent or better than 30 percent, and we certainly feel as bullish as anybody right now.

As it turns out, the February month was actually the best in an overall underwhelming quarter.

It's one thing to put this business on the books. It's far more important to maximize the profit from it.

I'm pleased with another quarter of strong growth in which our core business revenues increased by 26 percent over last year's second quarter, led by 36 percent growth in analog sales.