Arrow to Acquire Computerlinks
Arrow Electronics has signed an agreement to acquire Computerlinks, a value-added distributor, in Munich, Germany, for approximately $300 million.
Digi-Key Inks Global Deal with Sanken
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, has announced a global distribution agreement with Sanken Electric Co., a leading global supplier of analog power semiconductor products. Sanken’s long history began in 1937, when the Toho Industrial Research Laboratory was established and commenced research and trial manufacture of selenium rectifiers. Today, Sanken’s semiconductor…
Wireless LAN Market Gains Ground in Q2
A recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, revealed the Wireless LAN (WLAN) market grew 13 percent in the second quarter 2013 versus the year ago period. For the second quarter in a row, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems gained the most revenue share in…
Solar Microinverter Shipments to Quadruple by 2017
The global market for microinverters will expand by a factor of four from 2013 through 2017 as microinverters are adopted in greater numbers outside the United States while new markets also rush to take advantage of the devices’ improved efficiency and features compared to conventional inverters. Photovoltaic (PV) microinverter shipments worldwide are set to increase…
SageCloud and Avnet’s Rorke Sign OEM Pact
SageCloudTM, Inc., a leader in ultra-reliable storage systems at disruptive price points for archival, backup and big data, and Rorke Global Solutions™ a business unit of Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), today announced a strategic relationship to jointly bring to market new, petabyte-scale storage…
Coilcraft Updates ADS Component Library
Expanding on its full suite of RF Inductor design tools, Coilcraft has added an updated ADS Component Library to its selection of online 2D/3D, S-Parameter and SPICE Models. Coilcraft’s Component Library includes models of its RF and Spring inductors and integrates with Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS), helping engineers accurately simulate the performance of Coilcraft…