A customer will soon ask you a version of the question in the headline of this article — if they haven’t already. The question may not be similarly phrased but it still comes down to this: does your company have a supply chain system that is optimized to perform at the best possible level in…
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive components, today announced its results for the year and fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $2,371.0 million, compared to $2,230.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The net earnings…
Gowanda Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of precision electronic components for radio frequency and power applications, announced that the company recently achieved military approval for four thru-hole RF inductor series: MLRF10M, MLRF15M, MLRF18M and MLRF17S. These Gowanda series meet the military’s Qualified Product List (QPL) requirement for military spec MIL-PRF-15305. They also expand the company’s…
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it is stocking Freescale Semiconductor’s 32-bit Kinetis 72MHz K-Series microcontrollers. Freescale Kinetis K10/20/30/40/5x 72MHz microcontrollers (MCUs) available from Mouser electronics are low-power 32-bit microcontrollers featuring high precision analog, connectivity, and scalability. Freescale Kinetis 72MHz K-Series microcontrollers are…
TT electronics integrated manufacturing services (IMS) has been awarded Nadcap accreditation in its Perry, Ohio facility. The Nadcap accreditation has been awarded in the category of Electronics – AC7120, for the company’s printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), demonstrating its ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications. With this award, the Perry,…
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Wind River® today announced that as a result of their strategic partnership, the companies have developed and deployed tools and solutions for Altera’s SoC FPGA devices. Wind River’s industry-leading operating systems and development tools support Altera’s multi-core ARM™ processor-based SoC platforms. By leveraging Wind River’s embedded operating systems (VxWorks® real-time…
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303) (“UMC”), announced today that all eight of its Taiwan-based fabs have passed the Cleaner Production Assessment Method Evaluation conducted by the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE). With this certification, UMC becomes the only semiconductor manufacturer in Taiwan to obtain cleaner production certification…
Many high-tech companies — and rock bands — are famous for being started in garages. The $586 million distributor N.F. Smith & Associates had a similar beginning, except it was out of a living room. “Whenever I think about our start-up today, I remember for an eight-year period we had huge challenges: we were undercapitalized,…
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM), a market innovator offering one of the widest and most reliable RF, microwave and millimeterwave offerings in the industry. Recognized for its broad catalog portfolio…
Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today reported fourth quarter 2013 net income of $134.8 million, or $1.32 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $174.7 million, or $1.62 per share on a diluted basis in the fourth quarter of 2012. Excluding certain items in both the fourth quarters of 2013 and 20121,…