The latest USB connector – USB Type-C – is getting ready for prime time as electronics components manufacturers for connectors, controllers and circuit protection start to ramp up production and device makers, led by Apple Inc., add the USB Type-C ports to their latest generation of devices. USB Type-C is forecast to grow from 200…
A North Kingstown, RI, man involved in a scheme to sell remarked microprocessors to U.S. military contractors was sentenced earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford, CT. Jeffery Warga, president and owner of Rhode Island-based Bay Components, LLC, has been sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a…
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the December 2015 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Slow sales growth continued in December, bringing 2015 to a close at 0.4 percent growth over 2014. The book-to-bill ratio returned to parity at 1.00 in December. Total North American PCB shipments increased…
AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) today reported a jury verdict in a patent infringement case filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware captioned Greatbatch, Inc. v AVX Corporation. Despite AVX’s defense that it had not violated Greatbatch’s patents for the particular products in question, a jury recently found that Greatbatch incurred damages totaling $37.5 million. It is expected that AVX’s…
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is teaming up with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara along with scientists, visionaries and educators to announce an exciting new series on Power and the Future Supercapacitor to kick off the 2016 Empowering Innovation Together™ program. This new series captures insights from some of the most influential people in power management and storage, including scientists from UCLA…
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. Fourth quarter net revenues totaled $1.67 billion, gross margin was 33.5%, and net income was $2 million. For the full year 2015, net revenues totaled $6.90…
The uncertain global economy will continue to have a dampening effect on the semiconductor market, according to two leading analyst firms. While the chip industry had been able to outperform the overall electronics market for decades, chip makers have had to grow accustomed to a more sedate pace of growth. IC Insights and Future Horizons both have forecast…
Geneva, Ill. – Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced today the availability and full design support capabilities for a new single-pole, double-throw switch from Skyworks Solutions, Inc. The SKYA21001 features low insertion loss (0.4 dB at 2.4 GHz) and positive voltage operation with low DC power consumption (10 μA). It is ideally suited for automotive applications such as infotainment, telematics,…
San Clemente, Calif. – Advanced MP Technology, Inc. (AMPT), a leader in the global independent electronic component distribution industry for over 38 years, held their 2016 annual Global Management Meeting at its headquarters in San Clemente, California from January 11th to January 15th, 2016. Regional managers from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, as well as…
Malvern, Pa. – Micro-Measurements®, a Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) brand, today announced a powerful online resource for engineers using strain gages: StrainBlog.com. The comprehensive blog features a wide range of tutorial and technical content covering the latest techniques for obtaining accurate, reliable strain and stress data while providing a forum in which engineers throughout the…