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Sunnyvale, Calif.– Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, to offer Trimble’s ThingMagic® Mercury® 6e Series and Mercury 5e Series of embedded UHF RFID modules. The ThingMagic family of award winning embedded RFID modules is used worldwide to reduce development costs and speed the time-to-market for…
Irvine, Calif. — News Highlights: Enables software and hardware developers to prototype and experiment with new Internet of Things (IoT) applications Includes latest WICED™ Bluetooth® Smart chip and five low-power MEMS sensors Development kit and smartphone app can be connected and running programs in minutes Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor…
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2014, which ended August 2, 2014. “ADI had another good quarter of revenue growth led by the industrial and communications infrastructure markets,” said Vincent Roche, President and CEO. “Profitability and…
Seoul, Korea – Samsung Electronics, Ltd. announced today that it has started mass producing the industry’s first 64 gigabyte (GB), double data rate-4 (DDR4), registered dual Inline memory modules (RDIMMs) that use three dimensional (3D) “through silicon via” (TSV) package technology. The new high-density, high-performance module will play a key role in supporting the continued proliferation of enterprise…
Boston, Mass. – Led by China, the solar industry will grow at a CAGR of 8.3% – from 37.5 GWp in 2013 to 65.6 GWp in 2019 – but emerging trade disputes involving the Asian giant, as much as global policies, cast a shadow over short-term prospects, according to Lux Research. China became the biggest solar…
Camarillo, Calif. — Binder-USA, a global supplier of high quality circular connectors and cordsets for over 50 years, has formed a strategic partnership with Northwire, Inc., which produces custom wire and cable interconnect solutions. The strategic partnership between Binder-USA and Northwire, Inc. will enhance the potential for both companies to better service their key…
Despite higher DRAM prices starting in the second quarter of 2014 due in part to a lack of capacity expansions and increased obstacles in transitioning to 2Xnm manufacturing, DRAM prices start to drop at the end of July, according to DRAMeXchange, the memory and storage research division of TrendForce. Prices are expected to continue downward…
The NAND Flash market is expected to reach $26.6 billion in 2015, increasing nine percent, according to DRAMeXchange, a subsidiary of market intelligence firm TrendForce. The report finds increasing demand for tablets and smartphones along with the Internet of Things (IoT) further implementing NAND Flash are the key growth drivers next year. “NAND Flash bit-growth rate…
Wilmington, Mass. — Heilind Electronics, the largest distributor of interconnect products in North America, is now stocking SMD PCB Terminal Blocks, 2059 Series, by WAGO Corp. WAGO’s new 2059 SMT PCB terminal blocks offer a fast, cost-effective alternative to soldering leads and are an ideal solution for extremely small LED modules because of their compact size…
Element14 has expanded its portfolio of medium-voltage mosfets from Vishay Intertechnology, a world leader in discrete semiconductors; diodes and mosfets, and passive electronic components; resistors, inductors and capacitors. The SiA446DJ is the industry’s first 150 V N-channel mosfet in thermally enhanced PowerPAK® SC-70 package and features the industry’s lowest on-resistance at 10 V in the…