Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING)) today introduced WEBENCH® Altium Connector, a collaborative effort between Altium and Texas Instruments (TI) to blend TI’s award-winning WEBENCH power design and simulation tools with Altium’s leading EDA tool suite Altium Designer. This powerful platform…
America Semiconductor, LLC, a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-industry high-power semiconductors, today announced the appointment of Concord Components, specialists in the distribution of military and commercial-grade board level components, to its growing network of franchised distributors. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord Components is charged with strengthening America Semiconductor’s supply chain throughout North America. The…
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced that Kenneth Schramko has joined its Washington, D.C.-based government relations team as director of government relations. The addition of Schramko to the IPC team is part of the association’s continuing efforts to expand its presence with policy makers and key audiences in Washington, D.C. Schramko will focus on a…
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced a global distribution agreement with Heatron, an industry leader in the manufacture of LED products and solutions. Heatron offers a wide array of LED products for interior and exterior illumination including LED boards and modules for recessed…
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.34 billion for the month of April 2014, an increase of 11.5 percent from the April 2013 total of $23.62 billion and a slight uptick of 0.7 percent compared to last month’s total of…
The Internet of Things (IoT), the theme at the element14 6th annual electronics roadshow kicks off in June in Baroda, Ahmedabad, Kolkatta, Chandigarh, Delhi and Mumbai. Together with technology partners Freescale, Texas Instruments (TI), Renesas and Infineon, among others, element14 will unveil a host of exclusive new technologies and products, exciting demos and informative live…
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading engineering resource and global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, has received the 2013 Outstanding Year-Over-Year Growth Award from TDK-Lambda Americas Inc., a group company of TDK Corporation. The award was presented to Mouser in recognition of the distributor’s efforts that helped TDK-Lambda exceed growth and sales goals last…
Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL), the leading provider of RF power technology, today introduced the RF Power Tool system, which is designed to simplify the development of RF power applications and help customers create new and differentiated RF power solutions. The only comprehensively integrated RF power application development system on the market, Freescale’s RF Power Tool…
IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announces that Keenan Loubser has joined the IPC staff as senior director of certification programs. Loubser will oversee IPC’s certification programs, maintain and build relationships with IPC training and certification centers around the world and manage IPC’s certification team. With nearly 20 years of experience in information…
Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that it has received the Arrow Electronics, Inc. Perfect Order Index (POI) Award for 2013. Bourns was the recipient of Arrow’s Platinum POI Award which is the highest award level given. Arrow began the POI Awards to honor suppliers that achieve best-in-class performance…