The lithium-ion battery business is growing rapidly to many tens of billions of dollars yearly, thanks to billions of dollars continuing to be invested in the industry. Their use is widening well beyond e-readers, tablets, laptops and mobile phones with vehicles being particularly important for the future; mainly hybrid electric and pure electric vehicles by…
DetailsAltera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Intel Corporation today announced their collaboration on the development of multi-die devices that leverage Intel’s world-class package and assembly capabilities and Altera’s leading-edge programmable logic technology. The collaboration is an extension of the foundry relationship between Altera and Intel, in which Intel is manufacturing Altera’s Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs…
DetailsMunich, Germany — Buyers rank reliability and quality as more important than price when selecting photovoltaic (PV) modules, according to a recent survey of solar module purchases conducted by IHS Technology. Survey respondents were given choices including reliability, quality, pricing, efficiency, weight and size, and by a wide margin, 99 percent of respondents said module…
DetailsSpansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a global leader in embedded systems solutions, and Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSI), a leader in advanced memory and analog IC solutions, today announced the signing of a license agreement that gives ISSI access to Spansion’s patent portfolio to develop and produce specialized flash memory products. “ISSI is proud to…
DetailsInternational automotive supplier Continental will launch production this month of short range radar sensors for advanced driver assistance systems at its plant in Seguin, Texas. “Expanding our manufacturing capacity takes us a step closer to our American customers. In the market for the market is a keystone of our strategy,” said Christian Schumacher head of…
DetailsIPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® bestowed its highest corporate honors to STI Electronics, Inc. and Raytheon Company. During a luncheon at IPC APEX EXPO®, the IPC Stan Plzak Corporate Recognition Award was presented to STI Electronics and the IPC Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award to Raytheon Company Named after a former IPC Board Chairman who…
DetailsMarlan Bourns, founder of Bourns, Inc. and inventor of the Trimpot® trimming potentiometer, died on March 18, 2014. His family was with him at Kindred Hospital in Santa Ana, California at the time of his passing. Marlan was 93 years old and was battling several age-related illnesses. Marlan and his wife, Rosemary, founded Bourns, Inc., initially…
DetailsDurham, N.C. — Cree, Inc. has claimed another LED milestone with the demonstration of 303 lumens per watt from a white high power LED, aimed at producing smaller and lower cost lighting solutions. This surpasses Cree’s previous R&D industry best of 276 lumens per watt announced over a year ago. LED efficacy was measured at…
DetailsActive-Semi International, Inc. (www.active-semi.com) and Digi-Key Corporation, a leading global electronic components distributor, today announced a global distribution agreement. Active-Semi provides a breadth of purpose-built analog and mixed signal power ICs that enable a variety of broad and emerging applications, such as smartphones, tablets, wearables, automation and embedded motor control in consumer electronics, commercial and…
DetailsFuture Electronics today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies for mobile security, embedded microcontrollers, harsh environment electronics and magnetic sensors. “Considering the ever increasing demand for non-volatile memories and products capable of enhancing the performance and security of chips for smart cards, mobile…
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