RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for wideband, DC-3.5GHz GaN transistors from TriQuint. Available as the T2G4003532-FS earless package or the T2G4003532-FL, both transistors are input prematched for S-band operation. The devices are constructed with TriQuint’s proven TQGaN25 process, which features advanced field plate techniques to optimize power and efficiency at high drain bias operating…
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Many minds make light work: That's the wisdom of crowdsourcing. A new online community is hoping to leverage the power of the people to help address counterfeit risk and obsolescence headaches in the supply chain. Network Product Solutions LLC has launched the Trusted Global Buyers Network (TGBN), an online community that will allow members to…
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Once you have figured out what about your high-tech startup is unique and interesting, it is time to actually do the work that will get your company and its products out in front of the editors and reporters. First off, who is your target market? Who are you reaching out to and what do you…
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The problem with Smart TV is that its main value is an Internet connection, something that is not unique. Consumers can use game consoles or Internet TV boxes such as the new Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku, among others. Each provides the network connection but no compelling user interface that's commonplace on smartphones,…
DetailsThe conductive ink and paste business is a large market that will generate $1.6 billion in 2014 in revenue at the ink/paste level. This market however is segmented, consisting of many emerging and mature markets. In the new report Conductive Ink Markets 2014-2024: Forecasts, Technologies, Players IDTechEx sees the market experiencing 4.5% CAGR over the…
DetailsEl Segundo, Calif. —Renesas maintained its number one ranking in the automotive semiconductor market in 2013, with a half-billion-dollar gap over the second-place competitor, Infineon, according to IHS Technology. Rounding out the top five are STMicroelecronics, Freescale and NXP. The overall automotive semiconductor market expanded five percent in 2013, reaching $26.7 billion in 2013, up from $25.4…
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The productivity and efficiency of any organization can be boosted or slowed by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) setup. A recent whitepaper (registration required) by Supply Chain Management Review and Columbus offers some best-practices to bring your ERP solution up to top speed. Though certainly there are more than seven ways to do this, these…
DetailsTE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) said it has struck an agreement to purchase specialist connector maker Seacon Group for $490 million as part of ongoing plans to expand its offerings to companies serving the military marine and general marine industry. The Harrisburg, Pa-based company, one of the world’s biggest supplier of connectors and solutions to…
DetailsMunich —A long-running battle in the global photovoltaic (PV) market between the United States and China over antidumping and subsidy charges could expand into higher solar costs, with wide-ranging ramifications for the U.S. if punitive tariffs are levied on Taiwanese cells. However, enough tariff-free capacity should still be available in 2014 to ensure there are…
DetailsSingapore — RS Components (http://singapore.rs-online.com/web) (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (http://www.electrocomponents.com) (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has announced availability of high-power LUXEON ultraviolet (UV) LEDs from Philips Lumileds. Featuring the industry’s smallest footprint of just 2.2 sq. mm, the high-power emitters are one-fifth the size of…
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