Americas Lead in Industrial Chip Purchases
OEMs in the Americas region, led by the United States, continue to spend the most on industrial semiconductors despite years of outsourcing and offshoring, according to IHS.
DetailsAvnet Designs For Rugged Environments
Whether you are designing systems for medical imaging, military, transportation or space launch control, you know reliability, ruggedness and high-speed performance are crucial. With that in mind, Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), provides engineers with next-generation connectivity to confidently design a fully integrated system that can withstand any environment.…
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Supply Chain Remains a Risky Business
As an industry, we need to shift our focus from thinking about and talking about supply chain risk and do more about actively managing it. A recent study from Dr. Kevin McCormack of DRK Research, the author of Supply Risk Management: Minimizing Disruptions in Global Sourcing , found that very few companies are developing an…
DetailsMolex Gets Approval for $7.2B Koch Deal
Molex Inc. said most of its shareholders have approved its pending acquisition by Koch Industries Inc. This means the $7.2 billion deal could be concluded on schedule once the companies receive regulatory consent in China, the European Union, Israel, Japan, Mexico and in the United States. In a press statement Molex said holders of its…
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Mouser Stocks New Microchip Temp Sensors With Breakthrough I/O Support
MANSFIELD, Texas — Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the new EMC118x family of temperature sensors from Microchip Technology, the first with 1.8V SMBus and I2C communications. The low-voltage I/O support on the EMC118x family of temp sensors allows for interfacing to the latest generation of smartphone, tablet, and PC chipsets. Microchip EMC118x devices available…
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Belly Up to the Bar (Code)
Most revolutionary inventions come from years of grueling research and hours in a lab, but not the bar code. N. Joseph Woodland was sitting on a beach drawing lines in the sand with his finger. Woodland left a historic legacy in his wake when he passed away on December 8, 2012 at the age of…
DetailsTTI Launches Enhanced Search Tool
TTI introduces a new enhancement to its website part search functionality.
DetailsNokia Acquisition to Boost Microsoft’s Buying Clout
Microsoft is set to become one of the world’s Top 10 OEM semiconductor buyers with the upcoming acquisition of Nokia, according to IHS.
DetailsRFMW Supporting MAST
RFMW Ltd., announces design and sales support for a new line of dual use RF Absorber + Thermally Conductive pad material from MAST Technologies. Trademarked Suppress-n-Sink, the target application is reducing harmful reflections from heat-sinks and heat-spreaders used on RF components. New designs often include miniaturization as a design goal forcing the product packaging and…
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