SIMI VALLEY, Calif — Hirose Electric, a leader in the development of connector solutions, has signed a North American distribution agreement with Sager Electronics to expand its product availability and customer support. The new agreement authorizes Sager to distribute Hirose’s full product portfolio to its customers across North America. Hirose’s broad interconnect offering includes advanced…
DetailsAltera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced its collaboration with China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) to research and develop next-generation wireless networks based on the Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture. Altera FPGAs and intellectual property (IP) provide CMRI’s wireless system solutions with a development platform and technical support that are being used to verify future…
DetailsABI Research forecasts that the revenues from main processors shipped in OEM-installed connected car telematics systems will increase from around $360 million at the end of 2012 to $1.6 billion globally by the end of 2020. Developments in the smartphone world are revolutionizing consumers’ in-car expectations and creating growth opportunities for silicon providers offering automotive…
DetailsThe fourth quarter of the year could be a buyer’s market for any company in need of TV-sized liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For the first time ever, reports market research firm IHS, the global market for LCD TV panels declined in Q3 from the prior quarter. Estimated worldwide LCD TV panel shipments during the third…
DetailsIPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the August findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program, which included a revised 2013 forecast of nearly flat sales growth for 2013. Sales and order growth both stalled in August after signs of upward momentum in recent months. Sales and Orders Remain Slow…
DetailsBenchmark Electronics Inc. said it has bought the electronics manufacturing services unit of CTS Corp., paying approximately $75 million for the division. The business services the industrial, aerospace & defense, medical and communications market, according to a statement issued by Benchmark and CTS. Like many other medium-size contract manufacturers Benchmark has been deepening its offerings…
DetailsIf you have been a buyer for even a short amount of time, you have probably already become aware of your dependency upon the integrity of everyone you deal with in the supply chain. You are in a pivotal position in both the supply and demand links because what you buy, (demand) is filling someone…
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Talk to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and the idea of “fail fast, fail early, and fail often” will likely come up within the first five minutes of conversation. In some circles, you're not considered successful until you have several failures under your belt. The same philosophy has merit for any startup company trying to make its…
DetailsThe Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $25.87 billion for the month of August 2013, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to August 2012, marking the industry’s largest year-over-year growth since March 2011. Sales in the Americas increased by 23.3 percent…
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