Buyers who are purchasing magnetic components can expect stable lead times and pricing throughout the remainder of the year. At least that is the consensus of inductor and transformer suppliers that I’ve chatted with over the past few weeks. Although a few inductor suppliers noted rising demand over the past quarter, which has resulted in…
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There's little doubt that logistics is getting more expensive, but we don't have to roll over and submit to the inevitablity of rising costs. Earlier this summer, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals released its 24th annual State of Logistics Report. According to the CSCMP report authored by Rosalyn Wilson, the cost of the…
DetailsKemet Corp., a leading global supplier of electronic components, has announced a new trading partnership with Waldom Electronics. Waldom, which sells brand-name components to distributors and never to end customers, will market Kemet’s wide range of industry-leading tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, and paper capacitors to its network of over 2500 Americas-based distributor customers. Waldom offers supply chain…
DetailsTTI, Inc., known as a leading distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components, has received three distinguished awards from National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI). These awards were given for On-Time Delivery, Quality, and Best in Class Supplier. Debbie Ragan, global commodity manager at National Instruments, and her team recently presented these awards to the TTI…
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NKK Switches, a maker of highly engineered switch products, wants to make its products available to as many customers as possible. The Japan-based component maker, which already sells about 75 percent of its volume through the channel, is increasing that level to reach more product development teams, consolidate market information and ensure the right NKK…
DetailsCan Stephen Elop still forcefully defend himself against accusations he was a “Trojan Horse” moved by Microsoft Corp. inside Nokia Corp. to deliver the Finnish mobile equipment manufacturer to Redmond, Wash.? I am not a conspiracy theorist but I didn’t accept the Nokia CEO’s defense the first time he offered them in February, 2011 and…
DetailsRichardson RFPD, Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new HaRP™ technology-enabled UltraCMOS® SP5T switches from Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (Peregrine). The devices are manufactured on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS process, a patented variation of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology on a sapphire substrate, offering the performance of GaAs with the economy and integration of conventional…
DetailsARM (LSE: ARM) (NASDAQ: ARMH), the leading semiconductor IP supplier, and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement for the sale and transfer of Cadence PANTA display controller cores to ARM. The agreement enhances the companies’ long-standing ecosystem collaboration…
DetailsAvnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced that it has inked a distribution agreement with Gateworks Corporation, the leading supplier of powerful ARM-based single board computers (SBCs) for transmitting and receiving audio, video and data in embedded wireless and wired network systems. Click to tweet:…
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