Astute Electronics has been designated as an authorised distributor for Plessey Semiconductors Ltd across the UK and Ireland, Australia and China. The deal brings Plessey’s range of innovative GaN-on-Silicon LED lighting and sensing products into Astute’s hand-picked portfolio of elite manufacturers, all of whom have shown long-term commitment to the Hi-Rel sector. Mick Martin, Semiconductor…
DetailsE2open, the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, today announced that it has acquired Channel Data Management (CDM) providers, Birch Worldwide and Entomo. These acquisitions further strengthen E2open’s CDM capabilities, providing organizations the most comprehensive platform in the market to improve sales channel performance. “E2open is committed to being the leader…
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Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. boosted their semiconductor spend in 2017, extending their lead as the top two semiconductor buyers in 2017, according to Gartner Inc.’s latest spending report. Together, the companies account for 19.5 percent of the total global market, spending $81.8 billion on semiconductors last year. This is up from more than $20…
DetailsPhil Gallagher is optimistic about Avnet Inc. Following the announcement of the distributor’s fiscal Q2 earnings, the president of Avnet’s electronic components business assessed the company’s progress after a tumultuous 18 months. “We are making progress,” Gallagher said. “We are excited about where we are. We feel we are coming out the other side of a number…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with Insight SiP, providers of ready-to-use radio frequency (RF) modules for Bluetooth® low energy applications. Through the agreement, Mouser will stock Insight SiP’s Bluetooth low energy modules, designed for low-power wireless connectivity applications, such as telecom and mobile computing, portable consumer devices, health care,…
DetailsQualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) today confirmed it has received a decision from the European Commission (EC) relating to an expired agreement between Qualcomm and Apple Inc., which was in effect from 2011 through 2016, for the pricing of modem chips. The EC alleges that certain provisions of this agreement were in violation of European Union competition…
DetailsIPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the December 2017 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Positive year-over-year shipment and order growth continued in December. Due to a sharp increase in orders in December, the book-to-bill ratio climbed to 1.15. Total North American PCB shipments in December 2017 were up…
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Lower than expected demand for smartphones is putting the brakes on price increases for mobile DRAM in the first quarter of 2018 but it may not last. Contract prices for mobile DRAM are forecast to rise by only three percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce. However, a rollout…
DetailsAvnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced results for the second quarter ended December 30, 2017. Second Quarter Results Sales of $4.5 billion were at the high end of our guidance Sales increased 5.8% year over year Organic sales increased 1.9% in constant currency from the year ago quarter Diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations…
DetailsTTI, Inc., the leading global authorized distributor of electronic components, announced today the company has promoted Mike Morton, President, TTI Global Sales and Marketing, to the position of Chief Operating Officer, TTI, Inc. In making the announcement, Paul Andrews, TTI CEO, made these comments, “Mike joined TTI in 1978, and has been involved in all…
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