When purchasing goes into action, it goes to its Tier 1 suppliers first. Tier 1 is not always a function of size as much as it is a rating of performance history. Nothing is more irksome to a buyer than being told a component is available and then discovering that is not true. “Yes, we…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced first quarter fiscal 2013 sales of $582.8 million, up 4% sequentially and down 5% from the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. First quarter fiscal 2013 net income was $129.8 million, or $0.47 per diluted share. The full release can be viewed at Xilinx
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The quarterly results announced by {complink 2657|Intel Corp.} on Tuesday contained some bad news about softening PC demand in developing economies, yet the equity market strengthened today partly because investors felt the company's financial numbers and outlook were not as dire as initially assumed. In fact, even Intel's share price received a nice bump in…
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced the expansion of CUI’s medical power supply offering to include high-efficiency external medical power supplies and 5 & 10 W encapsulated AC/DC medical power supplies. CUI’s new…
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Heilind Electronics, the largest distributor of interconnect products in North America, is now stocking TE Connectivity's innovative Ocean series of lead wire applicators. The Ocean applicator combines the best features of TE's HDM, HDI and System III applicators while adding several customer-suggested enhancements. The Ocean series of applicators utilizes one applicator platform…
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The technology for printed electronics has been around for a long time, yet this very practical technology hasn’t exactly taken off. The method, which adds extremely thin layers of materials at a time, is generally used for small electronics, such as hearing aids, or 3D models. One of the reasons the method has lagged is…
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Tech companies are increasingly worried about supply chain risk. In its insurance market outlook for 2012, Marsh Inc. estimated that insured catastrophe-related losses in 2011 hit a record, exceeding $105 billion. Some 88 percent of tech companies polled by BDO cited concerns over their global distribution chains. It was the third straight year that the…
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My previous article on the Fitbit introduced the product and the setup. (See: My Fitbit Experiment, Day 1.) Day 2 was pretty active for me. I worked on demolishing my garage, went on a hike that was probably a few miles long, and tackled some insane blackberry weeds. So what did Fitbit have to say…
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MANSFIELD, TX — Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced a new worldwide distribution agreement with Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog, mixed signal and power management semiconductors. For design engineers across the globe, Mouser’s…
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Weakness in the global economy will hurt third quarter sales at {complink 2657|Intel Corp.}, and the company is now projecting revenue for the period will be up about $300 million below the midpoint of its previous forecast. Intel, the world's biggest semiconductor company and a bellwether for the industry, said the lower forecast was due…
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