A Message from Rick Hamada, Chief Executive Officer, Avnet, Inc. It is with sadness that I report to you that one of our former Avnet Executive Board members, Jim Smith, passed away this morning after losing his battle with a serious illness. As many of you know, Jim recently retired from Avnet and was an…
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LAS VEGAS — Intel Corporation and Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) announced that the two companies were entering into a multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship that includes smartphones which Motorola will begin shipping later this year using Intel® Atom™ processors and the Android™ platform. The collaboration, which also covers tablets, will combine Intel’s leadership in silicon processor…
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If your company has been going up against {complink 379|Apple Inc.} in the smartphone, tablet PC, or digital music player markets, be very afraid. Apple's return salvo may catch you completely by surprise. The company has been too quiet recently. Ominously quiet. The silence can only mean one thing: Apple will come out soon with…
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MIAMI — It was announced today that Raltron Electronics Corp., Miami FL had completed an agreement appointing CCI-Commodity Components International, as an authorized Raltron distributor throughout the globe. In announcing this appointment, Sasha Wolloch, Raltron President, comments, ”Our agreement with CCI , a distributor with offices strategically located around the world marketplace, provides Raltron with…
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Much of the buzz coming out of this week's Consumer Electronics Show is about televisions: how to capitalize on Internet TV; how to better manage TV content; and even how to talk to your TV. In terms of manufacturing, the most recent TV revolution was LCD — the display technology first used in phones and…
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Consumers are rapidly turning to other consumer electronics devices such as smartphones and tablet computers to view media
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Renesas Electronics America Inc. today named Ali Sebt president and chief executive officer. Sebt, a 20-year Renesas veteran, succeeds outgoing president and CEO Daniel Mahoney, who has retired from the company. Sebt joined Renesas Electronics America (formerly Hitachi Semiconductor America) in 1991 and most recently served as the company’s chief operating…
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SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. — GLOBALFOUNDRIES and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an agreement to jointly manufacture advanced computer chips at both companies’ semiconductor fabs in New York’s “Tech Valley.” The new products recently began initial production at IBM’s 300mm fab in East Fishkill and GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Fab 8 in Saratoga County, and are planned to ramp…
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The authors of these papers will present their research at a free BUZZ session on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at IPC APEX EXPO
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{complink 4267|Royal Philips Electronics N.V.} won't hit its sales and profit targets for the fourth quarter. This clearly confirms that Europe's economic malaise will hurt its leading electronics makers and possibly the entire industry. The Amsterdam company, which has extended interests in the consumer lighting, healthcare equipment, and domestic appliance markets, said in a press…
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