If all electronics OEMs had the same supply chain needs, my job would be fairly simple: Map out a standard process and take a nice long lunch. But, there is no “one-size-fits-all” strategy for managing the global electronics supply chain. One customer may barely break $1 million in sales in a year, while another is…
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MANSFIELD, Texas — Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it is stocking new product from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors DURIS™ E5 LEDs deliver a high efficacy of up to 97lm/W, 82 CRI, and a wide beam angle of 120º…
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CHICAGO — Newark's element14, the first online community for design engineers, today announced a partnership with Screaming Circuits, a high-quality PCB prototype manufacturer, to provide its assembly and turnkey prototyping services to North American customers. The services will be provided through the Knode on element14, an intelligent online search and knowledge tool that helps engineers…
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PHOENIX — Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Hartford Computer Group, Inc. and its subsidiary Nexicore Services LLC (“Nexicore”). Nexicore voluntarily initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago today and will seek Bankruptcy Court approval…
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Ongoing uncertainty in the global marketplace put a damper on corporate M&A activity toward the end of 2011. Yet one of the biggest tech deals in recent history — the acquisition of National Semiconductor by Texas Instruments — took place this year. The outlook for 2012 remains about the same, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC. The…
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Heilind Electronics, the largest interconnect distributor in North America, now has a reserve inventory on TE Connectivity's just released USB 3.0 connector. TE's USB 3.0 connector meets all standards of USB-IF and supports 5 Gbps data rate for fast sync-n-go, a 10X performance increase over USB 2.0. This USB connector minimizes user…
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Sales at {complink 2657|Intel Corp.} in the fourth quarter will be as much as $1 billion below the high-end of the company's previous forecast due to the negative effects of the recent flooding in Thailand on the electronics supply chain. It was not the first time that weather or other natural disaster-related events had clipped…
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DURHAM, N.C. — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today announced a nonexclusive worldwide license agreement with RFHIC Corporation, a global leader in cutting-edge RF power amplifiers, that provides access to Cree’s pioneering Doherty amplifier-related patents. Cree’s RF innovation and novel Doherty architecture can serve as the foundation for advanced 4G base stations that are substantially more…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel Corporation today announced that the company’s fourth-quarter results are expected to be below the company’s previous outlook due to hard disk drive supply shortages. The company now expects fourth-quarter revenue to be $13.7 billion, plus or minus $300 million, on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, lower than the previous…
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Samsung expanded its share by 3.5 percentage points to garner an impressive 45.0 percent slice of DRAM market revenue in the third quarter
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