Anyone within the continental United States who has recently traveled by plane knows how much havoc bad weather can wreak on the country's transportation system. Much of the country — and a significant portion of the electronics supply chain, I would imagine — ground to a halt last week as snow blanketed the central and…
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In my most recent column I pointed to the financial business values of an entirely new model for the military/aero component supply chain with the acronym SLiM, for semiconductor lifecycle management. We will look at the new model in greater detail over the next few columns. (See: Requirements for a Successful IC End-of-Life Planning.) With…
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There are better ways to generate publicity than sending out another news release. The media sees far too many of them. After all, PR doesn’t stand for press release. Let’s use our imagination; there are other great marketing resources just waiting to be tapped. With all the talk about integrated marketing communications, how about getting…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, recently received the 'Best Supplier Award' from Dongguan Samsung Electro-Mechanics (DSEM). Samsung Electro-Mechanics is a major global player of a wide range of electronic products from components to completed assemblies. Fairchild was selected for the award…
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LONDON — Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor of electronic and industrial components, and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), the global leader in high performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, will co-host a webcast entitled ‘Converter Simulation – Beyond the Eval Board’ on Feb 22, 2011, from 3-4 pm CET. To register, please visit: http://www.element-14.com/community/groups/technology-training-webinars. This webcast…
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CHANDLER, Ariz. — Radiall and Amphenol are pleased to announce that Amphenol is now a licensed second source for Radiall R2CT connection kits. As a second source, Amphenol will manufacture and market the connectors. R2CT connection kit provides a waterproof, sealed connection for fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA), remote radio head equipment, and similar outdoor applications where a…
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CAMARILLO, Calif. — DEX and DHL Supply Chain have agreed to a partnership deal to provide end-to-end technical services for service parts, finished goods and parts management to new and existing customers across all sectors. DHL manages the supply chains for 200+ technology, electronics and engineering companies and through this partnership will offer a comprehensive…
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ALLEN, Texas — Amphenol Fiber Systems International (AFSI) is pleased to announce the approval of Interstate Connecting Components (ICC) as a Value-Added Distributor for AFSI's MIL-PRF-28876 connector series. Both AFSI and DLA Land and Maritime have given ICC the go-ahead to begin assembling M28876 connectors in their Moorestown, NJ facility. ICC has long been a…
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CAMARILLO, Calif. — Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, today reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 (quarter ended December 31, 2010) and reported on material subsequent events. Financial Highlights • Net revenues of $37.7 million, compared with…
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DALLAS — Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today reported its financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010. Year 2010 Highlights Revenue increased to a record $612.9 million, an increase…
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