DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a unit of DuPont Electronics & Industrial, today announced its $220 million expansion project at the Circleville site is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021. The investment will expand production of Kapton® polyimide film and Pyralux® flexible circuit materials and will ensure a committed supply is available to…
DetailsDigi-Key Electronics, which offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has expanded its Marketplace product portfolio to include a distribution partnership with FEITIAN Technologies. FEITIAN offers a wide array of two-factor/multi-factor (2FA/MFA) hardware authentication tokens, security keys, and other cybersecurity solutions. This partnership is Digi-Key’s first…
DetailsCustomers of leading global technology solutions provider Avnet will now have access to the full portfolio of Cypress Semiconductor solutions as part of the Infineon product line. Avnet’s customers around the world can now access and integrate Cypress’ suite of hardware, software and security solutions for their technology projects and initiatives, especially in the automotive,…
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A perfect storm of events have converged to create the semiconductor shortage of 2021. High-level collaboration across the electronics supply chain could make the deficit less painful, experts say. Shortages often prompt less-than-optimum purchasing behaviors. Competitive bidding for inventory drives prices up. Exceptions to approved vendor lists become common. And double-ordering – where purchase orders…
DetailsSensirion, the expert for environmental and flow sensor solutions, is proud to announce its new partnership with Anglia Components. Under the distribution agreement, Anglia is franchised to sell Sensirion products to its customers. With Anglia on board, Sensirion strengthens its distribution network in the UK and Ireland. As a leading independent authorized distributor of semiconductors,…
DetailsCompetition for wafer fab capacity is one reason the automotive industry is scrambling for an adequate supply of semiconductors in 2021. IC Insights this week reported the top 5 wafer capacity leaders in the market account for 54 percent of all global capacity. Each of the top-five wafer capacity leaders had capacity of at least…
DetailsECIA identifies best practice examples for locating and listing authorized distributors and manufacturer representatives.
DetailsNewark and Cisco partner to deliver industrial IoT solutions for harsh and ruggedized environments to customers in North America.
DetailsAlliance Memory has expanded its legacy NOR Flash device offering from Micron, including the M29F, M45PE, N25Q, J3, and P30/P33 families.
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The burgeoning semiconductor shortage of 2021 hit chipmakers “like a ton of bricks,” according to one distributor. Of course, that’s not the phrase semiconductor suppliers would use. But the supply chain is in the midst of a perfect storm. A convergence of events is creating what’s expected to be a shortage of CPUs, MPUs, memory,…
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