THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., and CHANDLER, Ariz. — Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Microchip Technology, Inc. announced today the co-sponsorship of the Virtual Embedded Designer’s Forum (EDF) event to take place Tuesday, November 2, from 7 a.m.…
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PHOENIX — Avnet Memec Americas, a division of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), celebrates its fifth anniversary by logging an impressive 12,757 design registrations since being formed in 2005. “Our success has largely been attributed to our consistent dedication to true innovation and design” Avnet Memec is a name synonymous with design, built on the Memec…
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The key question often asked by {complink 7427|iSuppli Corp.} clients is, “Where will future demand come from for the outsourced manufacturing industry?” iSuppli forecasts the global electronics outsourced manufacturing industry will grow to more than $450 billion in 2014, up from about $260 billion in 2009. That works out to roughly $40 billion per year…
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ANGLETON, Texas — Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE), a leading contract manufacturing provider, announced sales of $614 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, a 20% increase compared to $510 million for the same quarter in the prior year. The Company reported third quarter net income of $23 million, or $0.37 per diluted share.…
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KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany — Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB:DLG), a leading provider of high integrated innovative Power Management Semiconductor solutions, today reports results for its third quarter ending 1 October 2010. Commenting on the results Dialog Chief Executive, Dr Jalal Bagherli, said: 'I am proud of the contribution that all of our employees have made in achieving…
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China’s desktop PC exports in July fell 12.2 percent, with 2.6 million units shipped, down from 3.0 million in June and virtually unchanged from May, according to iSuppli
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My column last week produced some interesting reactions among readers, and I wanted to follow up before leaving the subject. (See: China, Emerging Markets Ready to Pay More for Green Products.) As reported then, a DHL study of 1,002 respondents found that Asians were 30 percent more likely than North Americans to pay higher prices…
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DALLAS — Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced third-quarter revenue of $3.74 billion, net income of $859 million and earnings per share of 71 cents. “Our strong performance was driven by growth in all of our segments,” said Rich Templeton, TI chairman, president and chief executive officer. “TI's continuing transformation to a company…
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First, let's do away with the myth that some currencies float freely. They don't. Each national government, and in the case of the euro, the European Union, has in its kitty tools for manipulating currencies, although the ability to do this can vary widely. Already, one of the threats against China in the ongoing war…
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Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and their availability have been much in the news recently. There seems to be a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about what these are, where they are used, and what the supply issues are. I will try to clarify some of these issues. First, here are a few basic facts about…
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