Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) and Broadcom Limited (Nasdaq: AVGO) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Cypress will acquire Broadcom’s Wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business and related assets in an all-cash transaction valued at $550 million. Under the terms of the deal, Cypress will acquire Broadcom’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee IoT…
DetailsDurham, N.C. — Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) power products — including best-in-class SiC MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, and modules — has introduced a free online circuit simulation tool that allows power electronics design engineers to simulate and evaluate the performance of SiC-based power circuits, and to aid in the…
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Texas Instruments was ranked the top vendor of semiconductors in the industrial sector in 2015, according to Semicast Research. Rounding out the top five are Infineon Technologies, Intel, STMicroelectronics, and Renesas Electronics. Semicast estimates TI’s market share at 8.1 percent, followed by Infineon (6.8%), Intel (4.9%), STMicroelectronics (4.4%) and Renesas (3.8%). “Intel passed STMicroelectronics to become the…
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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the second consecutive month –albeit at a slightly slower pace — according to the nation’s supply executives in the latest business report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). “The April PMI registered 50.8 percent, a decrease of 1 percentage point from the March reading…
DetailsGreenville, S.C. – KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) Net sales for the quarter up 3.8% to $183.9 million compared to the prior quarter ended December 31, 2015. Gross margin for fiscal year 2016 of 22.2% compared to 19.4% for the prior fiscal year 2015. Cash Balance as of March 31, 2016 of $65.0 million up $21.8 million from December 31, 2015…
DetailsFort Worth, Tex. – TTI, the leading global distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, has been awarded the 2015 Global Distributor of the Year Award from Molex. Molex’s most prestigious channel partnership award recognizes one outstanding global channel partner each year for advancing Molex technology solutions through demonstrated growth in worldwide sales coupled…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the ADS131E08S analog front end (AFE) for power monitoring from Texas Instruments (TI). The ADS131E08S AFE is a multichannel, simultaneous sampling, 24-bit, delta-sigma, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with an integrated programmable gain amplifier (PGA) and short start-up time (3 milliseconds). The ADC’s wide dynamic range, scalable data rates up to…
DetailsChicago, Ill. – Global electronics distributor Newark element14 has added hundreds of new products from the Amphenol Cables on Demand product line to its portfolio. Three connector categories in particular – the CAT6A Shielded RJ45 Cable Assemblies, BNC and SMA RF Coaxial Cable Assemblies, and Deluxe HD Molded D-Sub Cable Assemblies – are ideally suited for a vast array of…
DetailsGreenville, S.C. – KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) (“KEMET”), a leading global supplier of electronic components, today announced that NEC TOKIN Corporation, a joint venture between KEMET Electronics Corporation and NEC Corporation, reached a preliminary settlement with plaintiffs in two related U.S. antitrust class action suits. “A significant hurdle to our acquisition of NEC TOKIN has been cleared,” stated…
Details42Q, a leading provider of cloud manufacturing execution systems (MES), today announced the immediate availability of the first, fully cloud-based MES solution that offers competitive advantages in speed of deployment, operational agility and low total cost of ownership. Higher expectations from customers for demand flexibility and product delivery are significant factors leading manufacturers to adopt…
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