Technavio has announced the top six leading vendors in their recent global lithium-ion battery market report from 2017-2021. This market research report also lists 20 other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecast period. Competitive vendor landscape The global lithium-ion battery market is expected to reach USD 81.65 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Electromechanical and Power components and provider of value-add solutions, is now stocking Omron’s new Z4D-C01 micro-displacement sensor. The reflective type micro-photonic sensor has resolution capabilities to sense displacement of ±10µm. Contact with the object being detected is not necessary thanks to an Omron original design which…
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For many kilometers, I walked alongside a rail construction project that will influence the way goods and people move around Central Asia. It was September 2017, and crews were finishing up the last details, getting the BTK Railway ready for the October opening. The 840-kilometer passenger and cargo rail line, financially funded by Azerbaijan and…
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The transformational shift in how and where consumers shop has been causing major disruption for an age-old industry. Retail, a critical channel for electronics OEMs, is changing faster than ever and with it will come new challenges and opportunities for consumers and brands alike. The good news? Traditional retail will survive, but in a new…
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It seems that each and every day there is news about how e-commerce is changing how our world works. Leveraging the Internet and mobile technology in commerce has changed the consumer experience and, as a result, customer expectations are quite different than they were just a couple years ago. While figuring out how to make the…
DetailsBased on a variety of different key performance metrics, Harwin has awarded Digi-Key with its Global Distributor 2017 Award. The supply chain specialist has achieved an impressive 40% sales growth for Harwin product lines over the course of the last 12 months and established itself as the connector and board level hardware manufacturer’s number one…
DetailsThe global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor devices market is expected to reach USD 4.37 billionby 2025, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. The growing applications of GaN in a wide variety of semiconductor devices are expected to augment the market growth. Additionally, the rapid technological advancements in performance of GaN-based semiconductors are anticipated to…
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Strong demand from data center servers and mobile products has driven tight supply and upward price pressure on server and mobile DRAMs throughout 2017. The trend has resulted in record sales for the DRAM market in all four quarters, according to IC Insights. DRAM revenue is forecast to reach $21.1 billion in the fourth quarter…
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The Intel brands is synonymous with the computer chips attested to by the “Intel Inside” tag on hardware. But the company is adapting to today’s computing demands and participating in the advance of artificial intelligence (AI). I spoke with Intel’s chief data scientist Bob Rogers about the company’s direction and the new possibilities opened up…
DetailsToday, SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, released its Year-end Forecast at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition. SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6 percent to US$55.9 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment market has exceeded the previous market high of US$47.7…
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