St. Petersburg, Fla. – America II Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s largest distributors of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it has entered into a franchise distribution agreement with GP Batteries, a leading manufacturer of primary and rechargeable batteries. Under terms of the agreement, America II will distribute GP Batteries’ entire portfolio of products…
DetailsMahway, N.J.– Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), is pleased to announce that Dave Dwyer has been promoted to Vice President of Supply Chain and Operations. In his new role, Dave will be responsible for end-to-end Supply Chain Management and enhancing alliances with supply chain partners in support of…
DetailsEnglewood, Colo. – Global revenues for the semiconductor-based magnetic sensor market grew less than one percent in 2014, primarily due to ongoing price erosion in the electronic compass sensor market, according to IHS Inc. However, the market researcher forecasts nearly four percent growth in 2015 due to rising demand in the automotive sector. The automotive sensor market…
DetailsGeneva, Ill. – Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced today the availability and full design support capabilities for a new 2W GaN driver amplifier from Qorvo. The TGA2958-SM is a packaged Ku-band amplifier fabricated on Qorvo’s 0.15um GaN on SiC production process (QGaN15). Operating over a 13-18 GHz bandwidth, the TGA2598-SM delivers 2W of saturated output power with 20 dB…
DetailsAustin, Tex. – Motorola’s latest Moto X, the Moto X Style, breaks the platform mold for the first time in many years by using a third-party audio codec, Cirrus Logic’s WM6277. With just a handful of mobile platform providers left in the market, the need to provide a complete platform solution has become mandatory. In…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the PGA900 programmable resistive sensing conditioner from Texas Instruments (TI). The PGA900 device is the industry’s highest resolution resistive sensing signal conditioner, enabling fast and precise 24-bit measurement of parameters such as pressure, strain, flow, or liquid levels. The TI PGA900 sensing conditioner, now available from Mouser Electronics, manipulates…
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Sulfur contamination in chip resistors was primarily an issue for the automotive industry, but over the past several years it has migrated into other applications. Sulfur contamination can impact the long-term reliability of resistors in high-sulfur content environments. While there aren’t a huge number of applications in high-sulfur environments, in some industrial locations, such as…
DetailsSan Jose, Calif. — Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) (Nasdaq: MPWR), a leading company in high performance power solutions, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. The results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 are as follows: Net revenue was $91.2 million, a 12.0% increase from $81.4 million in the second quarter of 2015 and…
DetailsIrvine, Calif. — Third Quarter 2015 Results GAAP Non-GAAP Net revenue $2.19 billion Net income per share $.69 $.77 (including $.03 of other charges) ($.03 better than First Call consensus) Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today reported unaudited financial results for its third quarter…
DetailsEaston, Pa. – Acopian, a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of standard, modified-standard and custom power supplies, today announced that it was awarded a 2014 Gold level Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Performance Excellence Award is an annual program that recognizes suppliers that achieved superior performance in consistent quality manufacturing and on-time delivery. Acopian…
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