Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, has announced that Ed Smith will assume a new role as senior vice president of Avnet embedded solutions globally, effective July 3, 2016. Concurrent with Avnet’s new fiscal year, Ed Smith will assume a global embedded leadership role full-time. In his new role, Smith will continue…
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Although the overall economy grew for the 79th consecutive month in December, the U.S. manufacturing industry contracted for the second consecutive month. The Institute for Supply Management’s leading manufacturing index, the PMI, declined by 0.4 percent from the November level to 48.2 percent. Any number below 50 indicates the industry is contracting. The data surprised…
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The outlook for the electronics industry is not cheery. It’s not grim, either. Forecasters say the market will grow in the very low single-digit in 2016. They are also not expecting a sharp upswing in 2017 or soon thereafter. The electronics industry seems to have entered a multi-year period of lackluster growth that will end…
DetailsEnglewood, Colo. – The global automotive display systems market is forecast to reach $18.6 billion by 2021, driven by vehicle connectivity, infotainment and safety technologies, according to the latest report from IHS Inc. This translates into a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11 percent by the end of 2021, and adds nearly…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the SESUB-PAN-D14580 Bluetooth® v4.1 module from TDK. This ultra-compact, Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy (LE) micro module is the world’s smallest module for Bluetooth Smart devices. The 3.5mm × 3.5mm × 1mm SESUB-PAN-D14580 module is based on TDK’s proprietary Semiconductor Embedded in Substrate (SESUB) technology, reducing the size by 60 percent compared to modules using…
DetailsThe new report on CMOS image sensor market says Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC has claimed to develop a CMOS image sensor for high-performance applications like cameras, automotive and many other such applications that is based on CCD technology. The integration of CCD and CMOS is done by combining the best of both worlds i.e.,…
DetailsEugene, Ore. – Optical interconnects have long served as data bridges between elements of large systems or clusters, and they’ve taken many forms. Since 2000, embedded optical modules (EOMs) have supported supercomputers, core routers, and an array of other interesting and unique applications. Active optical cables (AOCs) arrived in 2007 as a practical, low-cost alternative to…
DetailsLowell, Mass.– M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSI) (MACOM), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced that it has acquired 100% of Aeroflex’s diode business for $38 million in cash. The business had approximately $37 million in revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.…
DetailsSanta Clara, Calif. – Intel Corporation (“Intel”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera Corporation (“Altera”), a leading provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The acquisition complements Intel’s leading-edge product portfolio and enables new classes of products in the high-growth data center and Internet of Things (IoT) market segments. “Altera is…
DetailsTaipei, Taiwan – Innodisk, the service-driven flash and DRAM module provider, introduces the industry’s first DDR4 wide temperature module series designed for industrial platforms and applications for harsh environments. Supporting the Intel Skylake H/S/U and Broadwell platform, the DDR4 wide temperature module series is JEDEC compliant and offers up to 30% higher performance with 20%…
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