TCO Development today launched the latest generation TCO Certified sustainability certification for IT products. The revision includes new criteria for reducing hazardous non-halogenated flame retardant substances and replacing them with safer alternatives. First to certify product include displays from Eizo, Dell, Lenovo, LG and Samsung. “Today there are over 40,000 chemical substances on the market and the environmental and…
DetailsScottsdale, Ariz. — NKK Switches, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of innovative electromechanical switching devices, today announced the appointment of Jessica Reimann to its management team as marketing manager. The appointment marks NKK’s commitment to further growth and development as the company prepares to launch new products and explore alternate markets. Reimann, who joins NKK with a background…
Details– Investments of around €2 billion planned in research and development by 2020 – Additional €1 billion intended for the construction of a new LED chip plant by 2020 – “Diamond” initiative promotes growth and sustained enterprise value – Until 2020, average annual growth rates of 8% for revenue and 9% for EBITDA expected The…
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Absolutely, the growing Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is a huge opportunity for the distribution industry. The number one reason – 6.4 billion “things” will be connected worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from 2015, and reaching 20.8 billion by 2020, according to the latest research from Gartner Inc. In 2016 alone, 5.5 million new…
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Justin Constantine deployed to Iraq in 2006, and served as a Civil Affairs Team Leader while attached to an infantry battalion. While on a routine combat patrol, Constantine was shot in the head by a sniper. Although the original prognosis was that he had been killed in action, Constantine survived. Constantine, now a veteran’s advocate,…
DetailsTimothy Cook says he believes PCs are “dead.” That’s a wish. It’s not reality. I plan to buy a replacement for my Microsoft Surface Pro sometime soon. It won’t be another Microsoft Surface. I like the Surface but two years after buying it, the tablet-PC combo is showing me its limits. I plan to replace…
DetailsCentennial, Colo.–The DragonBoard™ 410c, a low-cost development board built by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) and based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 processor—a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.—is ready to work with the Microsoft Azure “Internet of Things” (IoT) Suite. Tweet this The recently launched Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT aims to help customers save time and effort…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Dialog Semiconductor, a leading supplier of mixed-signal power-saving technologies for smartphones, power adapters, solid state lighting, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs while providing flexible and dynamic support coupled with world-class innovation. Supporting the IoT, Dialog’s Bluetooth® connectivity products exemplify…
DetailsSunnyvale, Calif. — SiTime Corporation, a MEMS and analog semiconductor company and a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6875), today announced a strategic partnership with Abracon LLC, a global manufacturer of frequency control, signal conditioning, clock distribution and magnetic components. With this agreement, Abracon expands its product portfolio and will supply and support MEMS timing…
DetailsPhoenix, Ariz. – Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced a new distribution agreement with Boundary Devices Inc., a leading global supplier of ARM-based single board computers and System-on-Modules for the general embedded market. Avnet can now provide customers in markets including military, aerospace and digital displays, with rapid embedded product hardware…
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