Timothy 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…
DetailsArrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced that Andy King has been named president of its global components business.Mr. King succeeds Eric Schuck, and will report to Andrew S. Bryant, chief operating officer of Arrow’s global components and global enterprise computing solutions businesses. Mr. King previously served as president of Arrow’s components business in the Europe,…
DetailsThanks to DRAM manufacturers reallocating manufacturing capacity from PC DRAM to server DRAM and mobile DRAM production due to more stable prices and higher margins, revenue in the global DRAM industry only fell 1.2 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the latest analysis from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. As a result, the share…
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It’s the time for finalizing annual corporate budgets but in general the planning for 2016 has been fraught with risks because of uncertainties about the global economy, poor demand visibility, geo-political conflicts in many parts of the world, currency challenges and other problems, many of them beyond the control of electronics executives. The Organization for…
DetailsAliso Viejo, Calif. — Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced it has signed a reseller agreement with Thales e-Security. Using Thales e-Security nShield hardware security modules (HSMs), custom firmware and the state-of-the-art security protocols built into every Microsemi SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate…
DetailsFort Worth, Tex. – For the second consecutive year, TTI, Inc. the leading specialty distributor of IP&E components, is pleased to announce its marketing team has received the Best Co-op Marketing and Best Sales Tools awards from the Electronics Components Industry Association (ECIA). TTI received these awards at the ECIA annual executive conference held in Chicago, IL. The ECIA annual…
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