Santa Clara, Calif. – By 2020, foldable displays will account for 51 percent of total display shipments, according to IHS Inc. Key growth drivers include ruggedness, lighter weight, reduced thickness and brittleness, and greater portability of the flexible displays, according to the market research firm. The IHS report, Flexible Display Technology and Market Report, finds that global…
DetailsMilpitas, Calif. – Open-Silicon, a system optimized ASIC solution provider, announced today a partnership with Silicon Catalyst, the world’s first incubator for semiconductor solution start-ups. Open-Silicon has joined forces with Silicon Catalyst to enable semiconductor start-ups to increase silicon innovation rates and pursue big ideas. New semiconductor start-ups face challenges including fierce competition for funding, expensive…
DetailsEarlier this summer Micron Technology Inc., the last of the North American DRAM manufacturers, rejected a $23 billion acquisition bid by the Chinese, state-controlled, Tsinghua Unigroup. The bid was rejected for many reasons, not the least of which was the concern that the U.S. government would block this deal on the basis of national security…
DetailsMicrochip Technology Incorporated (MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today narrowed the range and increased the mid-point of its prior guidance for net sales and earnings per share for its fiscal second quarter of fiscal 2016 ending September 30, 2015. Microchip’s core business is tracking towards our original guidance…
DetailsWashington, D.C. — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $27.9 billion for the month of July 2015, a decrease of 0.9 percent from July 2014 when sales were $28.1 billion. Global sales from July 2015 were 0.4 percent lower than the June 2015 total of $28.0 billion. Regionally, sales in the…
DetailsMalvern, Pa. — Micro-Measurements®, a Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) brand, today announced that it is bringing back its Super Stock program, providing design engineers with quick access to the right stress analysis gage for their testing requirements. The Super Stock program includes a comprehensive list of in-demand patterns, guaranteed to be in stock for Micro-Measurements’ worldwide network…
DetailsCosta Mesa, Calif. – Identifying and reporting on the materials used in electronics components continues to be a challenge for buyers in the electronics industry. This has become a moving target as regulations expand and more materials are banned. In an effort to help its customers meet environmental compliance requirements, Ecliptek Corp., a crystal and oscillator…
DetailsDiodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets and Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEM), a worldwide supplier of high performance connectivity and timing solutions, today announced that Diodes Incorporated and Pericom have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger…
DetailsSan Jose, Calif. – RFMW Ltd. and API Technologies Corp. today announced a worldwide distribution agreement effective immediately allowing the sale and support of API Weinschel products. API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNY) (“API”) is a leading provider of high performance RF, microwave and millimeterwave solutions. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused…
DetailsAguascalientes, Mexico — Aguascalientes plant to build next-generation premium compact vehicles for the brands Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti Production of Infiniti vehicles to begin in 2017 Production of Mercedes-Benz vehicles to begin in 2018 Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance today broke ground for their joint-venture manufacturing complex, COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes), in Aguascalientes in central Mexico, which will build…
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