SAN FRANCISCO—T.J. Rodgers, founder and longtime CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., has filed a lawsuit against his former company and is alleging conflict of interest over Cypress Chairman Ray Bingham’s ties to a China-backed private equity firm that is attempting to buy Lattice Semiconductor Corp. In a statement released Tuesday (Feb. 21), Rodgers said Bingham…
DetailsScottsdale, AZ – NAI, a leading global manufacturer of custom cable assemblies and harnesses for industrial, telecom, data and medical applications, has announced it will hold its first Supplier Summit on February 21, 2017, in Scottsdale, AZ. NAI provides end-to-end connectivity solutions for high performance systems, meeting or exceeding the demanding requirements of their global…
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With component sales prices and profit margins under consistent pressure, distributors have moved up to value chain to offer more value-added solutions. Embedded computing is one segment that’s been targeted by the channel; in fact, Avnet Inc. has made embedded one of the cornerstones of its new, streamlined distribution strategy. Embedded is an area that…
DetailsCree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, today announced that it will terminate the definitive agreement to sell its Wolfspeed Power and RF division (“Wolfspeed”), which includes the silicon carbide substrate business for power, RF and gemstone applications, to Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY). Cree and Infineon have been…
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Electronics assembly has been heavily automated for decades, but the focus has been on component assembly. Dedicated chip shooters and other surface mounted component machines build circuit boards at very high speed and do work that frankly is to accurate for humans. Likewise hard drives are machine assembled. In contrast, almost all final assembly, from…
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The popularity of Amazon in the e-commerce space is widely known. By examining the practices of the e-commerce giant, electronics OEMs and e-tailers can learn some strategic lessons about how to take over and rule over their own corner of the e-commerce jungle. Becoming the giant E-commerce and logistics practitioners are conversant with Amazon’s level…
DetailsMaster Electronics, a leading global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, awards C&K their prestigious 2016 “Supplier Excellence Award” Award. At Master Electronics’ recent 5th annual MAKO (Masters’ Annual Kick-Off) event, Master’s Senior Vice President of Sales & Product, Riad Nizam, presented C&K with Masters’ coveted 2017 “Supplier Excellence Award.” While presenting the award,…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, is the first to stock the STM32 LoRaWAN™ Discovery Board from STMicroelectronics (ST). The new Discovery Kit and I-NUCLEO-LRWAN1 STM32 LoRa™ Arduino-compatible extension board — available to order from Mouser — provide a development platform for learning and evaluating solutions based…
DetailsTransparency Market Research states that the key players operating in the global application specific integrated circuit market are Analog Devices, Maxim Integrated Products Inc., and Qualcomm, Inc. These companies are thoroughly focused on achieving product innovation through research and development in the coming years. Business expansion through strategic acquisition will also be one of the…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Globalfoundries announced it has process design kits available for 45nm RF SOI, a node particularly suited for use making millimeter-wave chips in 24-100GHz bands for 5G cellular. Skyworks Solutions Inc. signaled its plans to use the technology for next-generation chips. The process provides a substrate resistivity of greater than 40 ohm-cm…
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