More and more, consumers are flocking to online retailers to buy the newest electronic gadgets and gizmos. This retail boon, though, also intensifies the supply chain risk that retailers and electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are taking on. Online sales in 2016 accounted for 8.4% of retail sales, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.…
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The volume of mergers and acquisitions in the last two years has far surpassed historical records. But now the quality of the deals is changing, too For example, Macom’s bid for Applied Micro and Broadcom’s for Brocade are like private equity transactions. The buyers aim to carve up the companies, taking the profitable bits and…
DetailsRFID and IoT solutions pacesetter SMARTRAC has signed a distribution partnership with Future Electronics, one of the largest electronics components distributors in the world. The cooperation with Smartrac is Future Electronics’ first venture into RFID technology. The distribution partnership came into effect on November 1, 2016, and covers Smartrac’s portfolio of standard inlays and tags…
DetailsNicola Villa, IBM Europe's leader of IoT started his IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) keynote, titled “The Business of Things,” by pointing out the dramatic changes in the digital world. These shifts are changing the view of IoT and creating new business models, offering business opportunities, and transforming industries. IBM booth at IoTSWC (Photo courtesy:…
DetailsTransparency Market Research has published a new market report titled “Temperature Sensor Market (By Product Type – Thermistor, Resistance Temperature Detector, Thermocouple, Infrared Temperature Sensor, Fibre Optic Temperature Sensor, Bimetallic Temperature Sensor and Others, By Sensing Method – Contact Temperature Sensor & Non-contact Temperature Sensor, By End Use Industry- Food and Beverage, Aerospace and Defense,…
DetailsNow available in Europe through TTI, Inc., a world leading specialist distributor of electronic components, are Yageo’s CQ series surface mount multilayer ceramic capacitors (SMD MLCCs), also known as high quality factor capacitors (high-Q capacitors). The devices add copper inner electrodes and firing ceramic materials with excellent dielectric characteristics, providing lower dissipation and fewer self-heating…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Printed, flexible electronics are slowly moving forward on a number of fronts, according to speakers and exhibitors at the annual IDTechEx event. U.S. and China governments are funding small, separate research efforts that will have prototype production lines running next year. E-textile companies are making in-roads in specialty garments. Printed NFC…
DetailsNearly half (48%) of Americans already get the Friday after Thanksgiving off as a bonus paid holiday. Online shopping site, eBates, though, wants the day to take its place on the calendar as an official national holiday. Electronics retailers may agree. Over the years we’ve seen than Americans start their shopping early, using their computer,…
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LAKE WALES, Fla. — Bosch Sensortec's chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager, Stefan Finkbeiner, let the cat out of the bag on a few upcoming trends in the number one supplier of micro-electro-mechanical systems at the recent MEMS Executive Congress (Scotsdale, Arizona). “We already have smart sensor hubs, but now plan to integrated different…
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