The recent news that Qualcomm is in talks to acquire NXP semiconductors, which has sent the Dutch electronics company's stock up more than 24% in two days, confirms that connected cars will be one of the most important markets for the electronic industry in the next few years. NXP is making most of its sales…
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Behemoth electronics distributor Avnet has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in an all cash merger. The distributor initially announced that it had reached an agreement with Premier Farnell's board of directors on July 28. Under the terms of the agreement Avnet will pay £1.85 per share, which equates to an…
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PARIS — The German Transport Minister has sent a letter to Tesla Motors, requesting the U.S. automaker to stop advertising its electric vehicles’ Autopilot function, claiming that this feature misleads drivers into unsafe inattention to the road, Reuters reported. A spokesperson for the German ministry (KBA) confirmed that the Federal Motor Transport Authority had sent…
DetailsMicrosemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, today announced the Future Electronics Creative Seminar Series, a one-day hands-on workshop based on Microsemi’s leading-edge IGLOO™2 field programmable gate array (FPGA) and SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) FPGA technologies. The forum will highlight the benefits…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the PSoC® 4XX8_BLE embedded system controllers from Cypress Semiconductor. Containing the same core features as Cypress’ popular PSoC 4 family of embedded system controllers, these highly integrated, single-chip Bluetooth® low energy (BLE)…
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For only the second time in its history, Gartner Inc. is predicting two consecutive years of revenue decline in the semiconductor industry. For 2016, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $332 billion, a decrease of 0.9 percent from 2015, according to Gartner. But the outlook for the semiconductor market is improving. “The worst appears…
DetailsAccording to market research “Global Power Electronics Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast to 2025 – Industry Insights by Device (Power Discrete, Power Modules, Power IC), by End-User (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Industrial, Power & Energy, ICT, Aerospace & Defense, Others), By Voltage (Low Voltage, Medium Voltage, High Voltage, Very High Voltage)” by P&S Market Research,…
DetailsDriven by rising number of elderly people worldwide, increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases, escalating demand for personalized and advanced healthcare devices, expanding adoption of wearable technologies, among other favourable factors, the world’s medical electronics market is forecast to enjoy rapid growth through 2022, registering a 5.4% CAGR. By 2022, the value of the global market…
DetailsAccording to the new market research report, “LED Market by Technology (Basic Light Emitting Diode, High Brightness LED, Organic LED, Ultraviolet LED, Polymer LED), Applications (Automotive, General Lighting, Backlighting, Mobile Device, Signals and Signage) – Global Revenue, Trends, Growth, Share, Size and Forecast to 2021″, published by Scalar Market Research, the LED market is expecting an…
DetailsAvnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell plc (“Premier Farnell”) in an all cash merger for £1.85 per share, which equates to an equity value of approximately £691 million. The acquisition was approved by Premier Farnell shareholders representing 99.9% of the votes cast and has received all…
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