Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the appointment of Graham Maggs to Vice President of Marketing–EMEA for Mouser. Maggs, an industry veteran with over 28 years of experience in European and global roles, joined the Mouser team in April 2010 and has been instrumental in…
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Despite forecasts of negative growth in 2016, the top 20 semiconductor companies increased their sales by seven percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 compared to the first quarter (Q1), according to IC Insights. The research also reveals that seven companies increased sales in the double digits. Only two – Intel and Renesas – reported…
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LANHAM, Md. , Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — McMurdo, Inc., the most trusted name in emergency readiness and response and part of Orolia Group, announced today that it has been awarded a US$3 million contract with the United States Coast Guard (USCG). McMurdo will supply up to 16,000 FastFind® 220 personal locator beacons (PLBs) over the…
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SAN MATEO, Calif. , Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Kensington® , a worldwide leader of desktop productivity and mobility solutions for IT, business and home office professionals and The Professionals' Choice for device security for nearly 25 years, today announced the launch of the MicroSaver® 2.0 Keyed Laptop Lock. The MicroSaver 2.0 — which was engineered…
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August 16, 2016 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE )–ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficiency innovations, today announced that it was named to the Arizona Republic’s prestigious 2016 Who’s Who in Business list, as one of the Top 10 Publicly Held Arizona Companies. Additionally, two of the company’s executives were listed among the…
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Compared to the coverage data breaches receive, reporting on Internet of Things (IoT) flaws has been relatively sparse, despite some major research appearing lately that exposes the potentially life-threatening nature of security problems in embedded computing systems. These flaws haven’t been exploited on a large scale yet because they require a great deal of time…
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TORONTO—Until recently 3D NAND has been only hitting the market within SSDs, but now Micron Technology said it's ready for mobile devices. Last week the company introduced its first 3D NAND memory technology optimized for mobile devices and its first products based on the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.1 standard. Micron's first foray into mobile…
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August 16, 2016 10:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE )–JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, has announced that its JC-45 Committee has approved the 2016 annual release of codes for the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) for DDR4/DDR4E and for LPDDR3/LPDDR4. The SPD is an…
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LONDON—The company formerly known as Google Life Sciences LLC and GlaxoSmithKline plc (Brentford, England) have agreed to form a joint venture to develop bioelectronics including such technologies as implanted neurostimulators. Galvani Bioelectronics Ltd. will be headquartered in the UK and GSK will own 55% and Verily Life Sciences LLC, previously Google Life Sciences, will own…
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