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China Capacitor Market to Reach $5.6 Billion in 2014

IP&E, News Ticker, News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

On the basis of dielectric material used, capacitors are categorized into ceramic, film, electrolytic, solid double layer, carbon, dielectric, and paper & plastic capacitors. Electrolytic capacitors are further classified into aluminum and tantalum electrolytic capacitors. Electronic capacitors are used in various end user applications such as Information & Communication Technology (ICT), consumer electronics, industrial, infrastructure,…

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Military Connector Tags to Increase by 2%

Component Sourcing, Distribution, News Analysis, SlideshowsBy Gina Roos September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Lead times held steady for most interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) components over the past month, according to Avnet Electronics Marketing’s most recent Market and Technology Trends report. Despite slight price upticks for a few interconnect and passive components, pricing trends are expected to remain generally stable. However, tags for several types of military connectors…

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Li-ion Battery Overcapacity Expected at Tesla Gigafactory

IP&E, News Ticker, News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Tesla Motors’ plan to build a new 35 GWh lithium-ion cell production facility — dubbed the Gigafactory — for electric vehicles that will bring about only a modest reduction in battery costs, and create significant overcapacity

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Ethernet Switch Market Rebounds in Q2

News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Redwood City, Calif.– According to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications and networking industries, the Layer 2-3 Ethernet Switch market exceeded $5.6 billion in the second quarter 2014, with nearly all vendors showing strong sequential gains. “The Ethernet switch market remains robust with many strong growth engines in place for…

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RS Components Offers Compact Inspection Camera

News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Beijing — RS Components <http://china.rs-online.com/web>; (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc <http://www.electrocomponents.com/>; (LSE: ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of a new RS branded professional-quality digital camera that enables electricians and maintenance professionals to quickly achieve high-accuracy inspections in difficult to reach locations to check equipment and cables for corrosion, leaks,…

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Avnet Releases PicoZed System-On-Module

News Ticker, News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Phoenix, Ariz. —Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) today released PicoZed™, its newest family of System-On-Modules (SOMs) based on the Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC. In support of PicoZed development and prototyping, Avnet is also releasing the PicoZed Carrier Card, which provides the necessary interfaces and access to user I/O from the PicoZed…

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Seagate Completes Buy of LSI Units

News Ticker, News WireBy News Desk September 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the assets of LSI’s Accelerated Solutions Division (“ASD”) and Flash Components Division (“FCD”) from Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO). “There is a growing opportunity for mobile and enterprise flash-based storage solutions, which is why we’re…

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Take the Embedded Inefficiencies Test

Featured Blogs, News Analysis, Supply Chain Analytics, UncategorizedBy Ken Bradley September 2, 2014 Leave a comment

I have been absent from the Electronics Purchasing Strategies blog scene for the past few months because I have been working in China with an LED light bulb manufacturer. This is an exciting, fast-paced, high growth industry under intense pressure for cost improvement and product innovation. While working with this company, I am getting a…

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Tech Firms Fret Over ‘Chilly’ China

Business/Finance, Features, News Analysis, UncategorizedBy Bolaji Ojo September 2, 2014 1 Comment

Foreign technology companies and other Western multinational enterprises operating in China are becoming increasingly concerned about recent Chinese government anti-trust actions that they complain put them at a disadvantage against local competitors. The companies are wary of voicing their opinions publicly and are instead using back channels and political pressure from their home governments to…

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H.C. Starck Releases Sustainability Report Update

News WireBy News Desk September 2, 2014 Leave a comment

Munich (Germany) – H.C. Starck, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of technology metals and advanced ceramics, has published an updated Sustainability Report that includes the relevant information for the 2013 fiscal year. “The 2013 update takes stock of where we stand in terms of our sustainability performance during the 2013 fiscal year,” explained Dr.…

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