The Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) is a key stakeholder in the company. Reporting either to the COO, or the CEO directly, they make supply chain transformation happen. In the journey to transformation, the CSCO is often asked to deliver more than just efficiency. For a company to remain competitive, the CSCO must deliver innovative…
DetailsSanta Monica, Calif. – Master Electronics, a leading global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, announces their newest supplier, Teledyne LeCroy. “Teledyne LeCroy is a leader in the field of test & measurement and we will offer our customers first class products to measure, analyze, and verify electronic devices of all types,” said Riad…
DetailsWeston, Fla. – Micrium, the premier real-time operating system (RTOS) provider for embedded systems and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that Infineon Technologies has licensed the company’s µC/Probe™ data visualization tool. Infineon will ship the µC/Probe at no cost to customers of its XMC™ family of microcontrollers based on ARM® Cortex®-M cores. “The XMC family is…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. today announced that for the fifth straight year it will be a key sponsor of the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, set for this week, April 27 – 30 at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. Mouser is excited to repeat its sponsorship of the Hall of Fame exhibit…
DetailsElgin, Ill. – The HARTING Technology Group has won the coveted HERMES AWARD for the second time, garnering the prize on Sunday evening in Hannover. The company beat four other competitors with its HARTING MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture), the company’s mini-industrial computer. The family-owned company had previously picked up the prestigious prize in 2006 for…
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Electronics industry executives are scheduled to meet in Amsterdam late in May for the 10th Annual High-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain summit during which they will discuss many of the issues facing the industry and chart common plans for taking advantage of emerging opportunities and the digitization of operations. This year’s program will focus on…
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SAN FRANCISCO—Officials from Samsung Semiconductor Inc. (SSI) detailed the company’s foundry roadmap, which includes expanding FD-SOI production and offering low-cost alternatives to existing FinFET technologies. Perhaps the most relevant announcement is the development of a low-cost 14nm FinFET process, 14nm LPC. The company has already shipped more than half a million 14nm wafers and expanded…
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Increasingly, mobile phones are critical tools in the supply chain, logistics and warehouse of many electronics companies. Along with improved efficiency and speed, as well as cost savings, these devices can also create security gaps that may leak critical information to others. Fortunately, a combination of better technologies, improved training, and well-considered systems has made…
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During arms-control summit meetings with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s, President Reagan often used a favorite Russian “doveryai, no proveryai,” that is “trust, but verify.” Reagan had come to realize that the evil empire might be a negotiating partner. The path was rocky, but the two managed to reduce the nuclear arsenals…
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A 40-year-old Chinese citizen pleaded guilty in a New Haven, Conn., federal court last week to conspiring to sell counterfeit ICs to a buyer in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Daofu Zhang of Shenzen, China, and two co-conspirators each operated businesses in China that bought and sold electronic components.…
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