GLOBALFOUNDRIES today introduced an optimized semiconductor manufacturing platform aimed specifically at meeting the stringent and evolving needs of the automotive industry. Built on the company’s 55-nanometer (nm) Low Power process and AEC-Q100 Group D qualified, the solution includes a comprehensive set of technology and design enablement capabilities tailored to improve the efficiency, performance, and power…
DetailsElement14 has selected 10 finalists in the Inductive Sensing Challenge, a global design competition using the world’s first inductance-to-digital converter, Texas Instruments’ LDC1000. The finalists, representing 10 different countries in North America, Europe and Asia, were chosen from hundreds of submissions around the world to create innovative devices using the product. The competition aims to…
DetailsIC Insights’ April Update to The 2014 McClean Report shows a ranking of the 2013 top 50 fabless IC suppliers (as well as the leading foundry, MPU, DRAM, flash, DSP, MCU, standard cell, analog, and PLD suppliers). A preview of this ranking showing the top 25 fabless companies is available at www.icinsights.com. The top-25 worldwide fabless…
DetailsPeerless Electronics, Inc., a major factory authorized, stocking distributor of electromechanical and interconnect products, has launched its new online e commerce store showcasing components for Alternative Energy applications. Peerless customers will save time; view at-a-glance status and find it easier to shop online from product catalogs tailored to the Alternative Energy Industry from Peerless’ large…
DetailsMicrochip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today reported results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. Consolidated net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 were $493.4 million, up 2.3% sequentially from net sales of $482.4 million in the immediately preceding…
DetailsA majority of U.S. manufacturing executives expect their sales will grow a little more than 9 percent for the rest of 2014, according to the Institute of Supply Management’s semi-annual survey of purchasing and supply managers. Of the 18 industries predicting growth, computer and electronics products fall a disappointing 12th on the list. Textile manufacturers…
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Labor costs in Mexico are still generally higher than in China but the total cost of manufacturing in the North American country has fallen recently below its Asian rival’s, spurring a rethink amongst OEMs about the best place to site production facilities. In the last few years, many U.S.-based manufacturing companies have either moved or…
DetailsVishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive components, today announced its results for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2014. Revenues for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2014 were $602.4 million, compared to $554.3 million for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2013. The net…
DetailsArrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today reported first-quarter 2014 net income of $107.1 million, or $1.06 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $77.9 million, or $.72 per share on a diluted basis in the first quarter of 2013. Excluding certain items1 in both the first quarters of 2014 and 2013, net…
DetailsEchelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), the world’s leading control networking platform provider for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced a distribution agreement with global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery. Under the agreement, Digi-Key will distribute worldwide, except Japan, Echelon’s portfolio of products—including chips, modules, routers…
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