Rochester Electronics today announced that it has entered into a continuing solution agreement with NXP Semiconductors, a global leader in High Performance Mixed Signal electronics. This new agreement will provide customers a continuing supply of end-of-life products discontinued by NXP Semiconductors. As products reach the end of their normal life cycle, there are many industries…
DetailsIselin, N.J. – TDK Corporation offers design engineers the newly-published EPCOS Data Book Ferrites and Accessories. Of particular note is information on ferrite discs and plates for the wireless charging industry in which TDK is a world leader, offering a robust line for low power and high power applications. The data book also covers a…
DetailsSan Mateo, Calif. – According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, the total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19.4% in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51.6% in 2013. IDC reduced the 2014 forecast by -3.6% from its previous projection to 260.9…
DetailsSemtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014, ended January 26, 2014. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 was $126.5 million, down 16 percent from the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 and down…
DetailsSan Francisco, Calif. — Hillcrest Labs (“Hillcrest”) and Bosch Sensortec today announced a partnership to launch a new sensor solution for head-mounted displays (HMDs). The BNO070 solution includes Hillcrest’s SH-1 sensor hub software running on Bosch Sensortec’s 9-axis system in package (SiP), which features an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and a 32-bit microcontroller in a single…
DetailsPower Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI) today announced a verdict in one of its ongoing patent infringement lawsuits against Fairchild Semiconductor. After a month-long trial in federal district court in San Francisco, a jury found yesterday that Fairchild willfully infringed two of Power Integrations’ patents, and awarded Power Integrations damages of $105 million. Based on the finding…
DetailsWorldwide PC shipments fell by -9.8% in 2013, slightly better than a projected decline of -10.1%, but still the most severe contraction on record, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Fourth quarter results were slightly better than expected, but the outlook for emerging markets has deteriorated as competition from other…
DetailsRS Components( http://www.rs-components.com/index.html ) (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc( http://www.electrocomponents.com ) (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, is stocking two new low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) polymer capacitors( http://singapore.rs-online.com/web/c/passive-components/capacitors ) from the Panasonic Industrial Devices range. POSCAP(TM) and OS-CON(TM)( http://singapore.rs-online.com/web/c/passive-components/capacitors/tantalum-capacitors/?searchTerm=npi-jan14-panasonic-poscap_sg&searchType=Offers&h=s&redirect-relevancy-data=77633D4E4F4E4526 ) offer reliable, efficient, long lifetime solutions…
DetailsHoneywell (NYSE: HON) will hold its annual investor conference in New York City today to outline its new five-year targets (2014-2018) and discuss its continued outperformance and growth strategy. The Company expects 2018 sales to increase organically $7-$12 billion to $46-$51 billion and segment margins to increase 220-370 bps over 2013 levels to 18.5-20.0%. The…
DetailsAvnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, was recognized for the eighth year in a row on Fortune magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 2014 in the Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment category. Fortune continues to acknowledge Avnet’s strengths in people management, use of corporate assets, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment,…
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