Recently, I attended the first IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona. One of the most intriguing, and surprising, presentations was from Corey Clothier, product manager, advanced vehicle technologies at Local Motors. Local Motors is on the way to disrupt the traditional car manufacturing process by global co-creation and local micro manufacturing. Instead of spending millions…
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Over 100 organizations supply equipment or consumables to enable manufacturing of flexible or printed electronics. The majority of these organizations are based in Europe, followed by a roughly even share of U.S. and Asian-based companies combined. Within Europe, Germany is home to more equipment makers than other European countries. But as European funding saturates, the…
DetailsSan Jose, Calif. – Xicato, a leading manufacturer of intelligent light sources, announced today that it has expanded the distribution of its LED modules in collaboration with highly regarded distribution partners throughout Europe. “With Holders Components in the UK and German regions, ECE in Italy, Ağustos Technology in Turkey and Luxendi in the Benelux and…
DetailsDialog Semiconductor plc (XETRA:DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth® Smart technology, today announced a Bluetooth Smart development kit, with full support for Apple® HomeKit, to accelerate development of smart home accessories. In a recent report on the connected home, BI Intelligence predicts that the smart home market will…
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Mark Larson, the vice chairman of electronic component distributor Digi-Key Electronics. The company was founded in 1972, and Larson joined only four years later to what is now one of the largest such companies not only in North America but the world. He led the company as president…
DetailsStrong 13% quarter-over-quarter revenue growth $65 million inventory write-down primarily of older-generation APUs Announced corporate restructuring plan to further reduce operating expenses Announcing a definitive agreement for Assembly, Test, Mark and Pack (ATMP) manufacturing joint venture AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced revenue for the third quarter of 2015 of $1.06 billion, operating loss of $158 million, and…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the USB Type-C Portfolio from Fairchild Semiconductor. Developed in order to aid manufacturers in designing thinner, sleeker next generation USB devices that consume less power and offer higher energy efficiency, Fairchild’s USB Type-C Portfolio of solutions not only provides backward compatibility with USB legacy data protocols and standards, but…
DetailsMicrosemi Corporation Announces Superior Proposal to Acquire PMC-Sierra, Inc. for $11.50 Per Share With Intent to Close in December 2015 – Produces significant scale with $1.75 billion of combined LTM revenue – Anticipates more than $100 million in annual cost synergies, with $75 million in first full quarter – Delivers immediate accretion with more than $0.60…
DetailsAMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics Co., Ltd (NFME) (SZSE: TFWD) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to create a joint venture combining AMD’s high-volume assembly, test, mark, and pack (ATMP) facilities and experienced workforce in Penang, Malaysia and Suzhou, China with NFME’s established outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) expertise. Upon close, the new…
DetailsOctober 2015 – Now available in Europe through TTI, Inc., a world leading specialist distributor of electronic components, is KEMET’s M55 modular PHS (Polymer Hermetic Sealed) capacitor series designed for defense and aerospace applications requiring high power, filtering, hold-up and current pulse generation. KEMET’s M550 and M551 modular series components are being manufactured by placing…
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