Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced it has been named a Huawei “2013 Excellent Core Partner” for outstanding support, high-quality standards and FPGA product innovation. Huawei Technologies, a world-leading global information and communications technology solutions provider, presented Altera the high honor at Huawei’s 2013 Core Partner Convention in Shenzhen, China, in November. The Huawei Excellent Core…
DetailsHeilind Electronics, the largest distributor of interconnect products in North America, is now stocking the 3M™ Ribbon Cable Wiremount Socket Assembly, .050″ x .050″, 451 Series and the 3M™ Shrouded Boardmount Header, .050″ x .050″, 452 Series. The small, robust socket and header mate together connecting .025″ pitch ribbon cables to printed circuit boards (PCBs).…
DetailsHoneywell (NYSE: HON) today announced its 2014 financial forecast and reaffirmed its 2013 outlook. — Company Forecasts 2014 Sales Growth Of 4%-5%, Up 3%-4% Organic — 2014 Earnings Growth Driven By Strong Operational Performance And Sales Conversion — Continued Robust Cash Flow Generation Provides Flexibility To Deliver Value — On Track To Achieving 2014 Long-Term…
DetailsKyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that the company’s Kagoshima Sendai manufacturing plant (Kagoshima Prefecture) has received the 2013 Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity (implementation of countermeasures / dissemination category) in recognition of its environmental protection activities. This is the fourth consecutive year that Kyocera has been a recipient, following the 2012 and 2011…
DetailsSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the appointment of Gregory Lee as President of the North America Headquarters (NAHQ) in addition to his role as President of Samsung Telecommunications America (STA) effective immediately. In his new role, Lee is responsible for overseeing Samsung businesses across all offices in North America which include Samsung Electronics America,…
DetailsIntel Corp. (INTC) is stepping up its efforts to establish a bigger presence in the wireless communications market with plans to acquire assets from a division of Mindspeed Technologies. The company said in a blog post on its website that it agreed to purchase “certain assets of the wireless infrastructure division of Mindspeed” to beef…
DetailsAvago Technologies Ltd. (AVGO) said it has agreed to acquire storage semiconductor maker LSI Corp. (LSI) for $6.6 billion, creating a diversified component supplier of chips to OEMs in the enterprise, infrastructure, wireless and industrial markets. The transaction is being backed by a group of banks and Silver Lake Partners, an investment firm that said…
DetailsThe suit filed against EMS Flextronics International by chip maker Xilinx Inc. is a classic example of a common practice in the supply chain that the industry has been fighting against for decades: the resale of excess component inventory by OEMs and EMS companies and the consequences of such an action. The outlines of the…
DetailsGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with Alliance Memory Inc., a worldwide provider of legacy memory products. Alliance Memory manufactures a complete line of SRAMs, including 3.3 V and 5 V fast asynchronous SRAMs with speeds…
DetailsSan Mateo, Calif. – Global shipments of tablets will continue to grow over the next five years, which is good news for electronic component manufacturers supplying the mobile device market. Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to reach 221.3 million units in 2013, up 53.5 percent over the previous year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC)…
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