Global revenue in the power semiconductor business dropped by nearly 16 percent in 2012 as sluggish consumer demand, falling pricing and other factors conspired to undercut the market, according to a upcoming report from the Power Management and Analog IC Service at IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). Following healthy growth during the previous year, market revenue…
DetailsLaconia, N.H. − In a move to meet growing customer demand for complete thermal management solutions, Aavid Thermalloy has formed a Quick-Turn & Prototype Business Unit at its Laconia headquarters facility. The business unit will serve customers worldwide. The vertically-integrated company offers a large inventory of extrusion profiles, heat pipes, liquid cooling components, fans, and…
DetailsCustom MMIC (www.CustomMMIC.com), a developer of performance-driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), is introducing a new online, easy-to-use, cascade analysis calculator that lets you choose between input or output specifications for each component in your system. Designed to analyze up to ten stages, this new calculator offers a simple yet powerful way to analyze multi-component…
DetailsIn my last article, I discussed electronics surplus houses and their role in the electronics supply chain. This article reviews one specific surplus electronics supply company and how the day-to-day operations take place. (See: Resolving Emergency Components Shortages). HSC, also called Halted Specialties Co., is located in the heart of Silicon Valley where big distributor…
DetailsToday Jabil Circuit, Inc. (NYSE: JBL), announced preliminary, unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year, ended August 31, 2013. “Delivering record revenues, generating more than a billion dollars of cash flow from operations, and achieving a core return on invested capital of 21 percent are clear highlights of our fiscal year,”…
DetailsOn September 23, 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China issued a circular postponing the implementation of the regulation that would have eliminated cyanide-gold plating at the end of 2014. The proposed requirement for the elimination of auric potassium cyanide gold electroplating and potassium aurocyanide gold plating processes was originally issued in…
DetailsSuffocating employee healthcare costs and a growing push to extend healthcare services into proactive health management are driving wearable wireless devices into corporate wellness programs. A new study by ABI Research finds, over the next five years, more than 13 million wearable devices with embedded wireless connectivity will be integrated into wellness plans offered by…
DetailsI’ve discovered that few people outside the electronics purchasing community take the time to analyze the cost of a product versus its price. Nor do they care. The Apple iPhone 5s is a classic example: the components in the device cost Apple roughly $200, but the 5s retails for up to $849 for the 64GB…
DetailsIf you are designing a machine that “sees,” then look for Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) at the Embedded Vision Summit on October 2-3, 2013. Avnet will host two hands-on workshops, deliver the featured “Targeting Computer Vision Algorithms to Microprocessors,” and offer three product demonstrations at the show. The Embedded…
DetailsIsola Group launches the TerraGreen halogen-free material that features ultra-low loss for laminate and prepreg materials used in RF, microwave, and high-speed applications.
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