Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 29, 2013. Sales for the quarter ended June 29, 2013 increased 4.5% year over year to $6.59 billion; organic revenue (as defined later in this release) was up 0.2% year over year and 0.5% in constant currency Adjusted operating income…
DetailsWe all know that energy is the key factor that keeps the world’s economy going. From chemical energy in food comes muscle energy in the body. The muscle movement drives the arm and hand that designs the equipment that digs the wells that release fossil fuels that are available for some finite time and in…
DetailsRochester Electronics has been authorized to continue supplying Intel’s TP80C51FA since its end-of-life notification eight years ago. As part of its Extension-of-Life® Solutions, Rochester Electronics continues to manufacture and stock Intel’s TP80C51FA Power Microcontroller, which is from the MCS® 51 controller family. The 8-bit, single-chip control-oriented microcontroller features a 40-pin dual in-line package (DIP) and…
DetailsKyocera Corporation (NYSE: KYO)(TOKYO: 6971) today concluded a share transfer agreement with Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. and NEC Corporation to acquire all shares of the printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing company NEC Toppan Circuit Solutions, Inc. (herein “TNCSi”) in order to further strengthen and expand the Kyocera Group’s organic substrate business. Details of the agreement…
DetailsABI Research estimates that the installed base of Bluetooth-enabled devices alone reached 3.5 billion in 2012 and is forecast to grow to almost 10 billion by 2018—this doesn’t take into account many other technologies such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and cellular. The emergence of standardized ultra-low power wireless technologies is one of the main enablers of…
DetailsDriven by the global boom in consumer electronics, notably cellphones and tablet computers, the market for haptics – which provide a tactile response to enhance user experience – will soar over 16-fold to $13.8 billion in 2025, according to Lux Research. The consumer electronics segment, which in 2012 comprised nearly all of the $842 million…
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DetailsOn August 5, engineers can take a bite out of Shark Week with the latest offerings related to the Analog Devices Blackfin BF609 Embedded Vision Starter Kit from Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). The development kit for the Analog Devices dual-core Blackfin BF609 processor offers an updated pipelined vision…
DetailsST-Ericsson, the joint venture formed years ago by STMicroelectronics N.V. and Ericsson LM is now history, concluding a saga that initially started five years ago with the bundling together of the wireless operations of two of the continent’s leading semiconductor vendors. Ericsson and ST said in a statement that they had completed the “transaction to…
DetailsWorldwide IT spending in 2013 is expected to grow slightly less than initially forecast due to an economic slowdown in China, according to IDC. IT spending is forecast to grow 4.6 percent in constant currency in 2013, down from a previous forecast of 4.9 percent growth.
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