For the second calendar quarter in a row, smartphone shipments represented more than half (52%) of the world’s mobile phone shipments. Led by electronics manufacturer Samsung, an estimated 408 million handsets and 214 million smartphones shipped during the second quarter of 2013, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research. Feature phone shipments declined 20% year-over-year…
DetailsMy pool pump broke. And if you bear with me a moment, I’ll explain what this has to do with electronics. Two years ago I bought an above-ground pool: the entire investment – pool, pump/filter system, installation etc. – was several thousand dollars. In my family, that’s a significant chunk of change. We spent another…
DetailsBenchmark Electronics, Inc., a leading integrated contract manufacturing provider, today announced financial results for the second quarter which ended June 30, 2013. Three Months Ended June 30, March 31, June 30, 2013 2013 2012 Net sales…
DetailsRichardson RFPD, Inc. today announces availability and full design support capabilities for a new line of high energy density DC link capacitors from Cornell Dubilier. The 948D Series uses a fused, segmented metallization pattern, offering greater open circuit protection, increased reliability, and superior control of capacitance loss than competitive types. The new capacitors are ideally-suited…
DetailsTDK Corporation presents the new 2013 edition of the EPCOS Data Book Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors, which covers many product innovations in addition to the proven range. They include the B43541* and B43544* snap-in series, which are distinguished by their higher rated voltages of 600 V DC (85 °C) and 550 V DC (105 °C), respectively.…
DetailsAvnet Memec, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. , today announced that it has received the Distributor of the Year award from Finisar Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of fiber optic components and subsystems. “Our team works to match Finisar products with both the new and existing clients…
DetailsThe Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) now offers its manufacturer members a “Distributor Stock Search” (DSS) widget to use in conjunction with the authorized electronic components inventory search site ECIAauthorized.com. When placed on the manufacturer’s website, the widget allows customers to easily find parts from authorized distributors. “This new enhancement offers our manufacturer members a…
DetailsThe gray market for cellphones will contract for the second consecutive year in 2013, with worldwide shipments dropping by 12 percent as both makers and buyers of these handsets turn to branded products, according to the China Research Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Shipments reached their peak in 2011 with a…
DetailsIn 1963, the Rolling Stones played their very first gig together, Beatlemania kicked off, and Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), entered into its first agreement to distribute products for Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH). Over the next 50 years, as the companies continued to work together, Vishay, a then-small…
DetailsRF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced an agreement to sell its Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, in the U.K. to Phoenix-based Compound Photonics. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction and product transition are expected to provide…
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