Medical Power Supply Market to Grow 4%
The power supply market for medical applications grew 4.0 percent last year, and is projected to grow 3.7 percent in 2013, according to IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc.
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Modest Movement in August Lead Times & Pricing
Component pricing and lead times remain stable in the month of August, with a few exceptions. Similar to July, lead times for discretes and memory continue to inch up, according to Avnet Inc.’s most recent Market and Technology Trends report. Pricing is moving up slightly in discretes as suppliers see increased booking rates on most…
DetailsGrowth Seen for Indoor Location Market
Apple’s acquisition of WiFiSLAM has brought smartphone indoor location technologies to the fore. With over 1 billion new smartphones forecast to utilize indoor location technologies in 2018, there are still significant opportunities for companies with the right technologies and strategies. In ABI Research’s latest Location Technology report, “Smartphone Indoor Location Technologies”, it has forecast the…
DetailsSamsung Tops Mobile DRAM Ranking
The global mobile DRAM market grew 11 percent in the second quarter, reaching $3.0 billion, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of global market research firm TrendForce. Mobile DRAM accounts for 34 percent of the total DRAM revenue.
DetailsMicrosemi TVS Diodes Protect Aircraft
Microsemi debuts two plastic large area device (PLAD) transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode products that protect aircraft electrical systems from transient lightning strikes.
DetailsRichardson RFPD & Wavelex Launch Website
Richardson RFPD, Inc. and Wavelex today announced the launch of the Wavelex website. The new site offers the full portfolio of the company’s RF, IF and microwave signal processing components for the RF and microwave industry, including amplifiers, attenuators, bias-Ts, couplers, DC blocks, SMA connectors and cables, splitters and combiners, switches, and terminators and loads.…
DetailsToshiba Motor Driver IC Touts Energy Savings
TEAC introduces an integrated, sine-wave driver IC for three-phase DC brushless motors, which are used in fan motors for home appliances.
DetailsEngineering & Purchasing: Joined at the Hip
In an industry where engineering is constantly feeding new products to the manufacturing floor, several disciplines must be in place to assure the smoothest transitions from the R&D group to the operations group. While New Product Introductions (NPI) and associated processes are key to managing lowest costs and highest quality products from introduction to obsolescence…
DetailsWhere Does EMS Head Next?
The logic behind the concept made enormous sense when OEMs first began focusing on core competencies decades ago. Manufacturing became the main function of specialized contractors such as Flextronics, Solectron, Sanmina, Jabil, Celestica and others while OEMs like IBM Corp., instead of investing in manufacturing plants, concentrated on developing technology, leaving the assembly to the…
DetailsAcopian Power Supplies Feature New Options
Acopian expands its “Infinity” Series of AC-DC linear regulated power supplies with several new options.
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