Moore's Law continues to hold dominance in the industry, and so we see much discussion around the opportunities presented by new geometries especially for Consumer Electronics (CE) and enterprise markets. After all, the volume of components demanded by CE and enterprise sectors is significantly higher, cycles rapidly, and is affected by often sudden demand shifts.…
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Does your organization need employees who can complete tasks or possess superior technical skills? Hint: Tone down the importance of being a team player. The conclusion of a new study puts it like this: “Given the evidence of a possible downside, it is recommended that firms should never look for team players just because 'everyone…
DetailsIPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the May findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales were down slightly but orders were up. The book-to-bill ratio held steady at 1.02. Total North American PCB shipments decreased 4.2 percent in May 2015 from May 2014, and year-to-date shipment growth declined…
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Few people are asking how asking how the world's electronics industry is preparing to operate on a 2° Celsius warmer planet and consumers and corporate customers haven't yet demanded that the electronics industry urgently reduce and reverse that warming. Even so, OEMs need to know these practical methods for slowing (and reversing) climate change while…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it has entered into a global distribution agreement and partnership with DAVE Embedded Systems — an industry-recognized supplier focused on the design, manufacturing and sales of miniaturized Systems on Modules (SOMs) and other hardware and software embedded solutions for Linux, Windows and Android platforms. Mouser Electronics is currently stocking DAVE…
DetailsTE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, announced today that it has been named a lead partner to Andretti Technologies, the technology incubation and advanced engineering business of Andretti Autosport. TE is the leader in connectivity and sensor solutions to the autosport industry, providing products that perform reliably in the extreme conditions that motorsports…
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Component manufacturers and their distributors go to great lengths to comply with U.S. laws that restrict the sale of certain high-tech goods to nations that are considered unfriendly to the United States. These laws, in part, are designed to protect U.S. intellectual property and to keep weapons- and intelligence-based technologies out of the hands of…
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GRENOBLE, France — The appearance of Gerd Teepe, director and design engineering at GlobalFoundries, at a CEA-Leti-sponsored FD-SOI workshop here has confirmed, once again, rumors surrounding the company’s upcoming “big announcement” about FD-SOI. Teepe offered, in broad strokes, GlobalFoundries' FD-SOI time schedule. While it was no formal announcement, his presentation implied the company’s oft-leaked but…
DetailsThe semiconductor and electronics supply chain, like many other industries, is experiencing a renewed round of diversification strategies. There are a myriad of reasons and market opportunities driving the strategic shifts, but the bottom line remains a unified goal of increased business (volume and revenue) at improved costs with ever more finely managed risks. Among…
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Holon, Israe – Optimal+ today announced that it has selected HP Vertica as the big data platform to provide next-generation Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) for all of its their solutions serving the semiconductor industry. Building on the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, Optimal+ is delivering unprecedented real-time visibility into the global semiconductor supply chain. As…
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