The quality assurance team is there to test the system and generate a list of bugs. Developers then fix those, and, after passing QA's tests, the product ships. Not. First, in manufacturing, QA is not quality control. QA is about defining the processes used, raw material fitness, and the like. Instead, quality control ensures that…
DetailsSK hynix memory solutions (SKHMS), a leading provider of NAND flash solutions, today announced the opening of its new engineering development center in Longmont, Colorado. The company has started staffing the site with leading engineering experts in the area of storage and firmware design. Since its acquisition by SK hynix in 2012, SKHMS (formerly Link-A-Media…
DetailsMicron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), today announced thatRonald C. Foster, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance, will retire from Micron next year. Mr. Foster has served as CFO of Micron since his appointment in April 2008. “Ron has played an integral role in Micron’s growth and success during the past six years,” said…
DetailsFairchild (Nasdaq:FCS), a leading global supplier of power semiconductors, announced management changes that streamline the company’s reporting structure. Fairchild has attracted the top talent in the industry to build an outstanding operations leadership team. Today the company announced that this team will report directly to Mark Thompson, Fairchild’s chairman and CEO. Mr. Thompson will also…
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The business climate is evolving, and the procurement function has to evolve with it. That was the key message of Bill Michels, president at ADR North America, ADR-ISM China, and vice president of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), at the recent Horizon 2014 purchasing conference. Over time, the procurement function has gone from being…
DetailsChicago, Ill. – element14, the world’s largest online community for electronic design engineers and hobbyists, was named a silver winner in Best Community Development at the 2014 Digital Impact Awards in London. The annual event recognizes the world’s best corporate digital strategy and marketing campaigns, and element14 earned top honors for supporting its global electronics distribution business via…
DetailsOster Bay, N.Y. – Technology can either be a differentiating factor that helps businesses be successful or it can be something that contributes to a company’s downfall. Technology adoption and usage can help to increase efficiency, increase stickiness, reduce wastage, improve product development, improve service, and improve time to market. Technology is at the heart…
DetailsSan Carols, Calif. — Alliance Memory today announced that Gregory Miller has joined the company as its director of sales. In his new role, Miller will lead sales efforts for the company and serve as the worldwide sales account manager for Alliance Memory’s customer Jabil — a leading supply chain management and electronic manufacturing partner —…
DetailsBristol, UK – TVS, a leader in software test and hardware verification solutions, today announced that it is opening an office in Silicon Valley, USA. In a move that exemplifies and underpins its global expansion, TVS’ US based office will be staffed by technical experts able to offer the company’s range of products and services to…
DetailsBurlingame, Calif. — The quest to create and monetize human data, combined with the proliferation of machine intelligence and devices that sense, track and measure, is presenting unprecedented opportunities and threats to the $738 billion information industry, according to Outsell, Inc. The research and advisory firm released its 2015 Information Industry Outlook Report, “Sensored World, Sensible Choices,” to…
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