PHOENIX — Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that its Avnet Supply Chain Velocity e-magazine received first place in the 2014 Outstanding Material Handling and Logistics Content Awards. Sponsored by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) and MHI, the nation's largest material handling, logistics and supply chain association,…
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POINTE-CLAIRE, Quebec — Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, announces Vishay Siliconix's SiCxx microBUCK Series of integrated buck regulators. Vishay Siliconix's SiC4xx microBUCK™ Integrated Buck Regulators leverage Vishay's unique combination of discrete MOSFET design, IC expertise, and packaging capability to provide customers with cost-effective, high-performance integrated solutions. These integrated solutions provide a…
DetailsLondon —Global photovoltaic (PV) solar installations will rise to 45.4 gigawatts (GW) in 2014, with 32 percent of this total, or 14.4 GW, coming in the fourth quarter, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS). Although IHS has trimmed its forecast for 2014 by 1.5 GW due to weaker-than-predicted performance in several key markets, a 20 percent increase is still…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Three Japanese-born researchers — Shuji Nakamura (who has since migrated to the US), Isamu Akasaki, and Hiroshi Amano — will share the $1.1 million Nobel Prize in Physics for their work inventing the blue light-emitting diode (LED). Their invention paved the way for today's white LED, which has obsoleted both incandescent and…
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SINGAPORE — Menlo Logistics (Menlo), welcomed the latest interns from its graduate scholarship programme, which is managed in partnership with Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. Four third-year students were selected for this year's intern group; all are studying for a Diploma in Logistics and Operations Management. “It is vital to the future of the logistics industry…
DetailsSan Jose, Calif. — Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced the industry’s first MIPI® SoundWireSM Controller Intellectual Property (IP). SoundWire is a new digital audio interface specification from the MIPI Alliance that enables bi-directional digital communication with a focus on low complexity and low gate count, making it…
DetailsScottsdale, Ariz. (October 9, 2014) – NKK Switches, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of innovative electromechanical switches, today outlined a suite of switch solutions to meet the needs of design engineers in the audio/video broadcast market. As the primary user interface, switches help to control the various elements of audio, video and other broadcasting…
DetailsOakland, Calif. – Digicom Electronics, Inc., a technology and quality driven electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, announces that the white paper, What Medical Device Companies Need to Consider in Selecting an EMS Company, is now available on the Digicom Electronics website at www.digicom.org/selecting-ems-company.html. The article discusses the factors that contribute to a successful contract electronics manufacturing relationship and the…
DetailsElizabeth, N.J. – Alpha Wire will head to Munich, Germany in November for Electronica 2014, the world’s largest electronic trade fair. Throughout the fair, Alpha Wire will be displaying their tough Pro-Tekt line of cables, the latest in LSZH heat-shrink tubing, and the ever-growing EcoGen line of wire and cable. Alpha Wire will be featuring the newest addition to the…
DetailsAliso Viejo, Calif.– Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of its new ultra secure SmartFusion2® SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2® FPGAs that have more advanced security features at the device, design and system levels than any other leading FPGA manufacturer. The new data…
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