San Jose, Calif. – eSilicon Corporation, a leading independent semiconductor design and manufacturing solutions provider, today announced the addition of two foundries — Altis Semiconductor and TSI Semiconductor — to its automated, instant online quote system for multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles. The service, accessed through user-friendly web or smartphone interfaces, instantly generates executable MPW quotes. Typically it can take…
DetailsSunnyvale, Calif. – ArcticLink 3 S2 delivers 2X Customer Specific Programmable Logic Capacity, 4X Computational Performance, 4X Algorithm Capacity, 8X Sensor Data Buffer Industry leading active power consumption of < 150uW at 1.2V Fully pin-for-pin and software-compatible with previous generation ArcticLink 3 S1 QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator of ultra-low power programmable Customer Specific Standard…
DetailsMilpitas, Calif. – Intersil Corporation has introduced the single-chip ISL98611 display power and LED driver for smartphones. The company touts the ISL98611 as the first power management IC that integrates the display power and backlight LED driver functions in a single chip, improving efficiency of both functions to increase smartphone battery life by an hour…
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Gartner has published its annual list of leading supply chains in Asia Pacific with ten regional companies making the list.
DetailsTotal shipments of personal computing (PC) systems – desktops, notebooks, tablets, and Internet/cloud units – will continue to rise over the next several years despite a drop in desktop PC and notebook computer demand. Thanks in part to growing demand for touchscreen tablets, total PC system shipments are forecast to rise 12 percent in 2014,…
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Tennis fans attending the US Open this year in New York may have a reason to give the ball boys a second look. Several of them will be sporting the latest in wearable technology — Polo Tech smart shirts designed by Ralph Lauren. As the official outfitter for the annual US Tennis Association tournament, Ralph…
DetailsMalvern, Pa. — To meet the growing demand for AEC-Q200-qualified parts, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that its MC AT professional series of automotive thin film chip resistors is now AEC-Q200-qualified over its entire resistance range from 1 Ω to 1 MΩ. Designed to deliver stability under harsh environmental conditions in automotive and industrial applications,…
DetailsThe apparent gap between the need for workers with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills and the available talent in North America is an issue that is especially pressing for electronics manufacturers who also seek workers with a manufacturing background. In response to the industry’s need for information and answers, IPC — Association Connecting…
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I have the somewhat unique position of being part of a small-business enterprise and a consumer at the same time. Since Electronics Purchasing Strategies writes for professional procurement (among other audiences) I try to take a personal buying experience and then complicate it by a hundred-fold to put myself in the readers’ shoes. My supply chain…
DetailsGreensboro, N.C. — RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD) today announced the preliminary results of its special meeting of shareholders held earlier this morning to approve its agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. RFMD shareholders voted to approve the merger agreement and to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation arrangements…
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