Attention procurement and supply chain professionals: How can you change the game, and make a disproportionate difference to your organization? What are five surefire ways to become a CPO? With globalization and technological change disrupting every aspect of your profession, making time to update your skills can catapult you up the ladder. Leadership skills are…
DetailsRenesas Electronics Corporation (“Renesas”, TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Intersil Corporation (“Intersil”, NASDAQ:ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Renesas to acquire Intersil for US$22.50 per share in cash, representing an aggregate equity value of approximately US$3.2 billion…
DetailsWellesley, Mass. – The wireless sensor network (WSN) technology landscape is in flux, with many competing standards vying for the same market. BCC Research reveals in its new report that wireless sensors engender a wide array of monitoring and management use cases previously considered untenable. These devices have opened an entirely new market of application possibilities apart…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Dell OEM Solutions, which combines Dell’s portfolio, a rich partner ecosystem, deep vertical and domain expertise, and a collaborative approach to provide end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Dell’s IoT product line available from Mouser Electronics features the company’s first purpose-built industrial PC products, the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series. The 5000 Series…
DetailsFort Worth, Tex. – TTI, Inc., the leading global distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, announces the release of the new www.ttiinc.com website. This site is the latest TTI Web property to undergo enhancement, standardization, and conversion onto TTI’s new Web Content Management platform. The TTI Global, www.ttii.com, and TTI Israel, www.ttiisrael.com, websites were successfully transitioned and…
DetailsTo encourage innovative internal and external ideas, Osram has created a captive business accelerator called Fluxunit GmbH. In taking this step, Osram has set up a flexible company unit outside its established structures that will promote new and disruptive business ideas. At the same time, Fluxunit will serve as the central point of contact for…
DetailsECIA is pleased to announce completion of the first milestone in its comprehensive 2-D barcode implementation initiative with the publication of ECIA Labeling Specification EICP 114.1. The primary objectives of the new specification are to address the needs of the electronic component distributor community and to synchronize this industry’s document to broader material handling industry…
DetailsDriven by faster development of commercial applications, the market for carbon nanotubes (CNT) will grow to $560 million in 2025, while graphene will lag at $305 million, on account of slower adoption in energy storage, according to Lux Research. The success of CNTs comes mainly from the use of multiwalled nanotubes (MWNTs) as a superior replacement…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor, is now stocking the MAX44299 low-side current, voltage and power monitoring IC from Maxim Integrated. The MAX44299 offers power, current, and voltage monitoring plus reference with precise measurement and programmable current-sensing of full-scale voltages of 5mV, 10mV and 20mV. With its wide single supply…
DetailsThe Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $27.1 billion for the month of July 2016, an increase of 2.6 percent compared to the previous month’s total of $26.4 billion. July marked the global market’s largest month-to-month sales increase since September 2013, though sales were down 2.8…
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