Peerless Electronics Inc. is pleased to announce that members of their Value Added Assembly Team are now fully certified to MIL-STD-2000A as well as being CIS Certified IPC Specialists, meeting the J-STD-001 soldering certification. The IPC J-STD-001 requirement for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies has emerged as the preeminent authority for electronics assembly manufacturing. This…
DetailsWhen OEMs began implementing practices such as just-in-time (JIT) and build-to-order (BTO), analysts began to look at the supply chain as a possible profit center rather than a cost. Yet, a survey conducted by the Institute of Supply Management indicates that procurement – one of the key functions in the supply chain – remains primarily…
DetailsMemoir Systems Inc., today announced that it has joined the TSMC Soft IP Alliance Program, leveraging TSMC’s advanced process technologies to improve power, performance and area for its Renaissance family of multiport memory IP. Using Memoir’s IP delivery platform that includes design-for-formal and exhaustive formal verification, Memoir delivered fully verified ultra-high performance multiport memory IPs…
DetailsFreescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE:FSL) today announced that it has launched a formal process to identify a successor to Alan Campbell, chief financial officer, who has announced his decision to retire from the company. The company has engaged an executive recruitment firm to assist in the process. Campbell will continue in his role as CFO during…
DetailsIPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® released a global survey this month to collect data for the IPC International Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections, and for IPC’s 2014 Technology Trends Study. Participation is open to all manufacturers of printed circuit boards and board assemblies worldwide. The deadline for survey responses is January 31. The survey covers…
DetailsCoilcraft has announced its new RF and Power Inductor Product Finder App for Apple and Android smart phones. This free application enables users to quickly select the best inductor for their design and order free evaluation samples, all from their mobile phone. The new App offers parametric product search capability and includes Coilcraft’s full suite…
DetailsRS Components( http://www.rs-components.com ) (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc( http://www.electrocomponents.com ) (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has secured a franchised distribution deal with Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile semiconductor solutions. The terms of the agreement license RS to represent…
DetailsAvnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), is launching an extensive set of training seminars for designers of embedded applications based on the Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC. These half-day technical sessions will be presented across the globe by Avnet subject matter experts in conjunction with Xilinx, Inc., Analog Devices, Inc.…
DetailsARM and UMC (NYSE:UMC; TWSE:2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced an agreement to offer the ARM® Artisan® physical IP platform along with POP™ IP for UMC’s 28nm high-performance low-power (HLP) process technology. To support customers targeting a wide range of consumer applications such as smartphone, tablet, wireless and digital home, UMC and ARM…
DetailsRFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for two S-band power amplifiers from TriQuint. The TGA2583 and TGA2585 cover the frequency range of 2.7 to 3.7GHz with 10 and 18 watts of saturated output power respectively. Both TriQuint devices offer power added efficiency of 54% with a small signal gain of 33dB. Designed primarily for…
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