Mouser Enhances Energy Harvesting Site
Mouser Electronics launches an enhanced Energy Harvesting Technology site with newly added featured products, technical articles, and resources.
DetailsISM: Purchasing ‘Optimistic’ for 2014
Although the electronics components industry may not be feeling the same momentum, the U.S. manufacturing sector expects to increase its revenue, employment and capital expenditures in 2014, according to the latest report by the Institute for Supply Management. Overall manufacturing revenue is expected to grow by 4.4 percent in 2014, according to Bradley J. Holcomb,…
DetailsArrow Releases Reference Design App
Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced the availability of Arrow enVision™, a cloud-based interactive reference design application for engineers around the world. Available on the recently announced product life cycle services platform via arrow.com, Arrow enVision enables design engineers to either start their own or quickly select approved starter designs from a comprehensive library. Arrow…
DetailsMicron & Rambus Sign Licensing Pact
Rambus Inc. and Micron Technology, Inc. announced they have signed a broad patent cross license agreement. Under the agreement, Micron gains the right to use any Rambus patent for the manufacture of specified integrated circuit products, including any memory integrated circuit products. Certain of these memory products will enjoy a perpetual, paid-up license after the…
DetailsAvnet and PowerOne Mark Anniversary
In 1988, the Hubble Space Telescope went into operation to explore deep space and Guns N’ Roses hit it huge with “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” It was also the year of “Rain Man,” “Coming to America” and “Die Hard.” Another big hit that year was the distribution agreement between Power-One, Inc., and Avnet Electronics Marketing…
DetailsUL Expands Sustainability Standard
UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced that it has released new sets of sustainability requirements for tablets and wireless hot spots. Both sets of requirements are based on its UL 110 standard, which was UL’s first collaborative effort to develop a sustainability standard for mobile phones. Now, UL 2841 for Slate…
DetailsTI Tightens Q4 Revenue Forecast
In a scheduled update to its business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) narrowed its expected ranges for revenue and earnings per share (EPS). The company currently expects its financial results to be within the following ranges: Revenue: $2.92 – 3.04 billion compared with the prior range of $2.86 –…
DetailsMarvell Names Interim CFO
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a global leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced the appointment of Michael Rashkin as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rashkin has been with the Company since 1999 and prior to this appointment served in a variety of roles in the finance organization including in VP of Tax, VP of Strategic Development…
DetailsIHS: OTT Device Sales to Surge
In a sign of how profoundly Internet-based media is revolutionizing the way consumers access video entertainment content, more than 1.7 billion devices capable of accessing over-the-top (OTT) broadband content like Netflix and Hulu are set to ship by the end of 2013. Shipments of OTT-capable devices will rise 20 percent this year from 1.43 billion…
DetailsRichardson RFPD Carries STMicro DMOS
Richardson RFPD, Inc. today announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) transistor from STMicroelectronics (ST). The SD2931-12MR is a gold metallized N-channel field-effect RF power transistor intended for use in 50V DC large signal applications up to 230 MHz. The new device offers outstanding thermal capability…
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