As rare earth materials play an increasingly critical role in the growth of global industries, an ASTM International subcommittee is gearing up to address challenges across the life cycle of these vital resources. ASTM Subcommittee F40.04 on Rare Earth Materials held its most recent meeting in April and has established a standards development agenda aimed…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. has released an enhanced version of its Medical Applications site. New features focus on medical imaging solutions including MRI, portable ultrasound, and digital x-ray, helping engineers to solve a unique set of design challenges. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) requires high speed data and image processing to create soft tissue images, making high…
DetailsMicrosemi Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Future Electronics, a world-class leader and innovator in the distribution and marketing of electronic components, today announced that the two companies have entered into a broad-based, global distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Future will provide worldwide…
DetailsIt’s said that adversity breeds character—and that certainly seems to be the case for the global market for DRAM (dynamic random access memory). This market has achieved some maturity in the face of daunting challenges, allowing the industry to achieve a balance between supply and demand this year. After DRAM wafer output peaked in 2008…
DetailsAccording to DRAMeXchange, a research division of Trendforce, thanks in large part to the rising spot prices of DRAM (which has grown twofold since last November), the spot market price of DDR3 2Gb has a good chance of approaching $US 2 in the upcoming periods. The profits shown on Micron’s recent June 19th financial report…
DetailsAccording to the latest shipment report of WitsView, the display research division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the large-sized panel shipment in May 2013 reached 67.65 million units, surging 4% MoM. As China’s subsidy policy ended, panel makers lowered prices in May to stuff shipments of specific sizes to certain clients to maintain the…
DetailsFlextronics today announced that it will expand its existing design, manufacturing, logistics and service solutions relationship with Citrix to include Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. Flextronics has provided design, manufacturing, logistics and service solutions to Citrix for more than eight years. “As our cloud networking business accelerates, we are expanding our global supply chain capability,” said Fred Tiso,…
DetailsQualcomm powered devices are capturing the high end of the device market and this overriding factor has resulted in Qualcomm attracting an average implied subsidy of $530 compared to $341 for other IC vendor based products, according to ABI Research. High end devices remain the most profitable part of the mobile device market; however, these…
DetailsThe market for hard disk drives (HDDs) used in video surveillance will hit the billion-dollar level in less than five years, as safety concerns and the requirement for higher image quality spur demand for more data storage, according to a Storage Space Market Brief from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Revenue for both…
DetailsMolex Inc. has been formally accepted as an Applicant Member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC). A coalition of the world’s leading electronics companies, the EICC facilitates collaboration between members and with customers, suppliers and others in the industry to work together on improving efficiency and social, ethical, labor standards and environmental responsibility in…
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