FEATURES
- Synaptics capacitive touchscreens: Just the right touch for appliances
June 24, 2010 | 7:59 pm
Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner. - SID 2010 roundup: Day 3
May 27, 2010 | 7:27 pm
The standout products on day three of the SID 2010 conference is Universal Display's new PHOLED display architecture with a unique four-color, sub-pixel design, which promises to drive commercial development of all-phosphorescent active-matrix OLEDs and Sony's tiny rollable OLED display that can wrap around a pencil. - Top 50 Distribution Leaders
May 13, 2010 | 1:55 pm
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.
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Linecard Expansions
- Digi-Key, PEWA expand distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 6:06 pmDigi-Key’s expanded distribution agreement with Panasonic Electric Works Corporation of America (PEWA) allows the distributor to sell PEWA’s products in the Asia-Pacific territories, in addition to the existing franchises for the Americas, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
- Arrow, Exar sign pan-European distribution agreement
July 23, 2010 | 5:59 pmExar as signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics to distribute its entire product portfolio.
- Symmetry signs AvaLAN Wireless Systems
July 21, 2010 | 4:30 pmSymmetry Electronics has signed an agreement with AvaLAN Wireless Systems to distribute its entire product lineup, targeting its long range RF modules.
- Digi-Key, Silicon Labs offer 24-hr lead times for programmable XOs
July 20, 2010 | 5:47 pmSilicon Laboratories Digi-Key are partnering to deliver high-performance programmable oscillators (XOs) with 24-hour lead times.
- TTI adds Cooper Bussmann products
July 15, 2010 | 2:12 pmTTI has entered into a global distribution agreement with Cooper Bussmann to distribute the Coiltronics, PowerStor and Bussmann product brands.
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Tag Archive
Global computer storage market to grow in 2010
The global market for hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to climb as the PC market continues to strengthen, reports iSuppli Corp. The market researcher expects global revenue of HDD shipments to reach $27.7 million in 2010, up 18.4 percent from $23.4 billion in 2009. ODD... »
National claims first PMBus and protection IC
National Semi claims the industry's first system monitoring, protection and control IC with on-chip PMBus support. Launched at APEC, the LM25066 provides designers of blade servers, storage networking systems, routers/switches and modular subsystems with a solution that improves system reliability and reduces operating expenses in data centers. »
Samsung mass produces 4-Gbit DDR3 DRAM
Samsung has started volume production of the industry's first low-power 4-Gbit DDR3 devices using 40-nm process technology. The high-density memory is expected to deliver significant power savings to data centers, server systems and high-end notebooks. »
DOE issues energy-efficiency metrics for data centers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), together with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry leaders, have agreed on energy-efficiency measurements, metrics, and reporting guidelines for data-center facilities. »
DOE awards $47M for energy-efficient IT projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $47 million for 14 projects to support the development of new technologies that can improve energy efficiency in the information technology (IT) and communication technology sectors including data processing, data storage and telecommunications. »
AMCC renames company to better reflect product focus
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. has announced its new name as AppliedMicro to reflect the company's focus on energy-efficient and cost optimized semiconductor devices for embedded computing, telecommunications and networking applications. The company is striving to reduce the power consumption of its products by as much as 50 percent. »
Molex iPass HD connector doubles data rate, bandwidth
Aimed at next-gen SAS speed and density requirements, Molex Inc. has introduced the iPass+ High Density (HD) system, referenced as mini-SAS HD in the SAS 2.1 standard. »
HP to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion
HP will purchase 3Com for $2.7 billion, which will significantly expand HP's Ethernet switching offering, add routing solutions and network security capabilities and strengthen the company's position in China. »
Samsung: DRAMs and SSDs are the “dynamic duo” of server power savings
Samsung Electronics claims its DDR memory chips and SSDs have the potential to significantly lower server power consumption and reduce data center costs. The two technologies have the combined potential to save more than 10 percent of power usage per server, said Samsung. »
Green PC market to exceed $190 billion by 2013, says researcher
Computer and server vendors are making their products increasingly green with the newest equipment consuming less electricity than legacy hardware, toxic substances being replaced with more environmentally friendly materials, and most vendors taking their products back at end of life cycle for reuse/recycling, according to a new study by NextGen Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y »
EA Blog
- Next-gen smartphones need multisensor devices
July 13, 2010 | 12:31 pmThere is no doubt that designers of next-generation smartphones will add gyroscopes to their bills of material for enhanced gaming functionality and indoor location-based services. But, most likely, we will start to see, in addition to multi-axis gyroscopes, more multisensor packages that combine accelerometers and a gyroscope. The benefits: speedier design, simplified supply chain and lower costs.
- Global Wind Day: Five wind facts
June 14, 2010 | 5:40 pmThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has highlighted “Five Wind Facts,” a guide to the benefits of wind energy as one effort to market Global Wind Day, June 15. AWEA also plans to announce the winner of its Twitter background photo contest via Facebook and Twitter on Global Wind Day.
- Mobile designs fuel the demand for smaller, cheaper and less power hungry accelerometers
May 27, 2010 | 7:39 pmSeveral top suppliers of three-axis accelerometers — including Analog Devices, Bosch Sensortec, Freescale, and STMicro — have beefed up their product portfolios over the past year with some significant enhancements aimed at lower power consumption, higher resolution, and smaller packaging.
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New Products
- NXP low-power IC targets solar PV apps
August 27, 2010 | 6:08 pm
NXP offers a low-power IC aimed at MPPT applications using PV cells or fuel cells. - C&K mini slide switches withstand high temps
August 27, 2010 | 5:59 pm
C&K Components offers a series of low-cost, miniature slide switches. The OS Series of RoHS-compliant switches feature a new high-temperature option for lead-free soldering. - Archive for New Products »