Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Managing Complexity With Hardware Emulation

A multi-tool approach to multi-core SoC design and verification is critical to success.

CEO interview: Adesto's Derhacobian Looks to Move CBRAM to Asia

Sometimes taking a step sideways can help a company go forward, says Adesto CEO Narbeh Derhacobian who is now in talks to move CBRAM memory technology into an Asian foundry.

Bosch Retains Top Spot in Automotive MEMS in 2013

German supplier's revenue stream rose 13.3 percent in 2013 based on its strong captive market for Tier 1 customers.

AMS, Dialog Semiconductor in Merger Talks

AMS and Dialog are in talks about a merger to form a European company with more than $1.4 billion of annual sales in mixed-signal, sensor, wireless, power and power management ICs.

Sager to Purchase Specialty Distributor PowerGate

PowerGate specializes in AC/DC power supplies and DC/DC converters, selling them to customers in the IT, medical and industrial equipment markets.

Knowles Again Tops List of MEMs Microphone Suppliers

Supplier to Samsung and Apple grew MEMS microphone revenue by 59 percent last year, expanding its lead over competitors.

Microchip Expands 8-bit MCU Line, Offers First BTLE Module

Microchip Technology Inc. today (June 24) rolled out an expansion of its 8-bit mid-range core microcontroller (MCU) family as well as its first Bluetooth energy module

TTI to Acquire Connector Specialist Astrex Electronics

Distributor TTI, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, announced it will acquire Astrex Electronics.

Adesto Ships 1 Million CBRAM Memories

A startup that has worked since 2006 on a resistive nonvolatile memory technology got its conductive bridging RAM product to market in 2013 and has now shipped a million units.

Semiconductor Equipment Shipments Increased in May

The three-month average of semiconductor equipment shipments in May increased 15.1% over May 2013.

Nanotube Memory Shows Universal Potential

Results for a 140nm nonvolatile memory based on a carbon nanotube layer have been reported at the VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposia.

Research Team Demos Foldable Displays

The foldable tablet computer, smartphone and e-book could be just around the corner to judge from research presented by a team drawn from SEL in Japan and Nokia.

Altair Semi Raises $25 Million to Expand Single-Mode LTE Market Penetration

Fabless chip vendor to use funds to expand its operations, sales and customer support capacity in the single mode LTE market.

Power Management for Energy Harvesting in WSNs

Designers demand more power in their products to support increased functionality and to charge the battery from any available power source.

SEMI Reports $10.15 Billion in Q1 Billings

Worldwide semiconductor equipment billings soared 39 percentin the first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2013, according to trade association SEMI.

Flexible Plastic Logic Pursues Wearables Display Market

AMOLED displays with organic thin-film transistor backplanes are ready for the wearable equipment market and looking at the next challenge – foldables – says Plastic Logic.

Qualcomm Revamps MEMS Display With Single-Pixel Color

Two years ago it appeared that the Mirasol MEMS display technology had missed its market opportunity and that Qualcomm would walk away from it. Now, a brighter Mirasol is back.

Microchip Expands SPI Serial Flash Memory Portfolio

Three new chips targeted at battery-operated accessories, portable medical devices, remotes, headsets and hearing aids.

Self-assembly of Nanoparticles in Just a Minute

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have devised a technique whereby self-assembling nanoparticle arrays can form a highly ordered thin film over macroscopic distances in just one minute.