Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Startup Describes Proprietary Non-Volatile Memory Technology

California-based non-volatile memory startup with Australian roots and a new CEO has described its technology and similarities to a resistive RAM in development at Symetrix Corp. in Colorado.

VxWorks RTOS Gets Revamped for IoT

Wind River has upgraded its VxWorks real-time operating system to version 7 offering fine-grained scalability and "big-little" support in pursuit of Internet of Things design wins.

STT-MRAM Will Hit Volume in 2014, Says Everspin

Everspin has said that after being first to sample STT-MRAM in 2012 it expects to hit volume production in the second half of 2014. Typical applications are front-end buffers for solid-state drives.

Freescale to Foundries: Help Us With Threshold-Voltage MCUs

Freescale MCU boss says near-threshold voltage microcontrollers are coming but it may take time. Foundries could help by characterizing IP libraries over wider voltage ranges.

Imagination Volunteers 'Warrior' Cores for MCU Duty

Imagination has announced two CPU cores based on its Series-5 "Warrior" architecture aimed at microcontroller design wins and that bring support for hardware virtualization.

MWC: Those Sexy Parts Called Sensors

With wearables, machine-to-machine connectivity, mHealth, and connected homes, buildings and cities catching a fever pace, sensors have won "sexiness appeal" at Mobile World Congress this year.

PEI-Genesis Inks Deal with Brazilian Manufacturer

Philadelphia-based connectors and power-supplies distributor enters Brazilian aerospace market.

Jabil Moves Beyond Electronics

With hardware OEMs' sales stalling, EMS firms like Jabil Circuit are looking to non-traditional markets in search of growth.

Vicor Extends Custom Power Business to Europe

Company aims to provide "one-stop destination” for customers requiring high levels of power system development agility.

Imagination Launches 'Raptor' Image Processing Cores

Imagination launches first image signal processing cores with a view to reducing power consumption for such coming features as gesture and facial recognition.

Intel, Samsung, Applied Fund Photoresist Startup

Leading players in semiconductor manufacturing see merit in a startups photocondensed, smooth photoresist materials.

Power Player Dialog Aims at 20% CAGR

Europe's Dialog Semiconductor is aiming to outpace the overall semiconductor market growth for the next three or for years.

Thick-shell Quantum Dots Raise Image Brightness

Quantum dots with thick shells and nano-scale cores is being licensed by a startup from the developers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The dots could improve LED and emissive display brightness and efficiency.

Broadcom Pushes On in Wireless, Sells Ethernet Line

Broadcom has developed a millimeter wave IC for back- and front-haul communications in radio access networks. At the same time the company is selling off its NetXtreme II Ethernet controller IC line to QLogic Corp.

Distributor Inventory Key to Managing Supply Chain Risk

Increasingly, distributors are helping OEMs and EMS providers deal with risks ranging from counterfeit parts to natural disasters.

Synopsys to Buy Software Quality and Security Firm Coverity

Deal, worth $375 million, would enable No. 1 EDA firm to address new markets.

CEO's Report Outlines How to Double European Chip Manufacturing Share

Chip company CEOs agreed with the formidable Neelie Kroes that Europe needs to try and double its share of global manufacturing.

ARM Respins Cortex-A15 for Mid-Tier Smartphones

ARM has produced an IP suite – from Cortex-A17 to display processors – aimed at 2015 mid-tier smartphones and other consumer applications. MediaTek is a lead partner with an Octa-core deployment.