Astute Electronics is a exciting and bold success story – and a British one at that, says founder and md Geoff Hill (pictured). ‘There’s a long history of mergers and acquisitions within electronics distribution. Consolidation remains one of the easiest ways to grab new customers and inventory while diversifying your markets, but it also provides ...

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Toshiba’s high-current photorelays are now available with UL 508 certification. All nine devices in the series include low on-state resistance MOSFETs based upon Toshiba’s U-MOS VIII process that ensure high performance in a wide range of applications. All devices in the series (TLP3556A, TLP3558A, TLP241A, TLP3543A, TLP3545A, TLP3546A, TLP3547, TLP3548 and TLP3549) are now fully ...

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Seeed Studios released Maixduino earlier this morning. Based on MAIX Module, the same as Grove AI HAT based, the Maixduino is a RISC-V 64 development board for AI + IoT applications. Different to other Sipeed MAIX dev. boards, Maixduino was designed in an Arduino Uno form factor, with ESP32 module on board together with MAIX AI module.

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SEMI’s billings figure for April was up on March after three consecutive months of sequential drops. April billings were $1.91 billion – 4.7% higher than the $1.82 billion of March, but 29% lower than the April 2018 billings level of $2.69 billion. “April billings of North American equipment manufacturers increased 5% when compared to the ...

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The Top Ten test and packaging companies saw y-o-y revenues fall 11.8% in Q1 to $4.71 billion, says TrendForce. Among the top ten, Amkor, Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Tech (JCET), Tongfu Microelectronics (TFME), Tianshui Huatien (TSHT), Powertech and the United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) all registered double digit declines in revenue for 1Q. ASE’s revenue ...

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Nokia is late in 5G despite the market opportunities offered by the US campaign against Huawei 5G switchgear. “We are late in 5G by a few weeks to a couple of months,” Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri (pictured) told the company’s results meeting yesterday. Suri was reporting a monthly loss due to a delayed delivery of ...

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SiFive has bought Innovative Logic of Bengaluru, India and its USB IP. SiFive has hired the majority of Innovative Logic’s employees in Bengaluru. Innovative Logic’s India engineering team has been working in the USB IP domain for more than a decade, developing and implementing silicon-proven, certified USB IP. The team has led USB development from ...

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Q3 may see a return to growth, reckons IC Insights. Over its 60 year history, the IC industry is well known for its cyclical behavior. Looking back to the mid-1970s, IC Insights cannot identify a period where the IC market declined for more than three quarters in a row. Assuming the 2Q19 IC market registers ...

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