Electronics Supply Chain
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Intel muscles into smartphones, tabletsBolaji Ojo, EBN Editor in Chief, February 2, 2012ARM has maintained its leading position in such wireless markets, but Intel's latest design wins will most certainly break the dam wall. More
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Bullish Penn sees chip market growth of 8% in 2012Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 23, 2012This high single-digit percentage growth is a "safe bet," said Future Horizons' Malcom Penn who indicated that annual growth "could easily be 20%." More
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Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power gridSteve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the photovoltaic panel, through boost conversion, power inverter and massive filtering of the created AC power signal required by the power grid. Surrounded by monitoring and microcontroller magic along with safety standard adherence, we uncover the mysteries of solar energy harvesting electronics. More
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Thai flood will affect supply chain in 2012Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, January 5, 2012HDD (hard disk drive) shortages, forced by damages from the flood, will result in a 3.8 million-unit shortfall in PC shipments in the first quarter of 2012, IHS reports. More
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Sobering stats from the supply chainBarbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor, January 5, 2012In the wake of reports on the unemployment rate, the European Union’s debt management, and the skyrocketing tablet-computer market, companies in the electronics supply chain believe that the next few quarters will be tough. More
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Counterfeit components cost more than US dollars, SIA testifiesSuzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, December 1, 2011The more than $7.5 billion counterfeiting costs US-based semiconductor companies each year is not the biggest loss, according to recent Senate testimony by Brian Toohey, president of the SIA. More
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Solyndra: Its technology and why it failedDon Scansen, IP Research Group, November 21, 2011Marketing for Solyndra's unique tubular solar panel module design was at the top of the class, but was there more to this technology than just good PR? More
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IHS cuts 2011 semiconductor forecastBy Dylan McGrath, EE Times, November 17, 2011Market research firm IHS iSuppli has cut its forecast for 2011 semiconductor sales, but said it still predicts slight growth for the year because of continued growth in the third quarter. More
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Gartner: Chip prices to stabilize in 2H12EE Times staff, November 17, 2011With an inventory correction well under way, semiconductor sales will remain tepid for the rest of the year before returning to sequential growth sometime in the second half of 2012, according to market research firm Gartner Inc. More
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Avnet's Harley Feldberg: embedded in the electronics supply chainInterview conducted and edited by Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, November 17, 2011Avnet’s Harley Feldberg discusses serving the embedded design community as part of the overall electronics supply chain. More
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Inside updates anti-counterfeit NFC chipBy Peter Clarke, EE Times, November 15, 2011Inside Secure, a fabless supplier of near field communication (NFC) chips, has announced it is sampling the VaultIC150, an NFC-based security IC designed for embedding into consumer or luxury products that are targeted by counterfeiters and cloners. More
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Advanced security prevents counterfeit productsDavid Richetto, Inside Secure, November 3, 2011Strategies and technologies are available to help engineers develop and implement security measures to prevent counterfeit products from entering the supply chain. More
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IPC urges certification for conflict-free smeltingSuzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, Online, November 3, 2011IPC’s Solder Products Value Council is urging tin smelters to become smelters of conflict-free minerals and recommended the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition/Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict-Free Smelter program. More
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Avnet, ARM team for embedded software siteSuzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, online, October 26, 2011The site will provide software downloads from a range of partners that are active in the ARM Connected Community and Avnet’s partner ecosystem. More
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Smoothing out bumps during supply-chain expansionBarbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor, October 6, 2011Electronics manufacturers are expanding their supply chains across regions which means significant and often costly disruption to the OEM supply chain. More
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Tool is in the works to standardize conflict-minerals trackingBarbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor, September 8, 2011The movement to ban so-called conflict minerals from the electronics supply chain is facing hurdles. More
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Lighting apps boost LED usageBy Nicolas Mokhoff, EE Times, August 24, 2011According to DisplaySearch, the total package revenue for backlight and lighting applications was $7.2 billion in 2010 and is forecast to reach $12.7 billion in 2014. More
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Tower transfers SiGe process to IsraelBy Peter Clarke, EE Times, August 4, 2011Tower Semiconductor Ltd, a specialty foundry that trades under the name TowerJazz, has transferred a 130-nm silicon-germanium process from its Newport Beach, Calif, fab to one at Migdal Haemek, Israel. More
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Avnet's Alex Iuorio: Micro issues in the electronics supply chain are no small mattersInterview conducted and edited by Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, news, July 28, 2011From his view of the electronics supply chain, Avnet's Alex Iuorio addressed statements of bookings, component demand, and expectations for the year. More
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Apple still can't keep up with iPad demandBy Rick Merritt, EE Times, July 20, 2011The good news is Apple sold 9.25 million iPads in the last three months, double the number of the previous quarter and three times as many as in the same quarter last year. The bad news is it could have sold more if it could have made them. More
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