News, analysis, and commentary for electronics distributors, OEMs, and ODMs that need awareness of changes in the electronics supply chain, such as government and environmental regulations, that influence product flow in the semiconductor market. Topics include RoHS, global supply-chain management, RFID, and electronics recycling.
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Intel muscles into smartphones, tablets
Bolaji 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 -
Bullish Penn sees chip market growth of 8% in 2012
Peter 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 -
Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid
Steve 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 -
Thai flood will affect supply chain in 2012
Suzanne 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 -
Sobering stats from the supply chain
Barbara 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 -
Counterfeit components cost more than US dollars, SIA testifies
Suzanne 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 -
Solyndra: Its technology and why it failed
Don 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 -
IHS cuts 2011 semiconductor forecast
By 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 -
Gartner: Chip prices to stabilize in 2H12
EE 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 -
Avnet's Harley Feldberg: embedded in the electronics supply chain
Interview 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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Critical Links
March 25, 2011
RoHS dev kit debate heats up in Europe
The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive status of development...
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Critical Links
February 11, 2011
Understanding the RoHS recast
In the fall of 2010, the European Union agreed to a range of changes to the RoHS...
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There's a lot of hype in the industry about transformerless inverters.Having...
Gerald Steele– 2012-1-2 20:26:54 PST
in response to Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power gridTo prevent 120Hz components from reflecting into the PVs, there must be basically...
Elmer Fydd– 2012-31-1 17:58:35 PST
in response to Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power gridI read your comment as an installer; bummer on the 5-year warranty, but how much...
Thierry Phillips– 2012-29-1 00:49:22 PST
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EDN's technical editors highlight notable new products including analog and digital ICs, power components, sensors, passives, boards and systems, software, and more.
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Sharp LS series of ultra-low-power memory LCDs: Series draws less power than conventional TFT LCDs
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Rick Nelson, editorial director of Test & Measurement World, comments on test, globalization, measurement, machine vision, economics, nanotechnology, the engineering profession, and more.
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