So, Frans van Houten is to step down as CEO of NXP. For NXP this could be a good thing. I like Frans van Houten, but he’s not a semiconductor guy.

The current market situation demands a different kind of distribution service from that offered traditionally: especially when the market is down, the distributor’s value to the customer will come as much from enabling rapid, high-value application development as it does from supporting custom hardware design. The environment changed for customers, meaning the pressure of competition is now felt from around ...

Transitron have added 19 devices to their series IV 54/74 compatible range of TTL silicon integrated circuits’, starts a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of August 6th 1969.

Altium has launched the Winter 09 release of its next generation electronics design system Altium Designer. The real-time, dynamic 3D PCB design features have b

Is protectionism about to rear its ugly head once again? One hopes this beggar-my-neighbour policy won’t be adopted by governments, but it’s worth recalling the world’s wittiest protectionist measure.

While the move to 4G and femtocells will undoubtedly be important, there are good reasons to believe that high profile technology moves in the area of space research will benefit the electronics industry

The solar power industry will go as potty as the memory industry next year with massive over-supply causing dramatic falls in pricing. While sales of solar panels will increase nearly 10 per, revenues from sales of solar panels will fall by 20 per cent.

The business climate is likely to increase the challenge for telecom companies to reduce cost and some of them may merge with former competitors or will go out of service. What’s the last option for a business it’s not an option for a network device.

XP Power has a single output, open frame AC-DC power supply which is rated at 175W and measures 76.2x127x31.8 mm.

Teledyne Relays has introduced a RoHS-compliant series of broadband attenuator relays for applications in 50 and 75ohm systems over a frequency range from DC to