Avnet confirms EBV will be autonomous in EuropeMick ElliottAvnet will continue to run EBV Elektronik as a separate company in Europe following its acquisition of the distributor earlier this year.Avnet president and CEO, Roy Vallee told Electronics Weekly that the deal to buy EBV from its German parent Veba Group will be closed today (Tuesday).The main issue to be addressed ...

Motorola’s StarCore hits 4,800 MMAC performanceRichard WilsonMotorola has announced an addition to its family of StarCore-based DSP products. Called the MSC8102, the device integrates four 300MHz SC140 extended cores and 11.5Mbit of on-chip memory, making it capable of delivering 4800 MMACS (Million Multiply Accumulates per Second) performance, says the company.The MSC8102 is targeted at computation-intense infrastructure DSP applications including packet ...

Europe adopts ‘wait and see’ approach to online distribution standardMick ElliottRosettaNet, the online supply chain initiative which is being championed by US distributors is looking to manufacturing heavyweights Nokia and Ericsson to help in a bid to win market acceptance in Europe. Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of the independent consortium working to establish the RosettaNet e-commerce standard in the electronics and ...

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TI invests in RadioScape for digital radio silicon pushRichard WilsonTexas Instruments has announced that it is to develop digital radio receivers based on its TMS320 digital signal processor (DSP) and software developed by UK firm RadioScape.To cement the digital radio collaboration TI has invested an undisclosed amount in the London-based company.The companies say the collaboration will lead to the development ...