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Why are semiconductor companies struggling to scale AI?
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Why are semiconductor companies struggling to scale AI?

HTEC’s latest State of AI in the Semiconductor Industry 2025-2026 report reveals a growing gap between AI ambition and execution in the semiconductor sector. Almost all surveyed semiconductor organisations are pursuing AI, but fewer than half have embedded it across multiple functions. Most deployments remain concentrated in specific use cases or pilot programmes rather than

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Keeping innovation in motion

A look at how smart automation and collaboration ensure that components reach engineers when and where they are needed. Engineers, procurement teams, and hobbyists demand rapid access to a vast range of components, from minuscule resistors to large power supplies, often across multiple projects simultaneously. In this inherently complex environment, distributors face the dual challenges

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Is AI accelerating too fast for its own good?
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Is AI accelerating too fast for its own good?

Like a kid outgrowing shoes, AI might be moving too fast to the point where other integrated parts cannot catch up. While AI tools are dramatically compressing hardware design cycles and introducing new products, sourcing workflows remain slow, manual and disconnected. This gap creates risk such as part shortages, redesigns, and delayed launches. Leveraging tools

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Wireless cybersecurity legal update impacts design engineers
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Wireless cybersecurity legal update impacts design engineers

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  • 7 February 2026
  • 4 minutes read

A recent legal update by EU regulators – known as the Radio Equipment Directive Delegated Act, or RED DA for short – brought in stringent cybersecurity requirements for any electronic device which connects to the Internet using wireless technology – effective 1st August 2025! In this article, industry expert, David Pashley, Co-Founder & Managing Director

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Why AI-native procurement platforms are the key to efficiency and strategy
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AI-native procurement platforms are key to efficiency

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  • 5 February 2026
  • 4 minutes read

The challenges of modern procurement look different than they once did. The collective pressures of economic instability, rising costs, and shrinking resources are enough to elicit an immediate change. Factor in high workloads, complex sourcing, compliance nuances, and an onslaught of AI capabilities, and the noise cannot be ignored, even by the most experienced procurement

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The state of play in AI: less grind, more breakthroughs
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The state of play in AI: less grind, more breakthroughs

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  • 3 February 2026
  • 4 minutes read

Artificial intelligence has rapidly emerged as the defining buzzword of our decade. It brings with it bold promises of autonomous systems, self-healing infrastructures, and strategies to reshape entire industries. The future certainly looks bright, but CIOs cannot afford to live in a hypothetical future and must step back to review what real, pragmatic targets they

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Where is AI really heading?

If you work in electronics design, you’re already feeling the pressure to put AI in your product. Avnet recently released its fifth annual Avnet Insights survey which shows how your peers are actually deploying AI today – especially at the Edge – and what will matter most to your designs over the next 12–24 months.

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Beyond efficiency: procurement's AI imperative
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Beyond efficiency: procurement’s AI imperative

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  • 26 January 2026
  • 5 minutes read

The global electronics supply chain, characterised by intricate value networks, rapid technological advancements, and persistent and seemingly endless volatility, stands at a critical juncture. Economic pressures are mounting, and the geopolitical landscape is shifting, creating pressure for a swift evolution in the role of procurement. Once hired as maintainers of cost efficiency, procurement professionals are

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SOS electronic: 30 years of reliability and innovation in the world of electronics
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SOS electronic: 30 years of reliability and innovation in the world of electronics

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  • 30 December 2025
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In 2025, SOS electronic, a member of the Conrad Group, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded in Košice, Slovakia, a city of 250,000 people, the company has grown into a respected international leader in electronic component distribution. SOS electronic is trusted not only by customers around the world, but also by a network of global

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The implications of AI on cybersecurity issues in the electronic component supply chain
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The implications of AI on cybersecurity issues in the electronic component supply chain

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  • 25 December 2025
  • 5 minutes read

According to the World Economic Report on Cybersecurity Risks of 2025, of large organisations, 54% identified supply chain challenges as the biggest barrier to achieving cyber resilience. The increasing complexity of supply chains, coupled with a lack of visibility and oversight into the security levels of suppliers, has emerged as the leading cybersecurity risk for

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