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Arrow Electronics extends distribution agreement with Molex

Arrow Electronics has added AirBorn, a Molex company, to its interconnect, passive, and electromechanical (IP&E) components portfolio in North America and EMEA. Adding AirBorn to Arrow’s product offering builds on the long-standing and deep cooperation of Arrow and Molex. Acquired by Molex in late 2024, AirBorn has been providing defence, aerospace, commercial air, space exploration,

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AMD’s Lisa Su to receive inaugural SEMI Silicon Medal

SEMI announced the introduction of the annual SEMI Silicon Medal, a prestigious award that celebrates semiconductor industry icons driving innovation and excellence. This year’s award will be presented to Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, at the SEMI Leaders & Legends Honors as part of SEMICON West 2025. Since joining AMD in 2012,

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20-year availability for popular automotive microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics has extended the ongoing longevity programme for its widely deployed SPC58 automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) from 15 years to 20 years, ensuring availability of general-purpose and high-performance product lines until at least 2038. Among the general-purpose lines, the SPC58 H series that contains up to 10MB non-volatile memory (NVM) for code and data storage will

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Anglia and HAHN sign exclusive UK agreement

Anglia Components has signed an exclusive deal for UK and Ireland with HAHN, the German manufacturer of standard and custom transformers and inductive coils. The wide product range includes among other things parts targeted at switch-mode power supplies, EMC, and boiler-ignition applications. Comments HAHN’s Managing Director, Marta Hahn: “We have always focused on the highest

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Astute Group teams up with SCI Semiconductor

Astute Group announced a new strategic distribution partnership with SCI Semiconductor, the innovator in secure-by-design technology. This collaboration will make SCI Semiconductor’s transformative ICENITM family of CHERI-enabled microcontrollers, with hardware enforced memory safety, accessible to customers worldwide. The 100% memory safe ICENI family of high integrity microcontrollers achieves unparalleled cyber-protection at the foundation of the digital

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AC/DC D1SE DIN rail power supplies from TDK-Lambda

Industrial and building automation components often require connection to a direct current source, typically to a 24V DC installation. TDK-Lambda power supplies provide such power safely, with high efficiency and minimal risk of failure – even in the presence of harmful chemical compounds. Below we present the new offer of AC/DC switching power supplies from

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The experience of a UK fabless semiconductor startup

The pressures on UK semiconductor startups are immense. A weakening presence in chip design in the UK coupled with a lack of readily available funding means startups like Forefront RF are placing faith in the strength of their technology and expertise in communicating its value to less tech-savvy investors. In an article penned by the

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Farnell powers up portfolio of new Nexperia products

Each year, Nexperia adds about 800 new product types to its range. In 2024, more than 70 new parts for analogue and power management applications alone were released. To support Nexperia’s product expansion, Farnell has expanded its SKU range in line with the growing portfolio to better serve engineers worldwide. Nexperia is known for its

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Rutronik UK’s Ron Smith retires as Country Manager

After four decades in the industry, Ron Smith has retired as Country Manager, passing the baton to long-time colleague Lee Morris, who brings two decades of Rutronik UK/Ireland experience to the role. After 40 years in the electronics industry, Ron Smith will retire at the end of August to support family members, marking the close

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element14 webinar on PC-based USB oscilloscopes

element14, an Avnet Community, in collaboration with Pico Technology, will host a webinar on 11th September from 5 to 6pm BST (6 to 7pm CEST) exploring the capabilities of modern, PC-based USB oscilloscopes compared with traditional benchtop models. The session will demonstrate how pairing a PC with PicoScope 7 software can expand testing and measurement

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