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Anglia named Digi International’s Distributor of the Year

Anglia Components has been named EMEA OEM Demand Creation Distributor of the Year by Digi International at the IoT connectivity leader’s 2024 Global Channel Awards. These annual awards recognise Digi’s most impactful distributors and resellers worldwide, celebrating their leadership, innovation, customer-first mindset, and outstanding contributions to the expansion of connected technologies. Comments David Pearson, Anglia’s

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EU project to deliver millions of TFLN chips annually

A recently concluded 42-month EU project, ELENA, announced the development of the first-ever, European-made lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) substrates for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) – a breakthrough that establishes a fully European supply chain for thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology. TFLN is a breakthrough material platform enabling high-performance PICs through its thin-film structure, offering

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UK-Canada strengthens semiconductor ecosystem

TechWorks, the UK industry association for semiconductor and deeptech innovation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Canadian Semiconductor Council (CSC) to foster strategic collaboration between the UK and Canadian semiconductor ecosystems. The agreement recognises the highly complementary strengths of both nations in areas such as advanced packaging, compound semiconductors, quantum technologies, AI,

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TI invests historic $60bn to manufacture semiconductors in US

Texas Instruments announced its plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven US semiconductor fabs, making this the largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in US history. Working with the Trump administration and building on the company’s nearly 100-year legacy, TI is expanding its US manufacturing capacity to supply the growing need for semiconductors

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Avnet Abacus receives prestigious Molex awards

Avnet Abacus has received important recognition from Molex, a global specialist in electronics and connectivity innovation, for its achievements registered in 2024. The 2024 European Distributor of the Year and Regional Distributor of the Year – Northern Europe awards recognise Avnet Abacus’ achievements in a year described as “difficult” for the entire industry. The distributor

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Mouser Electronics wins award from Digi International Inc.

Mouser Electronics has been awarded the EMEA OEM Distributor of the Year award from Digi International Inc., a global specialist in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services. Mouser’s dedication to strong engagement, achieving outstanding success, and delivering exceptional results to Digi’s customers in EMEA in the 2024 period earned the

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Micron announces plans to expand US investments

Micron Technology and the Trump Administration announced Micron’s plans to expand its US investments to approximately $150 billion in domestic memory manufacturing and $50 billion in R&D, creating an estimated 90,000 direct and indirect jobs. As part of the announcement, Micron plans to invest an additional $30 billion beyond prior plans which includes building a

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Joint lab to drive innovation in specialty chips

Applied Materials, Inc. and CEA-Leti announced the next phase of their longstanding collaboration to accelerate innovation in specialty semiconductors. Through an expansion of their joint lab, the organisations plan to develop materials engineering solutions to address emerging infrastructure challenges in AI data centres. The joint lab is focused on device innovations for chipmakers serving ICAPS

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UK auto & aerospace sector benefit from UK-US trade deal

For the first time, the US has committed to reducing tariffs on UK aerospace goods such as engines and similar aircraft parts from the general 10% tariff being applied to all other countries, which is expected to come into force by the end of the month. This deal is seen as a huge win for

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Nordic accelerates Edge AI with acquisition of Neuton.AI

Nordic Semiconductor announced its acquisition of the intellectual property and core technology assets of Neuton.AI, a pioneer in fully automated TinyML solutions for Edge devices. This ignites a new era of ML on the Edge by combining Nordic’s nRF54 Series ultra-low power wireless SoCs with Neuton’s neural network framework – bringing scalable, high-performance AI to

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