Nu Horizons Electronics has extended its franchise with Sharp Microelectronics beyond the US to include the UK and Nordic territories.
Anglia's CEO Steve Rawlins does not believe in bloated linecards. This is a rule he has adhered to in putting together the distributor's semiconductor offerings.
RS Components has added LeCroy oscilloscopes and serial data test systems to its T&M offering.
ARM is working with the SOI Industry Consortium to run a silicon on insulator (SOI) design seminar.
The company recognises a need to help IC designers understand the significant differences between designing on SOI versus bulk silicon, to achieve power-saving and integration benefits.
Arrow is offering customers in the UK, Eire and the Nordic and Baltic countries the opportunity to use certain semiconductor development tools free-of-charge for 28 days.
Tech support is a combination of face-to-face and web tools writes Phil Gee is v-p sales Europe at Nu Horizons.
Premier Farnell has signed further power IC and LED driver lines with a global franchise agreement with Exar.
Choosing an FPGA is about power and speed, says Acal Technology's managing director Steve Carr
"The key challenge for designers in new FPGA markets is to achieve the perfect balance of power consumption, speed and cost for each application," says Carr.
Designers must not only assess a range of competing technologies and manufacturers, they must also understand the emerging trends within the end-users' market.
"This is critical so that they can be certain that the functions and capabilities they are investing development dollars in today, will retain their competitive edge when the product reaches the market in six to nine months time," says Carr.
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