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With all this WFH going on are managers redundant? In the US the percentage of managers in the workplace is 17.6% of all employees and it’s probably higher in the UK. These guys are paid more than average employees.  Flattened company structures are nothing new. Back in the 90s ST stated it had only five …

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There was once a great scientist who observed: “As the cathode rays carry a charge of negative electricity, are deflected by an electrostatic force as if they were negatively electrified, and are acted on by a magnetic force in just the way in which this force would act on a negatively electrified body moving along …

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Digi-Key Electronics has announced it now supports the use of the Google Pay and Apple Pay digital wallets during its checkout process in most major markets. It already supports online payment by PayPal, and says it is now the first electronic component distributor to offer Google and Apple’s payment systems. “We’re proud to lead the …

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Microchip has announced a cyber-attack-resilient microcontroller family for securing end-user equuipment that goes “beyond NIST 800-193 Platform Firmware Resiliency guidelines with run-time firmware protection that anchors the secure boot process while establishing an entire chain-of-trust for the system”, according to the company, adding that it is also designed for Open Compute Project Security Called CEC173x, the aim …

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Q1 DRAM revenues fell 4% q-o-q, says TrendForce, to reach $24 billion. Client-end inventory levels have continued rising, so their primary goal has become digesting inventory. Due to slow sales, ASPs have fallen. Thanks to PC and auto demand, Micron saw sales rise 2.4%, but Samsung and SK Hynix revenue fell by 1.1% and 11.8% …

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China-based IC production will represent 21.2% of the China market in 2026, says IC Insights in its May Q2 Update to The McLean Report. Foreign companies (e.g., Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, etc.) are expected continue to comprise more than 50% of IC production in China through 2026 A very clear distinction should be made between …

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TT Electronics  has launched a new series of high-accuracy digital pressure gauges. Drawing on TT’s deep expertise in pressure sensors, the DPG series is the company’s first line of pressure gauges using digital technology. TT’s DPG series is optimised for heavy industrial applications including industrial machinery, heat treatment, and water management, offering accuracy within +/- …

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TI today broke ground on a 300-mm fab in Sherman, Texas. It is the largest private-sector economic investment in Texas history and reiterated the company’s commitment to expanding its internal manufacturing capacity for the long term. “Today is an important milestone as we lay the groundwork for the future growth of semiconductors in electronics to …

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To save bench top space, Keysight has added a voltmeter and a bunch of other instruments into a family of oscilloscopes that offer a choice of 100MHz, 200MHz, 350MHz, 500MHz or 1GHz bandwidth. “The 3000G X-Series adds eight new standard features plus seven-in-one functional integration into the same form factor as Keysight’s 3000T and 3000A X-Series …

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