Abacus Deltron Austria announced the appointment of Gerhard Gießrigl as General Manager. Gießrigl joins from SascoHolz, whose business in Austria he managed. He has been with Holz since it started business in Austria in 2000, and was responsible for the formation of Holz Elektronik’s Austrian subsid...

Abacus Deltron Germany has recruited Jürgen Kirtzel as Sales and Marketing Director. Before joining Abacus, Kirtzel has spent one year operating as an independent consultant. Prior to this he spent twelve years at Holz Elektronik and its parent company Disway. Kirtzel started at Holz in 1992 as a Fi...

At Arrow Electronics, Phillippe Combes will be the new Chief of the EMEASA (Europe, Middle East, Africa, South America) segment from the 1st of October. He replaces Germano Fanelli who has held the position from January 2004. Fanelli will become Chairman of Arrow EMEASA. The 52 year old Combes comes...

Tundra Semiconductor announced that Daniel Hoste will be the new President and CEO of the Company effective immediately. Hoste has also been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Since joining Tundra as Vice President of Products in 2005, he has been a key member of the Tundra executive tea...

Acquicor Technology buys the privately held Jazz Semiconductor in an all-cash transaction valued at $260 million. Based in Newport Beach, California, Jazz Semiconductor is an independent wafer foundry primarily focused on specialty CMOS process technologies, including High Voltage CMOS, SiGe BiCMOS ...

Vacuumschmelze presents its high-precision current sensor family at this year’s electronica. Type T60404-N4646-X654 measures maximum effective continuous current up to 50 A and peaks of up to +150 A. The dimensions of the sensor housing are an 22.2 mm x 10 mm x 24 mm. The electronics of these sensor...

SOC designers can now use ProDesign’s CHIPit ASIC Rapid Prototyping and Emulation systems to verify designs using Tensilica’s Diamond Standard processor cores. CHIPit verification platforms provide verification and validation through the SOC and ASIC project life cycle. ProDesign’s CHIPit ASIC Proto...