Avnet has reached an agreement to acquire the IT Solutions division of Acal. Acal IT Solutions is a distributor for Storage Area Networking (SAN), Secure Networking and Electronic Document Management products and services, with operations in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Swed...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, in collaboration with the UK’s nanoCMOS project, is to hold Europe’s first international conference dedicated to the subject of CMOS variability. The conference will ta...

Avnet intends to take over the Berlin-domiciled Betronic, a special distributor of passive components. The acquisition requires the approval of the German Kartellamt (Monopolies Commission. Once it receives this approval, Betronic is to be incorporated into the Avnet Time Organisation in Germany and...

Tilera, a fabless semiconductor company has named Omid Tahernia, 47, Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1. Tahernia was previously the vice president and general manager of the Processing Solutions Group at Xilinx. He succeeds Devesh Garg, 42, who has returned to Bessemer Venture Partners, w...

ARC International has acquired Alarity Corporation. Alarity is a privately held U.S. multimedia company that has a team of close to 40 personnel based in St. Petersburg, Russia specializing in codec software, firmware, and advanced multimedia architectures. The acquisition includes all of Alarity's ...

The Chinese semiconductor manufacturer Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing has named Dr Ulrich Schumacher as the new President, CEO and Director of the Board He succeeds Mr. Dong who occupied the post from 2004 and remains in the Board of directors. Schumacher was previously with Francisco Partners to...

Ultralife Batteries will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Innovative Solutions Consulting (ISC), an engineering and technical services company located in Hollywood, Maryland, for approximately $3 million. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of September. Established in 1999, ISC ...