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Russia falling off the electronics contract manufacturing map?

Here's some eye-opening analysis by Adam Pick, principal analyst of EMS/ODM services at the tech research company iSuppli. "Once viewed as a promising emerging market with massive growth potential for the global electronics contract manufacturing business, Russia now is facing a cessation of new investment, along with shutdowns in existing facilities and delays in new ones." Full story:… Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on April 7, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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USB 3.0, HDMI to clash in mobile space

Provocative article in Nikkei Electronics Asia's April 2009 edition, by Tadashi Nezu. "Universal Serial Bus (USB) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the two interface standards that have grown with the home audio-visual (AV) equipment industry, are in direct competition with each other. The battlefield is the mobile equipment market." Full story:… Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on April 7, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

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Where Gadgets Go to Die

Great article from Wired.com: Where Gadgets Go to Die: Facility Strips, Rips and Recycles Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on April 6, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

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Broadband Bill: Too Wimpy?

The fear is that the U.S. government's proposed broadband stimulus measures are going to fall way short of where they need to be to actually do any good. What do you think? Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on January 30, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments

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RoHS and REACH on the Web

Here's a couple of GREAT aggregation sites I've just run across for extremely current news and information re: the RoHS and REACH environmental regulations: ROHS-News.com and REACH-News.net. This nascent connector industry blogger is totally licking his chops at the prospect of these. Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on January 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

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Electronic Connector Design Guide

Scanning the current Internet for fresh electronic connector news to ring in the new year, I ran across the Electronic Connector Design Guide, located within the industrial applications section of www.copper.org. This amazingly encyclopedic online resource includes in-depth sections on: properties of copper and copper alloys; selection of copper alloys for connectors; perfo… Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on January 2, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

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MacBooks' DisplayPort connector now features embedded DRM. Thoughts?

There's recently been some Internet buzz surrounding Apple's new MacBooks and MacBook Pro models, which now incorporate a feature known as HDCP, or High Definition Content Protection, within the laptops' Mini DisplayPort connector. Wired News frames the issue nicely here, and asks the question: "Why? To annoy and inconvenience you, of course. The purpose of HDCP is to plug the 'analog hole', the point at which a digita… Continue

Posted by Matt Vincent on November 20, 2008 at 1:37pm — No Comments