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Industry News | Product Updates
Access Unmatched Component Data! Introducing the NEW Altium 365 Integration
SiliconExpert is excited to announce a game-changing integration partnership with Altium 365! This integration revolutionizes the way engineers, procurement professionals, and other stakeholders access component data during the design and product lifecycle. This partnership integration brings SiliconExpert’s extensive component data directly into your design…
Product Updates | Supply Chain
The Wait is Over: Resilience Rating is NOW AVAILABLE!
After years of preparation and thousands of hours of research and development, SiliconExpert is proud to officially announce the availability of the newest addition to our Supply Chain Solutions: Resilience Rating. Custom demonstrations of the advanced risk analytics behind Resilience Rating are now being…
Product Updates | Supply Chain
Rate Your Resilience & Improve Your Score!
Amidst the uncertainty of the modern supply chain and its unprecedented level of disruptions, OEMs have been searching for a deeper understanding of risk in their supply chains. And yet, if you are that OEM, what you really want to know goes beyond level…
China’s New Restrictions on Raw Materials: Gallium and Germanium
On July 3rd, China took action in the semiconductor exports war by imposing restrictions on two raw materials used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of technical applications, including semiconductors and other advanced technologies: gallium and germanium. As a result, the global supply chain…
It’s Easier than Ever to Find the Right Part
Smart Search for Electronic Components SiliconExpert’s Part Search is a powerful tool that helps engineers find the right electronic components quickly and easily. The browse feature allows users to quickly narrow down their search results by entering only a few letters or numbers. You can…
Event | Industry News | Supply Chain | Ukraine/Russia Conflict
Live Updates: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
How the War in Ukraine is Impacting Global Supply Chain Shortages A complete coverage of the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the global electronics manufacturing and distribution market. Subscribe Now March 6, 2023 New Sanctions Imposed on Russia More than a year after…
Regulation and Compliance updates
Updates: PFAS Restriction Proposal to ECHA
As of January 13th, 2023, the national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have submitted a proposal to ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH, the European Union’s (EU) chemicals regulation.[1] PFAS, also known as ‘forever…
TI Invests $11 Billion into 300mm Wafer Plant Expansion
February 16, 2023 – Texas Instruments announced its $11 billion investment plan to build a new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plan in Lehi, Utah. New fab production is slated to start in the second half of this year with production live in 2026. This plant…
Best Practices | Thought Leadership
5 API Issues and Resolutions
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the connective tissues that are driving business transformation and fueling product development lifecycles. APIs have changed how the digital world interacts by facilitating the exchange of data across systems and machines regardless of language or location. As more businesses…
12 Days of BOM & Procurement Risk Management Resources
Day 1: Avoid a Nightmare Before Christmas A cautionary tale: In 2001, a few days before the December holidays, Sony was forced to remove 1.3 million PlayStation gaming consoles from stores because of a high concentration of poisonous cadmium metal, costing them nearly a quarter…