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Avnet Silica shortlisted in European Excellence Awards 2023
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), has been shortlisted in the 2023 European Excellence Awards, which honour the outstanding creativity and achievements of PR and communications professionals in Europe. Avnet Silica is a finalist in the ‘Digital Publishing (Blog, Podcast, Magazine, App)’ category of the awards, alongside the European Commission, European Investment Bank, and Future Processing. The distributor is being recognised for its ‘We Talk IoT’ business podcast, which discusses major developments happening in the internet of things and IIoT, as well as in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The ‘We Talk IoT’ podcast is hosted by Stefanie Ruth Heyduck, a science and tech journalist with over two decades of experience working in the media, research institutions, and tech companies. There are over 40 episodes available for listening on Avnet…
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Avnet Silica wins Best Distributor – Europe award at prestigious Diodes event
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), is pleased to announce that it has been named Best Distributor – Europe at the Diodes Incorporated Global Distributor Conference 2023. The event was held to acknowledge the role that distributors play in Diodes’ global success and to collaborate on ideas and celebrate relationships. Diodes is one of the world’s leading providers of analog, discrete, logic, and mixed-signal semiconductors to automotive, industrial, computing, consumer electronics, and communications markets. Avnet Silica won the accolade of Best Distributor – Europe for its contribution to the highest POS growth and the highest demand creation with the number of created opportunities and design registerable POS in 2023. It was also…
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Avnet Silica to present secure, intelligent and connected technologies at GITEX 2023
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced it will be exhibiting at GITEX 2023, which is taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre,UAE, from16-20 October 2023. Now in its 43rd edition, GITEX is the largest tech and startup show in the world and it provides a gateway for tech creators, investors and enthusiasts to collaborate over the full five days of the exhibition. In collaboration with AMD, Avnet Silica, one of Europe’s leading semiconductor distributors, will be demonstrating how it can help customers bring security focused, intelligent and connected products to market through the power of partnership and innovation. The company will be presenting a comprehensive line-up of AMD demos for Artificial Intelligence, industrial and vision, space…
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Avnet Silica Expands Positioning & Wireless Connectivity Portfolio Through Strategic Partnership with u-blox
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), has announced a strategic partnership with u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies and services. This collaboration not only enriches Avnet Silica’s product portfolio, but also prioritises solutions in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and short-range radio, followed by cellular technologies. This strategic alignment perfectly complements Avnet Silica’s existing offerings, significantly broadening the array of choices for customers. With more than two decades of industry-leading experience, Switzerland-based u-blox offers a comprehensive range of GNSS positioning chips and modules, robust and flexible Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules and an expansive portfolio of high-quality, scalable, and secure cellular chips and modules. u-blox’s…
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Avnet Silica unveils AI-powered Defect Visual Inspection system for enhanced quality control
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT) and Deep Vision Consulting, an Italian AI company focused on computer vision, have launched the innovative Defect Visual Inspection (DVI) solution, a cost-effective, reliable, and user-friendly AI-based system designed to automate visual inspections in a variety of industries. With the visual inspection market projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2027, the demand for accurate and automated inspection processes is on the rise. The DVI solution is a combination of a compact system-on-module (SoM) and a software library optimized to run at the edge, making it ideal for applications in industrial, medical, food, electronics, semiconductor, packaging, and other sectors. DVI trains the AI directly on the device and requires…
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Avnet Silica von STMicroelectronics in DACH ausgezeichnet
Avnet Silica, ein Unternehmen der Avnet-Gruppe (NASDAQ: AVT), ist von STMicroelectronics in der Region DACH (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz) ausgezeichnet worden. Im Rahmen einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde Avnet Silica, zum schnellst wachsenden Distributor in der DACH-Region ernannt. Avnet Silica war es gelungen den Umsatz im Kalenderjahr 2022 mehr als zu verdoppeln. Damit könnte sich das Unternehmen innerhalb des Distributionsnetzwerks von STMicroelectronics in DACH den 2. Platz sichern. „Die Auszeichnung reflektiert damit das hohe Vertrauen unseres permanent wachsenden Kundennetzwerks und STMicroelectronics in das Leistungsangebot der Avnet Silica. Der steigende Netzwerkanteil resultiert, neben organischem Wachstum und leistungsstarken Supportmodellen, auf überdurchschnittlicher Lieferfähigkeit und erstklassigem Backlog Management“, führt Andreas Sichtig, Senior Supplier Business Development Manager…
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Paltech wins Avnet Silica robotics challenge with automated weed control solution
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), has announced that Paltech GmbH is the winner of its BayStartUP Robotics & Adaptive Computing Challenge, which has been run in collaboration with AMD. The Avnet Silica Robotics & Adaptive Computing Challenge is a 12-week programme for early-stage startups in AI-enabled robotics, machine vision, industrial communication, and control. The challenge supports concept validation and product development, offers professional support, a free starter kit, and access to the AMD/Kria App Store. Managed by BayStartUP, it helps emerging companies to bring game-changing products to market. The challenge also advises them on developing suitable strategies for cooperating with established SMEs. Bavaria-based startup Paltech GmbH has won the competition with its automated weed control solution, a novel smart agriculture concept for tending to grasslands…
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Avnet Silica to host Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Enterprise on Arm workshops at embedded world
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), will host a series of hands-on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise on Arm workshops at embedded world, Nuremberg, 14-16 March 2023. Avnet Silica specialists, along with experts from technology partners Microsoft, NXP, and sister company Avnet Embedded, will take participants through a step-by-step process to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. Workshop participants will be able to assemble and connect hardware, learn how to set up and install Windows 10 IoT Enterprise on an Avnet Embedded Arm-based SMARC module with an NXP i.MX 8M Plus, and run a series of API32-based demo applications to demonstrate standard PC compatibility. Attendees will also be given a…
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Avnet Silica to present suite of leading-edge AI board solutions at embedded world 2023
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced details of its presence at embedded world 2023, which is being held at the Messe Nuremberg, Germany between 14-16 March 2023. Avnet Silica will be exhibiting under its umbrella theme of ‘Experience the Future’, with a special focus upon smart industry and the key technologies that underpin its future development, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and the IoT. The Avnet Silica stand will host a series of demonstrations in partnership with key semiconductor suppliers and is based around many of the extensive suite of Avnet development kits and boards available today. The demos will include: The Renesas powered…
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Avnet Silica announces distribution deal with SiTime
Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced the signing of an agreement to add the products and technologies of SiTime to its portfolio of silicon timing products. The distribution deal extends a previous agreement between SiTime and Avnet in the US and Asia to cover the EMEA region forming a global relationship. SiTime is the market leader in offering MEMS-based precision timing solutions that target a $10B total timing market by 2024. SiTime solutions are used by 15,000 customers in 250 applications, with over 2 billion units shipped globally. The SiTime product offering includes a wide portfolio of devices such as oscillators, clock generators and resonators. The SiTime…
