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A Year of Living Dangerously

Does anyone really know how next year will work out? I reckon there are still too many uncertainties about how effective stimulus packages will be, whether banks will start to lend again - to sensible people that is - and will consumers decide saving is better than spending.

A Year Too Late!

Don't know about your inbox - mine is pretty quiet. Just the usual melange of generous Nigerians offering me access to millions in return for my bank details, a two for one meal offer from the Beefeater pub chain and a Google Alert on Mouser which at this time of year tends to be about carnivorous cats, not the distributor!!!

Happy Holidays

Chaps, if you haven't bought the wife's Christmas pressie yet, the doghouse beckons. Though judging by the crazed look on a few faces at the shops today, there were plenty leaving it to the last minute.

Outlook: Gloomy

It's always darkest before the dawn goes the old saying. The trouble right now is nobody knows for sure when dawn is coming.

Baltic Boost For Arrow

Awards are getting more and more focused and regionalised. Word reaches us here at Disti Blog Towers that Arrow Electronics has won an award from Epcos in recognition of outstanding sales in the Baltic area.

Hosanna In Excelsys!

A kind PR man has obviously held back this story to benefit headline writers around the world, so seasons greetings to John Ellis at Proactive and on with the story.

Power To Surtech's Elbow

 Dr Who fans might think these resemble a new generation of Daleks preparing to wreak havoc in some distant time frame. Of course as any fule kno (to quote the great Nigel Molesworth - Google him if you haven't a clue who he is) these are in fact the latest range of plug-in power supplies for 3U and 6U Eurocard-based sub-racks from Eplax of Germany and which are now available from Surtech.

The PK PSUs are available in single, double and treble output versions in a range of different sizes all available ex-stock or on very short lead times. They have, says Surtech, high regulation

accuracy with stable, adjustable outputs and overvoltage protection. All the PK power supplies are certified to EN60950, UL and cUL safety standards, and have a 24 month product warranty. In addition Surtech Distribution will offer a fast turnaround repair service for all PK power supplies at what it describes as "competitive prices."

Softly, Softly, Software Suppliers Embrace Distribution

Mouser Electronics has signed up to be a distributor for IAR Systems Software, a move which follows closely the recent agreement between Digi-Key and EDA software supplier Altium.

Woe, Woe and Thrice Woe

Following Future Horizons' and Gartner's gloomy forecasts for the semiconductor market, iSuppli has piled in, and you've guessed it doesn't get any better. 

Power MOSFETs Run Out of Steam

I'll get the bad news out of the way in one day. Following up on iSuppli's forecast, UK-based IMS Research has focused on the power semiconductor sector.

MEMs The Word

Rutronik reckons it has the solution to saving space in the banks of switches used in instrumentation applications.

Mouser Catches Spansion

Mouser Electronics has signed upflash memory specialist Spansion.