OEMs pose new challenges for connector makers

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Connector manufacturers in 1996 will face OEMs demanding larger connector quantities, improved product quality and improved delivery times and greater competition in the systems markets. However, OEMs have resisted price increases and have reduced their supplier base. Presently, multinational corporations are the most successful OEMs, benefitting from global vendor support, but management of global operations for connector suppliers has been difficult. OEMs are anxious to enter nascent markets developed by the forthcoming merger of data, video and voice communications, and are counting on connector suppliers for the new interconnect solutions they require. The challenge for connector manufacturers is to service the global OEMs without duplicating design efforts. Also, OEMs' efforts to reduce product development cycles are challenging connector companies' engineering and sales staffs. Connector companies also need to work closely with distribution channels to ensure stock levels.

Production management, Electrical equipment and supplies industry, Electric equipment industry, Electronic connectors, Connectors, Vendor relations, OEM, OEMs (Original equipment manufacturers), Connector

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Changes characterize the programmable logic market

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The high-density programmable logic device (HPLD) segment of the PLD industry grew at a rate of 66.5% in 1995 and is projected to grow 33% in 1996 and 26.3% in 1997, maintaining an annual growth rate of 26.3% between 1995 and 2000. This expansion is a result of the advances in IT,including LANs, WANs and consumer applications for entertainment and communications. All these applications have short product cycles and rapidly evolving standards, which are the qualities that dictate the use of PLDs. In addition to the production increase, PLDs are also rapidly evolving to satisfy the demands of new IT applications. An obvious development is in device density which has grown from 8,000 to 40,000 gates. In 1996, 100,000-gate devices will be introduced. Ninety percent of the industry's sales is likely to be in the hands of approximately six vendors with revenues exceeding $100 million, leaving little room for start-up companies.

Semiconductor industry, Integrated circuits, Industry trend, Market share, Programmable array logic, PALs (Logic devices), Programmable logic array, Programmable logic arrays

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Future DSP-based products require new design methodologies

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A variety of consumer products are coming that mix wireless and wired communications, computers and networking. The complex products are able to be developed because of advances in implementation technology, particularly system-on-a-chip silicon integration. The significance of these developments will impact design teams because complicated products now must be introduced conforming with standards and created under tight production deadlines. New design tools and methodologies are needed to cope. The new methodologies must apply much higher levels of abstraction and intellectual property compared to current practices. The design process must start before making implementation decisions for software and hardware. The significant areas of abstraction are the system architecture, the hardware software architecture and the behavioral algorithm.

Usage, Integrated circuit design, Circuit design, Technology application, Digital signal processors, Digital signal processor, Signal processing

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