MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (January 18, 2013) –

WHO: The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, will be hosting its first 2013 meeting for the IP Working Group.

WHAT: The meeting will begin with opening remarks by Warren Savage of IPextreme. Jamil Kawa of Synpopsys will be presenting “Designing with FinFET: Evolution or Revolution?”

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—January 16, 2013 -- Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 15, 2013 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it will demonstrate its high-speed digital design and test solutions at DesignCon, Jan. 28- 31, at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Booth 201).

Expands Market-Leading BERT Product Portfolio to Support Multi-Channel Testing required for Coherent Optical Modulation Formats, 100G LR4/ER4 Standards

PHOENIX—January 16, 2013 -- Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced the launch of its Open Compute Project (OCP) Innovation Labs.

January 14, 2013 – Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced that its newest technology site on Mouser.com covering radio frequency (RF) Wireless Technology has been expanded to feature the leading drop-in RF solutions.

Enter original designs by March 1, 2013 for the chance to demo your design in the TI booth at DESIGN West. Entrants may also have the opportunity to have CircuitCo consider their designs for manufacture.

PHOENIX—January 15, 2013 -- Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced that it is the first distributor to stock Pulse Electronics’ near field communications (NFC) antennas. Near field communications allow devices to communicate at short ranges and are gaining traction, particularly in the mobile device arena.

San Jose, California, January 15, 2013 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Wasion Group, a leading supplier of advanced energy metering products and solutions, today announced the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop smart electricity meters and data concentrators utilizing highly integrated power line commun