View Point

May 2017

Renewable energy is booming in the United States.

Redefining Alternative Energy and the Smart Grid

Jason Lomberg, Editor, North America, PSD

“We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet.” - Peter Diamandis, author and founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation We’ve never been closer to commercializing viable replacements for

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05/31/2017

What in the world is going on with electronics distribution?

Kevin Parmenter, PSD Contributor

Over the last several years mainstream distribution of U.S. electronics has ended up in the hands of “the Big Three” – two major players in the U.S. and one privately held Canadian company. Concerned that the large semiconductor companies have determined they are not getting the ROI they need from the di

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Date:

05/05/2017

New Opportunities at PSD

Jim Graham, Editorial Director, PSD

This is the busy time of the year for those of us in the Power Electronics Industry. APEC was a great show and PSD held their 8th annual golf tournament along with sponsors, Mouser Electronics and Coilcraft. Congratulations goes to United Silicon Carbide who proudly was the recipient of the perpetual tro

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Date:

05/05/2017