American IC Exchange Adds Tantalum Capacitors to RAMDEX Pricing Index.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000 American IC Exchange (AICE AICE American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise AICE Advanced International Certificate of Education AICE American Institute of Chemical Engineers AICE Association for Innovative Cooperation in Europe AICE American Institute of Consulting Engineers ), a global leader in the distribution of commodity computer components, Wednesday announced the addition of tantalum capacitors A capacitor made out of the precious metal tantalum. The silver-gray tantalum beads, in the form of compacted powder, can store a lot of charge relative to their mass. This enables smaller capacitors to be built, helping to reduce the size of mobile phones. See capacitor. to the RAMDEX(TM) pricing index located at www.aice.com. Tantalum capacitors are highly allocated with the supply crunch not expected to ease until the last quarter of this year. Demand for capacitors skyrocketed with the wireless telecommunications boom, resulting in a 40-week delivery time; in the current market they are the second most commonly used component. With the addition of capacitors to RAMDEX, customers can access the current open market availability and pricing for this volatile commodity, which AICE calculates and compiles from hundreds of vendors worldwide. "AICE's product and market knowledge assures accurate pricing, and our established relationships with manufacturers help us to supply customers and maintain a two-to-five-day delivery time for tantalum capacitors," affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. Lori LeRoy, director of marketing and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. for AICE. "Our goal is that the addition of capacitors to RAMDEX, along with these value-added benefits, will better serve the global spot market customer." RAMDEX provides customers with accurate open market component pricing. At www.aice.com, users may click on a guide to access a tutorial on using RAMDEX; established visitors may access the index by clicking the RAMDEX icon. About AICE American IC Exchange is a global electronics distribution company specializing in the trade of commodity semiconductors, such as DRAM, Flash and CPUs. In 1999, AICE transacted business in excess of $300MM with more than 1,000 unique business partners. AICE launched its first Web site (RAMDEX(TM)) in 1996 to give the original equipment manufacturing (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) and contract equipment manufacturing (CEM CEM contagious equine metritis. CEM selective medium chocolate agar made with Eugon agar and 5% horse blood; used to cultivate Taylorella equigenitalis. ) communities an efficient tool to take the guesswork from buying and selling on the global spot market. Today the Web site is acknowledged as a leading source for semiconductor market information and provides users with a variety of services, such as buying and selling components online, tracking orders, setting up product portfolios and viewing open market prices. AICE, ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certified See certification. , has a staff of 75 to accommodate European and Asian markets. For more information, contact American IC Exchange, 27 Journey, Aliso Viejo, Calif. 92656; Phone: 949/362-6555, toll-free: 800/229-7690, Fax: 949/425-5097, Web site: www.aice.com. |
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