Avnet

Electronic News, Sept 21, 1998 by Bernard Levine, Heidi Elliott, Ann Steffora

Interestingly, the establishment of this design service organization puts Avnet into direct competition with other segments of the electronics industry, namely electronic design automation (EDA) tool providers, some of which also provide design services. Cadence Design Systems for example, is focused on design realization services, designing a wide range of systems and subsystems, all the way to systems-on-silicon, an area that Avnet would eventually like to play in as well, Mr.

Kaplan explained.