PHOENIX — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 7, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing, a business group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), together with ARM, kicked off its global Design Strategies for ARM® Systems technical seminar series last week – with the successful launch of the first two North American seminars. These seminars educated a total of nearly 200 design engineers on ways to harness this emerging mobile technology into current and future designs. Get a sneak peek of what you can expect from other Design Strategies for ARM Systems events, by watching this video. Nine more cities remain on the North American portion of the tour, with the next event scheduled for this week in Chicago on Thursday, March 10. Registration for the remaining 40 global cities is open now at www.em.avnet.com/designforarm.
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“We are seeing groundbreaking registration numbers that definitely indicate the huge engineering interest that this topic raises,” said Tim Barber, senior vice president of design chain global business development for Avnet Electronics Marketing. “Design Strategies for ARM Systems is the first technical training of its kind to marry the capabilities of ARM with Avnet Electronics Marketing’s broad scope of supplier technologies. Engineers will leave this training with new ways to integrate this sustainable, energy-efficient technology into their designs.” By the end of the North American leg of this training, Avnet Electronics Marketing hopes to train approximately 1,100 design engineers.
For complete information about Design Strategies for ARM Systems including full course descriptions, locations and registration information, please visit www.em.avnet.com/designforarm.
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