Premier Farnell signs global franchise with XMOS

The xCORE technology is a range of flexible, easy-to-use multicore microcontrollers with deterministic response and a broad applicability in terms of size of customer, complexity of design and market sectors including audio, automotive, industrial and consumer. xCORE is XMOS’s proprietary microcontroller architecture, providing hardware-type response while being software-programmable like a standard micro. Mike Furnival, VP Sales & Marketing at XMOS, said: “We are delighted to partner with such a well - established distributor to extend our customer reach globally and to bring our exciting new technology to a really broad market.” Marianne Culver, Chief Global Supply Chain & Supplier Management at Premier Farnell, said: “This agreement reaffirms our belief in the xCORE technology and we are confident this will be the start of a highly successful new strategic business relationship with this young, agile and innovative start-up.”