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7 Reasons to Work with Global American

With our long industry experience and knowledge dealing with every stage of the embedded manufacturing pipeline, we understand the needs of this task and have helped multiple clients through it. So here are the 7 reasons to choose Global American as your embedded partner. #1: Reputation for Delivering Back in 1989, when embedded computers were still just […]

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Intel’s Q3 Performance: Return to Profitability or a Blip on a Hard Road?

Intel’s balance sheets haven’t been looking good for a long time now, overshadowed by AMD’s incredible success in the semiconductor market. But its strategy of returning to the fundamentals seems to be bearing fruit, with Intel posting profits in its 2025 Q3 performance, beating expectations. But is it really the turning point that marks Intel’s return to […]

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Intel Core Ultra – Why the New Naming, and What Does it Mean?

Intel Core processors have always carried names like i3, i5, or i7, even through successive generations of releases. But with their latest Meteor Lake architecture, the company has ditched this branding to call its new processors Core and Core Ultra. Is it just a meaningless rebranding attempt, or is there actually a difference? Let’s find out. The Intel Core […]

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AI Craze Has Set Memory Prices on Fire, and It Will Only Get Worse

As AI moved away from using normal GPUs, PC builders celebrated the expected return to normal pricing and availability. But now the AI boom is putting pressure on storage and memory, sending the prices surging. Why exactly has the AI boom led to a memory and storage shortage? And how long is it expected to […]

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Windows 10 Support Has Ended, But You May Not Have to Upgrade to 11

Windows 10 is officially ending support this November, sending many businesses scrambling for options. After all, while buying or upgrading a home PC might not be too difficult a scenario, the same can’t be said for large-scale embedded systems. The good news is that you have some other alternatives as well. Some are temporary, to […]

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Tariff Confusion Might Be Costing You More Than It Should

The jury is still out on the impact of the tariffs on the economy, but if the tariff bills are dragging down your bottom line, you might be overpaying. Thanks to the confusion surrounding the constantly changing tariff rates, no one is quite sure where each product category stands, and end up misclassifying some imports at much […]

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What the Fed Rate Cuts Mean for the Embedded Industry

With the tariff pressure and the weak jobs data, financial analysts have long been anticipating a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, and the board finally fulfilled this prediction, slashing rates by 25 basis points. But what exactly does this mean for the industry? And are further rate cuts likely? Is this a stopgap […]

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Ensuring Quality Control with a BOM Freeze

Embedded computers are usually assembled on order, with the components chosen depending on the features required. This means that the component list can change quite a bit through a product’s lifecycle, as better or cheaper parts become available. In many cases, this isn’t much of an issue, since you only care about the end performance. […]

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