Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that a leading US wireless compound semiconductor device manufacturer has placed follow-on orders for Plasma-Therm VERSALINE wafer processing, etch modules. The ...
Tags: Plasma, Electronics
The University of Salford is to conduct theoretical work on third-generation solar cells, which aim to use to semiconductor nanostructures to significantly increase the electricity produced by sunlight – from about 10% efficiency to ...
Tags: Quantum Dots, Solar Cells, Electronics
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has produced what are reckoned to be the industry’s first gallium nitride (GaN) transistors using GaN-on-diamond wafers, which ...
Tags: Triquint, Electronics, HEMT devices
Gregor MacNaughton, head of property management at Principal Hayley Hotels, has highlighted the reasons why it is worth investing in new lighting solutions from a commercial perspective. Head of technology and delivery for the Carbon ...
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day', and the darkness he called 'night' - and humans came along and left lights switched on all night, illuminating the world like a ...
According to data of China’s Customs, China exported 721,935 tons of wire rods in March, jumping by 47% from a month and hitting the highest level since 2008. In the first quarter of this year, the country’s wire rod exports ...
Russia-based steel pipe maker ChTPZ Group shipped 382,100 tons of steel pipes in the first quarter of this year, falling by 8% year on year. Among them, 323,900 tons were exported to the Russian domestic market, increasing by 10% in ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Mineral
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report analyzing markets where light-emitting diodes (LEDs) compete with traditional lighting sources (e.g., incandescent and fluorescent). The report, Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in ...
On 23 April, the EU Commission‘s competition authorities approved the takeover of Spano by Unilin, which is owned by the US-American company Mohawk. The approval under cartel law had already been granted following the provisional ...
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With Google's voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri on Monday afternoon in New York. Here's what the two digital assistants had to say ...
Google will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program. "Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the right time," Google's Andrea ...
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Don't be fooled by Samsung's new flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone. Superficially, it looks like its predecessor, the outrageously successful S3, which attracted 40 million sales in six months. The S4 brings with it a bucketload of new ...
Many toy businesses know they ought to become more IP literate, but they often don’t know where to start. Getting documentation regarding the utility of your product and registering your design rights is especially important for ...
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French supercar manufacturer Bugatti has released a video of the world record run by its new Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – the world's fastest roadster. The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse clocked a top speed of 408.84km/h at ...
Tags: Bugatti Veyron, Auto, car
Just weeks before Microsoft's promised 21 May announcement concerning the next phase of its Xbox 360 gaming platform, the company has released further details of its projector-based IllumiRoom technology. In a video published yesterday, ...