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Falling Sales of Android Smartphones Affecting Taiwan IC Design Houses

Nov 6, 2015

The global sales of Android-based smartphones have been a disappointment affecting negatively the performance of Taiwan-based IC design houses, according to industry sources. Particularly in China's smartphone market, the share of Android ...

Tags: Android, China market, design, IC

China Becoming a Major Investment Market for Intel

Nov 6, 2015

Intel Capital is estimated to invest a total of US$500 million in 2015. Prior to the end of October, Intel Capital had already invested US$168 million in China and with a separate US$1 billion investment in the Tsinghua Unigroup, several ...

Tags: China, Dalian, foundry, Intel Capital, wafer

Gintech Signs with Portugal-Based Martifer Solar, MPrime

Nov 6, 2015

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has signed with Portugal-based Martifer Solar and MPrime Solar for exclusive sales agent rights for Gintech-produced PV modules in France, Portugal and Italy each. Martifer Solar is a PV EPC (engineering, ...

Tags: Gintech, Gintech Energy

Behavioral and Analytical Demand-Side Management Spending Expected to Reach US$2.5 Billion in 2024, Says Firm

Nov 6, 2015

The availability of energy usage data and the creation of software platforms with data analytics have recently given way to new forms of analytical demand-side management (DSM). Behavioral and analytical DSM, which focus on consumer ...

Tags: management, US

Motech 3Q15 Operations Turn Profitable

Nov 6, 2015

Solar cell maker Motech Industries has released its financial report for the third quarter of 2015, with business operations swinging from the red into profitability. Motech recorded consolidated revenues of NT$7.098 billion (US$216 ...

Tags: 3Q15, Motech, Motech Industries

China to Lower Feed-in Tariffs for PV, Wind Power Generation in 2016-2020

Nov 6, 2015

The China government has drawn up tentative feed-in tariff rates for on-grid PV power-generating stations and distributed PV systems as well as land-based wind power-generating farms during the 13th Five-year Plan period (2016-2020), with ...

Tags: China, PV, Wind, wind power

Yingli Green Energy Begins Developing 20MW Project Portfolio in Turkey

Nov 6, 2015

Yingli Green Energy has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Europe has partnered with Motif Proje ve Insaat Ltd. Sti (Motif Proje), one of Turkey's first renewable energy consulting partners, to develop a 20MW PV ...

Tags: Turkey, Yingli Green Energy

Optics Industry Feels Renewed Sense of Optimism

Nov 6, 2015

It's hard to escape the positive vibe that is currently circulating within the optics industry. As well as publishing record results in quarter one, many of the industry's big hitters have also published encouraging growth forecasts for ...

Tags: optics industry, cosmetic medical systems, semiconductor tools

Rumors of a PV Crash Overblown – Isuppli

Nov 5, 2015

With feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in the key markets of Germany and Italy about to be reduced, and financial problems spreading around the Mediterranean, there has been speculation of an accompanying decline in demand for solar cells used to ...

Tags: PV installations, solar power

Organic LED Shortage: New Players Needed

Nov 5, 2015

The supply of active-matrix organic LEDs (AMOLEDs) needs serious expansion for the display technology to move beyond its niche in high-end Korean smart phones. That’s according to market analyst Vinita Jakhanwal at iSuppli, who ...

Tags: organic LEDs, AMOLED displays, smart phones

SEMI: Fab Spending Recovery to Continue

Nov 5, 2015

Equipment spending by semiconductor chip manufacturers, a key industrial market for vendors of both lithography and laser-based wafer processing systems, will reach $32 billion in 2010 – more than double the 2009 figure. ...

Tags: semiconductor, chip, LED fab

2010 PV Forecasts Converge Around 14GW

Nov 5, 2015

A sharp upturn in demand has seen a number of analysts re-think their appraisal of the photovoltaics market in 2010. After the impact of the global credit crunch, which put the brakes on the rapid market expansion witnessed up until 2009, ...

Tags: Photonics Industry, cell prices

Cautious Optimism Rules as Good News Returns

Nov 5, 2015

An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...

Tags: laser markets, automotive industry, Medical devices

Pocket Projectors: Now Showing Major Growth

Nov 5, 2015

Pocket projector; mini projector; pico-projector; nano-projector. The muddle of names that has sprung up around these miniature display products succeeds at least in dragging our thoughts away from the projectors that we are more familiar ...

Tags: Pocket Projectors, miniature display products, LEDs, laser

Production Challenges Slow OLED Market Growth

Nov 5, 2015

In 2007 Sony grabbed the world's attention with its XEL-1 TV, offering pitch-black blacks and superb motion resolution from a wafer-thin, low power consumption panel. Despite its modest 11-inch size, the milestone product put organic light ...

Tags: OLED products, OLED display, Sony, Samsung

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