Sharp is displaying for the first time tablet displays based on its IGZO technology at the CEATEC electronics show outside of Tokyo, amid persistent rumors Apple will use the displays in its upcoming tablets. The Japanese manufacturer, ...
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Taipei, Dec. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Although North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of 0.79 for November, which stayed below 1 for a seventh month but representing an improvement from ...
Tags: Semiconductor Equipment, Manufacturing Processing Machinery
Japan's Sharp said Wednesday it will soon launch a 7-inch tablet with its new IGZO displays, a week ahead of an Apple press event that is widely expected to reveal a mini tablet also linked to the new power-saving technology. Sharp's new ...
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Taipei, Dec. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is farming out chip-testing work to STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Co., Ltd. as its in-house testing capacity has been inundated by flooding orders for 28nm process foundry ...
Tags: STATS ChipPAC, Manufacturing Processing Machinery, TSMC
To enhance its service to customers throughout the USA, South Korea's Femto Science Inc, which manufactures plasma cleaning systems, etching (RIE and ICP) systems and Parylene coating systems (CVD), has selected UVOTECH Systems Inc of ...
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Seoul Semiconductor claims 5x brightness with non-polar LEDs 10 Jul 2012 Seoul Semiconductor has announced that it will introduce LEDs based on non-polar technology,which it claims will deliver over 5x the lumens per unit area of ...
The mobile-audio-device market has grown rapidly over recent years,producing consumers well used to scrutinising audio and less willing to compromise on quality.Average Joe has grown a set of golden ears,you might say.Reinforcing this ...
Tags: audio quality, mobile-audio-device, real-time wireless
A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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Intel shaved about a billion dollars off its third-quarter revenue forecast on Friday, blaming the global economy for slowing sales. It will announce full results for the quarter on Oct. 16. The company had previously predicted ...
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Qualcomm saw a double-digit increase in sales this year and is now the world's third-largest chip maker, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. With a 27.2% growth in semiconductor revenue, Qualcomm is booming while seven of the top 10 ...
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Qualcomm is preparing two new quad-core processors for the mainstream smartphone market, with support for several Chinese standards. The U.S. chipmaker said it will release the two new CPUs, designed for 3G networks, to its Snapdragon ...
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While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major vendors and mid-year market research polls. Vendors and analysts lay much of the blame for ...
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has grown high-performance indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOSHEMTs) directly on silicon [Xiuju Zhou et al, ...
Dynex Semiconductor has officially opened a new Lincoln-based £1.8m R&D centre as part of an £11.25m investment which will create up to 40 engineering jobs and safeguard its 315-strong workforce in the city. Dynex designs ...
Tags: R&D, Dynex Semiconductor, power semiconductor device, UK
14 National LED Lighting Industry Bases In China "National Semiconductor Lighting Project" Sponsored By MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology ) 14 LED lighting industry bases have been built in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Dalian, Nanchang, ...
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