For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to 27 September), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $477m, up 9.4% on $436.1m last quarter and 13.3% on $421.1m ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Few fleet managers will be surprised to learn that a modern lift truck can collect data about every facet of its operation, well beyond the simple hour meter. Many are familiar with the concept that microprocessors onboard even the most ...
Tags: Lift Truck
Molex Inc. recently launched a mobile Industrial Communications (IC) application (app) that gives iPhone, iPad and iPod device users ready access to Molex products and support for industrial automation projects. The Molex IC App will be ...
China's software industry generated revenues of CNY2.284 trillion (US$370 billion) in January-September 2013, growing 23.7% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Exports of software products and ...
Many of Australia's and the world's best known logistics, manufacturing and distribution companies are taking advantage of the latest hosted software solutions as a means of gaining greater efficiencies in areas as diverse as accounting, ...
Tags: Cloud Transport, losistics, Service
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of tablet solutions double in 2014 from 15-20 million units projected for 2013 and account for 30% of the non-iPad tablet chipset market, according to an industry estimate. MediaTek has launched ...
Prices of touchscreen controller ICs are expected to drop 20-30% in 2014, down from current levels of US$1.2-1.5 per unit for high-end smartphones and below US$1 for entry-level models, according to industry sources. Touchscreen ...
Tags: Touchscreen Controller, IC Prices
IC Bus, a division of Navistar, Inc., publicly unveiled for the first time today its IC Bus CE Series school bus with Cummins ISB 6.7-liter engine at the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Summit. IC Bus announced ...
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At the Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS 2013) in Monterey, CA on 13 October, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd presented details of a high-sensitivity receiver chip they have developed that, it is reckoned, will ...
Tags: Fujitsu InP HEMT, Electrical, Electronics
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has begun high-volume production of multiple new power amplifiers (PAs) and power management integrated circuits (ICs) that incorporate the firm's envelope tracking (ET) technology. RFMD says that ...
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LCD driver IC vendors expect demand to pick up in the second half of October when downstream small LCD module makers will begin to replenish their component inventories, according to industry sources. Sales of white-box and entry-level ...
Tags: LCD Driver, IC Vendors
Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for wireless connectivity and cellular mobility, is demonstrating and showcasing its pure CMOS 802.11ac RF front-end IC ...
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With LED prices continuing to drop and supply chains actively lowering costs, Taiwanese LED epitaxial wafer and chip manufacturer Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) chairman Frank Chien points out that changes in product design and manufacturing ...
Wireless charging of mobile devices was originally expected to see giant advances in the second half of 2013 and many smartphone brand vendors have been inquiring about related solutions. However, because of compatibility issues and prices, ...
Tags: Wireless Charging, Mobile Devices
As the industry enters LED lighting era, Taiwan needs to speed up its smart driver IC network (power control and ballast), which has interchangeable spec and electrical interface, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-Ren at the 2013 Renewable ...
Tags: LED Integration, Lighting