The use of radio frequency tech in remote controls for everything from smart TVs and BluRay players to gaming devices will see a huge uptick compared with infrared-based controls. Fewer people will have to point their remote controls at ...
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Global revenues for LED driver ICs used in general lighting applications will more than triple from 2012 to 2015, as the market for solid-state illumination booms, according to IMS Research. The market governing LED driver ICs for ...
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Preparing its customers to join the emerging‘Internet of things’, IBM has released a new appliance built to manage and route a voluminous amount of machine-to-machine small data messages Using the MQTT (the Message Queuing ...
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Worldwide shipments of computerized smart glasses are expected to hit nearly 10 million units by 2016, largely driven Google's Glass project, a research firm said. That's an impressive number considering that Google's Glass eyewear, the ...
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The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to grow a factor of 18 during the next 10 years, energized by demand from power supplies, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and industrial ...
The market for automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in China is forecast to grow to a value of $3.1bn in 2019, up from $971m in 2013, according to a recently published report by IMS Research. Adoption of ADAS products are ...
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Energized by demand from power supplies, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and industrial motor drives, the emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to grow a remarkable factor of 18 ...
The market for Bluetooth chips is predicted to almost double in size from 2011 to 2017, driven by use of the wireless comms technology in smartphones and media tablets. A report entitled Bluetooth—Classic or Smart Ready from IMS ...
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Siemens' Smart Grid division has announced a global strategic cooperation in big data with Teradata, through which it will further optimise its solutions' portfolio to provide energy utilities with more transparency on the status and ...
For the first time First Solar became the world's largest solar EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor in 2012, with more than 500MW of projects completed - an increase of 50% over 2011, according to IMS Research. The ...
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Analyst warns of 'overheating' as Japan rushes to install PV 19 Mar 2013 Country set to become second-largest PV market after China this year, says IMS Research. More than 5 GW of photovoltaic systems are set to be installed in Japan ...
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The Japan solar market is set to grow by 120% in 2013 and install more than 5GW of new capacity, according to IMS Research. Benefiting from the world's most attractive solar incentive policy, Japan's solar market is currently booming, with ...
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Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
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Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity. According to the SEMI LED/Opto Fab Forecast, spending on LED fab manufacturing ...
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A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems. Despite the infancy of the energy storage market, nearly one third ...
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