Yesterday, we learned via the Wall Street Journal that Samsung is stil struggling to identify exactly what caused its Note 7 phablets to explode, putting the Galaxy S8's February launch in jeopardy. And while the WSJ report claimed ...
After numerous LED manufacturers forecasted their future earnings, Chinese LED enterprises finally released their financial results for 3Q16. For those with irrational fear that the LED industry is still in the phase of “increasing ...
Samsung has unleashed a secret weapon in its quest to recoup losses from the Galaxy Note 7 debacle: a ‘Blue Coral’ S7 Edge. The new colour option for the Galaxy S7 Edge will go on sale on November 5, and will start from $1,098 ...
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Baosteel Group, the largest steel smelter in China by output, has predicted yearly profit growth of six to eight fold this year. The company registered 8.1 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) of profits in the first three quarters, up 174.6 ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, Steed Bar, Medium Plates, Cold-Rolled Sheets
Coca-Cola has reported a 7% decrease in its net sales to $10.6bn for the third quarter of this year, compared to $11.4bn for the same period in 2015. The soft drinks giant has blamed the impact of foreign currency and structural changes ...
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Monolith Semiconductor Inc of Round Rock, TX, USA has announced the availability of engineering samples of 1200V, 5A and 10A silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in a TO-220 package. Manufactured in the 150mm SiC foundry of X-FAB Texas, ...
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a high-voltage and high-frequency silicon carbide (SiC) power switch that could cost much less than similarly rated SiC power switches, it is reckoned. The findings could ...
Wolfspeed of Research Triangle Park, NC, USA — a Cree Company that makes silicon carbide (SiC) power products including MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, and modules — has introduced what it claims is the first 1000V MOSFET, which ...
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Cox Automotive is using Splunk Cloud and Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) to gain actionable insight into its rapidly accelerating digital business. Splunk solutions help Cox Automotive keep critical services online during ...
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Cargill reported financial results for the fiscal 2017 first quarter ended 31 August, 2016. Key measures include: Adjusted operating earnings rose 35 percent to $827 million in the first quarter, compared with $611 million in the ...
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Syngenta faces a major legal trouble as a US federal judge in Kansas ruled that the claims of hundreds of thousands of corn farmers can go ahead as a class action. The allegations against the Swiss based global agrochemical company are ...
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Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
Tags: InGaAs MQWs, InGaAs Laser diodes, Imec and Ghent University
Dana has unveiled two new drivetrain systems at MINExpo 2016 for small- and medium-sized load haul dumpers (LHDs) and articulated trucks used in underground mining operations. These offerings improve precision and efficiency, facilitating ...
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Researchers in the USA have grown two-dimensional (2D) layers of gallium nitride (GaN) using a graphene encapsulation on silicon carbide (SiC) substrate [Zakaria Y. Al Balushi et al, Nature Materials, published online 29 August 2016]. The ...
Tags: 2D GaN, graphene encapsulation, SiC
For first-half 2016, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has confirmed revenue of €6.9m, up 21% on first-half 2015's €5.7m. ...