The high growth rate of 2010 was sustained in the first half of 2011, but demand started to tail off in the second quarter The power semiconductor discrete and module market reported a growth by a more modest 9% to just under $18bn in ...
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Infineon held its position as the biggest supplier of power discretes and modules last year,says IMS Research,in a market which fell off sharply in H2. Nonetheless modules grew by 32%in the year and discretes grew 3%. Module growth was ...
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Renesas told a press conference in Tokyo yesterday that it will offer 5000 workers financial incentives to leave the company or take early retirement. The headcount reduction will save the company$539m a year. It is reported that the ...
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Power semi market grows 9%to$18bn in 2011 despite challenges Following a spectacular recovery in 2010,the power semiconductor discrete and module market grew by a more modest 9%in 2011 to just under$18bn,according to the 15th edition of ...
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KKR,the New York private equity company which led the consortium which bought NXP in 2006,is said to be buying$622m worth of Renesas shares,according to Japan's Nikkei newspaper.In accordance with the private equity industry's normal ...
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Private equity is sniffing around Renesas, according to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper.Private equity companies KKR and Silverlake, which made the ill-fated takeover bid for NXP back in 2006, are reported to be in talks about investing 'several ...
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Solarbuzz analyst says that high electricity consumption and limited space will see high-efficiency modules dominate market. Copper-plated solar Major new incentives for renewable energy in Japan are likely to favor installations ...
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20 June 2012 Mitsubishi develops 170W,70%-efficiency GaN-on-Si PA for base-station transmitters Picture:Mitsubishi Electric's 170W,2.1GHz GaN-on-Si power amplifier. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a prototype 2GHz ...
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Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets estimates that the total market value of LED phosphors used in lighting applications will grow from about $525 million in 2012 to a value of over $730 million by 2015 and to over $1.6 billion by the end of ...
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Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets estimates that the total market value of LED phosphors used in lighting applications will grow from about $525 million in 2012 to a value of over $730 million by 2015 and to over $1.6 billion by the end of ...
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More than a hundred remote sensing satellites will be built over the next decade,at an estimated value of$17 billion. Satellite view The need for more and better imaging data will be the major driver behind a"healthy"market for ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has signed an agreement with Federal Broach Holdings, LLC and its shareholders to acquire all of the equity interest of Federal Broach, one of the world's leading manufacturers of broaches and broach ...
Renesas is going fab-lite.It is putting out its MCU production on 40nm to TSMC. Commnenting on the move,Europe's leading semiconductor analyst,Malcolm Penn CEO of Future Horizons said:"Another small step towards global domination for ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a prototype forced-air-cooled three-phase 400V output inverter with all-silicon carbide(SiC)power modules that has a power density of 50kVA per liter.The module,which is rated at ...
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Renesas is to cut 6000 jobs-15%of its workforce-and to ask its main shareholders,Hitachi,NEC and Mitsubishi,for$630m after posting a net loss of$790m for the year ending March 31st,according to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper. Renesas ...
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