Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that its wireless connectivity front-end modules (FEMs) are being used by Broadcom Corp in several of its 5G WiFi solutions, enabling some of the fastest download ...
Tags: semiconductor, Electrical, Electronics
Wall units continue to gain ground in home entertainment this week at the High Point Market, especially if they offer piers and bridges to complete the look. Market traffic is decent, suppliers report, adding that buyers continue to visit ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Wall units
With gym equipment becoming more accessible in the home, the treadmill has become a popular way of keeping fit from the comfort of personal surroundings, such as a home. It is, by design, relatively easy to use and can be used alongside the ...
Tags: Manual Treadmill, Motorised Treadmill, Fitness equipment
Walmart today announced the launch of a Great Value line of LED lightbulbs for less than US$10 in all of its U.S. stores, with the goal of making LED lightbulbs more accessible and affordable for consumers. The new line will be available ...
Market fundamentals are sufficient to support rhodium prices near the current $1,000/oz level, despite reduced usage in automobile catalytic converters, according to analysts with A-1 Specialized, one of the largest recyclers of ...
Valve, the company behind Steam, the popular PC games platform, will unveil more details about its proposed Linux-based "Steam box" console next week. The news was revealed by founder Gabe Newell at LinuxCon 2013 this week in a keynote ...
Tags: Steam Box, Industrial Equipment, Components
The Ministry of Land and Resources announced on Thursday the maximum amount of rare earths for the exploration has been set at 93,800 metric tons for 2013. The cap for the exploration of ion-absorbed-type rare earth ores is set at 17,900 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, rare earths
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and InnoCentive have announced the winners of the second CRT Challenge. The goal of the CRT Challenge is to develop compelling economic and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
According to Notice 9 of Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China in 2013, Minimum Allowable Values of Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Grades for Flat Panel Televisions (GB 24850-2013) has published on ...
Tags: Certification, CQC
As the football season shifts into high gear, televisions across the nation will display pigskin drama aplenty. I enjoy watching 'Hail Mary' touchdown tosses as the clock expires, and goal-line stands at the 1-foot line. Football is a ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
In the world of 4K television – that’s TV with four times the resolution of today’s high-def sets — size is king, because you really need a big screen to benefit from all those extra pixels. But at this ...
Primoceler, a microfabrication company specializing in laser micro welding and scribing of transparent materials, has developed the first sapphire-to-sapphire welding process. "We were the first to weld glass to glass, glass to silicon ...
A recent article by U.S. IT website CNET outlined “Seven problems with current OLED televisions”. Although, OLED TV has better performance and good potential, in the short-term it still faces seven issues including high prices, ...
Tags: OLED TV, Seven Deadly Sins
Two major Taiwanese chip makers are set to merge after China's anti-trust regulator approved the deal with only minor provisions. The thumbs-up from China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) will enable MediaTek's $4bn purchase of MStar ...
Tags: Chip, taiwan, Computer Products
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors, is broadening its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new high-power, high-speed 940 nm infrared (IR) emitter for ...
Tags: IR LED, Gesture Recognition