The top three foundries are in the world top ten semiconductor companies ranked by first half sales, says IC Insights. TSMC's capacity utilization rate in 2Q12 was 102% (exceeding 100% because of the way the company defines its ...
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Taiwan-based WT Microelectronic, which distributes IC and electronic components mainly in Asia, has announced that the company has obtained rights from Philips Lumileds Lighting Company to distribute LED lighting products in the Greater ...
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Images courtesy of tokyoflash The designers at TokyoFlash have a philosophy about time pieces….. Before the cell phone watches were common but nowadays many people feel there’s no need to wear one and the watch industry has ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire ...
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EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 【TSE:2393】,represents whole new series of LED components at 2012 LED EXPO INDIA. This year, EVERLIGHT showcases the most updating series of high efficient and brightness LED packages for ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA and UK-headquartered Xyratex Ltd,a provider of data storage technology,with give a joint technology demonstration at the European Conference on ...
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Optical communications and laser component,module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose,CA,USA has announced a second-generation 100G CFP(Centum Gbit/s form-factor pluggable)transceiver and first-generation CFP2 100G transceiver for ...
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Toshiba will begin mass production of white LEDs on 200-mm silicon wafers this month based on technology that it licensed and jointly developed with Bridgelux. Toshiba has announced that it will begin production of white LEDs on 200-mm ...
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Elan Microelectronics Corp. plans to roll out system-on-chip (SoC) version of touch-sensor ICs for Windows 8 laptops in line with demands for less expansive chips from brand-name suppliers of the computers, which are struggling to boost ...
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The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
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IC-TAG Solutions, Inc., a credited eco-friendly manufacturer of UHF and HF RFID labels, tags, and other security enhanced products announced its certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays. Security enhanced ...
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LED manufacturers invested heavily in production equipment in 2010–2011, driven primarily by demand for backlighting for flat panel displays in TVs and computers. Although this driver has moderated and there is currently an oversupply ...
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The total value spend of Near Field Cummunication (NFC) mobile payments will rise from $4 billion in 2012 to $191 billion in 2017, breaking the $100 billion mark in 2016. Despite Apple rejecting NFC for its latest smartphone, the iPhone ...
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View more Latest Digitimes news Timing is good for WP8 phones,but Microsoft faces challenges to maintain relationships with partners3D IC commercialization to take place in 2015-16,says ASELenovo acquires CCE in BrazilWafer foundry houses ...
Supertex, a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced HV9973 -- a patented, isolated, constant current LED driver for use in high voltage solid-state lighting applications such as ...
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