The global lighting industry is expected to continue growing at a rapid rate in the next few years, so much so that it will be worth nearly €100 billion (£81 billion) by as early as 2020. Regulation around the world is starting ...
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Brazil and Venezuela started the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in 2005, and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to phase them out in 2009. Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have ...
Advanced Micro Devices has announced it will sell ARM-based server processors in 2014, ending its exclusive commitment to the x86 architecture and adding a new dimension to its decades-old battle with Intel. AMD will license a 64-bit ...
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Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM processors, the company is expected to announce today. Calxeda makes a chip called EnergyCore with a low-power ARM ...
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The Boise-based computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. is scaling back on its plans to develop energy-efficient lighting technology, leading to the layoff of at least 30 workers. Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed the decision ...
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Intel has said it’s on track to launch the next-generation Itanium processor later this year, brushing away any speculation that the processor would reach its end of life in the near future. The next-generation Itanium chip for Unix ...
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Intel on Monday said it is developing high-performance server chips that in the future will serve up faster results from cloud services or data-intensive applications like analytics, all while cutting electricity bills in data centres. ...
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Google is expanding its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing platform into Europe and cutting the price of its cloud-based storage by 20%. From December 1 2012 the price for up to 1TB of storage will be reduced by $0.025 per ...
Woodworking machines are becoming more complex at a rapid rate, and can now easily perform tasks much faster than woodworkers were able to complete tasks in the past. One major reason for the rise of complex woodworking machines is the ...
Optogan opens lamps and luminaires sales office in Varese, Italy, by signing a distribution agreement with the company LEDisOne srl. At the Grand Opening event in Varese, close to Milan, LEDisOne hosted more than 100 official guests, ...
LED lighting is a growing trend in design circles with many people now regarding the energy efficiency and relative cheapness as far more important than the initial cost. Indeed, LED lighting is used in a plethora of situations now from ...
Investors could be in line to make substantial returns from a new scheme offering companies free LED lighting systems. Indeed, companies and public sector organisations can now enjoy energy-efficient LED ceiling spotlights fitted for ...
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Dialight plc ("Dialight") announces that its US subsidiary, Dialight Corporation, has completed the acquisition of the assets of Airinet Inc ("Airinet"), a lighting controls company, for upfront consideration of $2.6m with additional sums ...
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The new processor is optimised for high-density microservers, as well as a new class of energy-efficient storage and networking systems Chipmaker Intel has introduced its Atom processor S1200 product family, which deliver a low-power, ...
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When making purchasing decision on energy efficient lighting, it is not uncommon for people to choose LED tubes lights on price alone. With conventional lamps where all things are equal, per-lamp price is a reasonable yardstick. However, ...
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