China’s plastic pipe industry expects, for the most part, to shrug off the effects of the cooling in the country’s real estate sector and grow from just under 10 million metric tons production last year to 13.2 million metric ...
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The price of sapphire substrates has been reaching stability in 2012. Nevertheless, Japan-based sapphire substrate makers have been eager to lower prices, meaning the price difference between Japan- and Taiwan-based sapphire substrates has ...
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The price of sapphire substrates has been reaching stability in 2012.Nevertheless,Japan-based sapphire substrate makers have been eager to lower prices,meaning the price difference between Japan-and Taiwan-based sapphire substrates has been ...
Tags: Taiwan, Japan, sapphire substrate makers, Taiwan-based LED chipmakers
Rural areas will need to help finance broadband roll-outs if UK schemes for better connectivity are to succeed. This was the conclusion of Conservative MP Rory Stewart, who spoke at the House of Lords' communications select committee ...
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The worm gear reducer is a power used to convey, by using the gear speed converters, the worm gearbox can decelerate the number of the rotary motor to the desired rotational speed, and reach to a institutions of the larger torque. At ...
The government recently published its white paper on open data,with the newly-created Open Data User Group having met to discuss the next phase.But despite these moves,campaigners are worried that plans to create a£16bn stimulus to ...
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Top tools makers Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron are unenthusiastic about the possible transition to 450mm,reports the Wall Street Journal. Applied corporate vp Kirk Hassrjian told the WSJ that it would be difficult to convince ...
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ULIS to triple IR sensor capacity 11 Jul 2012 Investment of €20 million and move to 200mm wafers as the firm marks its tenth anniversary. ULIS 200mm CMOS wafer ULIS,the France-based manufacturer of uncooled infrared sensors for ...
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In conjunction with the SEMICON West 2012 event in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven,Belgium has announced what it claims is the first realization of functional sub-100nm photonics components ...
Tags: Nanophotonics, Silicon photonics wafers, Optical lithography
Infoworld - With its much-anticipated Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" OS release imminent, Google is keeping Apple on its toes in the mobile computing space, say software developers. "Jelly Bean" offers a host of feature improvements, ...
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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 ...
Tags: semiconductor, power semiconductor, module, Euro crisis, solar energy
UCSB receives $500,000 for SSLEC as James Speck named Seoul Optodevice chair in solid-state lighting At University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) the Solid State Lighting and Energy Centre (SSLEC), a hub for research in ...
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Marl International has invested £150,000 to double its manufacturing output at its site in Ulverston Cumbria, putting it in a prime position to benefit from the rapid growth of an emerging 'green' lighting technology. The line has ...
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Laser vendors weigh uncertain prospects 04 Jul 2012 Longbow Research finds lowered expectations in Germany,but not for everyone. Coherent sees microelectronics growth ahead Macroeconomic concerns continue to vex laser vendors in ...
Cisco has joined forces with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to bring Shakespeare to thousands of students across the UK, with the aim of bridging the gap between the digital and creative industries. Hosted by Ravensbourne College, ...
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