Intel has confirmed that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the Global Navigation Satellite System business of ST-Ericsson, extending its investments in positioning technology. The financial terms of the ...
Yole Développement organises a Seminar in Korea, concurrently held with International LED Expo 2013. Dedicated to Sapphire and LED areas, the seminar is made up of Yole Développement and industrial players presentations on the ...
For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA, has reported revenue of $141.6m, down 11% on $159.5m the previous quarter and up 60% on $88.7m a year ago (which was ...
Tags: Oclaro Opnext, Electrical, Electronics
For first-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8.3m, down 18.6% on ...
A transnational team of researchers has reported the first electrically pumped exciton-polariton laser device using an arsenide semiconductor microcavity [Christian Schneider et al, Nature, vol. 497, p348, 2013]. The team was variously ...
Tags: Electrical Pumping, Electrical, Electronics
The agreement was originally announced on April 22, 2013, and the companies have now completed the transfer of Bridgelux GaN-on-Silicon technology assets to Toshiba and inaugurated this new phase of GaN-on-Silicon LED collaboration, ...
ONLINE retail titan Amazon announced overnight that it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to more than 170 countries and territories and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries. The move steps up the offensive of Amazon ...
Tags: Amazon, Tablet, Sales Expansion
The second-generation XP-E2 LEDs include royal blue, blue, green, amber, red-orange, and red options and are drop-in, higher-output replacements for earlier models. Cree has announced the XLamp XP-E2 family of color LEDs after having ...
Tags: Color LEDs, CREE
Ferroalloy refers to the different alloys of iron that are made up of by the mixing of two or three different elements like manganese, silicon, molybdenum and others. These are used further to produce other products like steel and other ...
Tags: Ferro Alloys, Metallurgy
The boss of Tesla has revealed plans for an affordable compact electric vehicle that is set to go on sale early in the second half of the decade. Fresh from the announcement that the company had paid back its US government loan in full, ...
Tags: Tesla Planning, Nissan
Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process. The system, called Login Verification, gives users the option to have a verification code sent to their mobile phone ...
Tags: Twitter, Sign-in, Computer Products
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and ...
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced on May 23 that it has initiated a preliminary inquiry into the alleged dumping of circular copper tube from Brazil, Greece, China, South Korea and Mexico. The inquiry followed a ...
Tags: Dumping, Copper Tube
XP-E2 Cree, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina USA, has announced commercial availability of XLamp® XP-E2 color LEDs. According to Cree, the new XP-E2 color LEDs deliver up to 88 percent higher maximum light output compared to alternative ...
Tags: LED, Cree XP-E2
At its annual general meeting (AGM), Martin Goetzeler, CEO of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany since March, set out measures that the firm's executive board intends to implement together with Aixtron's team to return ...
Tags: Aixtron MOCVD, Electrical, Electronics