University of Glasgow and University of Cambridge in the UK have claimed the highest frequency performance to date for gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on low-resistivity (LR) silicon (Si) [A. Eblabla et al, ...
Alfalight Inc of Madison, WI, USA, which designs and manufactures infrared and visible laser and electro-optical systems for defense and security applications, has won the 2015 Wisconsin Innovation Awards honor for manufacturing, citing the ...
Liberal Party in Norway has made a suggestion that the country fully adopt electric cars in the next ten years, doing away with vehicles run on gasoline by 2025. The legislature's Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment chair ...
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Toshiba Corporation has introduced ‘TB9081FG’, a brushless motor pre-driver IC suited to be integrated with electric power steering systems (EPS) for achieving functional safety. The new IC integrates runs three-phase ...
Tags: Toshiba, Pre-Driver IC, Automotive EPS
Qorvo Inc, a provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, says that it has scaled its proprietary QGaN25 gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) process to produce ...
RayVio Corp of Haywood, CA, USA, which is commercializing deep-ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and consumer disinfection solutions, is expanding its international sales force and manufacturing capacity to support increased customer demands. The ...
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The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
Featuring sports-car derived chassis systems and evaluated on the same demanding roads as all other Jaguar vehicles, the new F-PACE is claimed to offer an unrivalled breadth of dynamic ability. This is said to be a performance crossover ...
Tags: sports-car, prototype vehicle
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has hailed the restoration of GSP Plus programme by the US for Pakistan, describing it a highly positive development for the economy of Pakistan. In a press release, it said the US ...
Tags: Pakistan's exports, US market
The premium and stylish Kia Cadenza sedan has earned AutoPacific's 2015 Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA) in the Large Car category (tie). AutoPacific's IVA is based on over 66,000 surveys completed by new-car owners in the first half of 2015 and ...
Global shipments of LCD TV panels in the third quarter are expected to remain on par to the previous quarter's, thanks to TV vendors' increased parts procurements; but are forecast to drop by 10 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the ...
Tags: LCD TV panels, LCD TV
Can't get enough of smartwatches? Well, a whole new batch is on its way. Asus, Huawei, LG and Motorola will introduce their newest smartwatches next week at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, according to people familiar with the ...
Tags: smartwatches, Asus, Huawei, Motorola
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that GE Global Research Center of Niskayuna, NY, USA will expand its New York global operations to the Mohawk Valley, serving as the anchor tenant of the Computer Chip Commercialization ...
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Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel
A total of 7.73GWp in PV power-generating and distributed systems was installed in China in first-half 2015, with cumulative capacity reaching 35.7GWp, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China ...
Tags: silicon wafer, PV module