The global top-5 Wintel notebook brand vendors' combined shipments grew 17% on month in August, but compared to the same month a year ago, the volume was down 14%. Meanwhile the top-3 ODMs' combined volume was up 13% on month, but down 17% ...
Osaka University in Japan has developed a plasma pre-treatment for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on gallium nitride (GaN) that avoids creating enlarged etch pits [Hui Deng et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p051602, 2015]. Surface ...
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 ...
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Global TV panel shipments reached 22.31 million units in July 2015, down 1% from the prior month and up 7% a year ago. Branded TV vendors remain optimistic about the peak season sales in the fourth quarter even though sales results in the ...
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Lexus, the luxury vehicle arm of Toyota, has introduced 2016 Lexus LX 570, armed with V8 engine, 4WD chassis and seating arrangement for eight. While eight-speed automatic transmission has substituted the former six-speed for enhanced ...
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“It is only a matter of time before white LEDs using blue LED chips will disappear from the market,” said Shuji Nakamura at a forum on GaN technology in July organized by Nikkei Asian Review. The comment from the inventor of ...
Tags: LED chip, Blue LED, Purple LEDs
PKN spoke to Matilda's Frozen Fruit co-founder Ruth Gallace about transparency of on-pack information on the brand's soon-to-launch frozen berries range. The launch of frozen Australian-grown berries is now only weeks away, according to ...
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China Daily-use Articles Trade Fair, or CDATF, is China’s longest standing one-stop event for the houseware industry. Organized in Shanghai every August, at the peak of sourcing season, it is the largest trade show of its ...
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After prices for LED chips and packaging services fell 10-17% in first-half 2015, prices are expected to be stable in third-quarter 2015 due to peak demand, but may fall again in fourth-quarter 2015 and first-quarter 2016 due to slow ...
Tags: LED market, LED Prices
Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed vertical Schottky and pn gallium nitride (GaN) diodes on silicon with performance comparable to devices grown on much more expensive substrates [Yuhao Zhang et al, IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices, ...
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Green Charge Networks, provider of commercial energy storage in the US, has announced its partnership with ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Combining energy storage with EV charging eliminates ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched what it says is the first full-visible-spectrum 4° AR111 LED lamp. ...
Tags: electronic, LED, LED lighting, LED lamp
TomTom (TOM2) has announced the launch of its traffic service in Kuwait, extending its reach in the region, and adding to existing coverage in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. TomTom provides the latest accurate traffic information for highways, ...
Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, has over 1700 years' history of making pottery. As China is the center of the world's china production, and Jingdezhen is the center of China's china industry, many pottery artists around the world come to ...
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