Total semiconductor revenue in 2013 reached USD 318.1 billion, up from USD 303.1 billion in 2012. Last year’s growth effectively reversed the disappointing 2.4 percent loss of 2012, when revenue contracted from USD 310.6 billion in ...
Tags: semiconductor, chip
BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor reports global results for Q1 2014 depicting increase in the total volume of overseas consumers searching for UK apparel retailers. BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor Q1 2014 results -Q1 2014 experienced a ...
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Acer has set an internal goal of shipping 10 million smartphones and 10 million tablets in 2014, increasing from the 1.5 million and five million shipped in 2013, according to Acer's Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Acer regained ...
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Eight billion people will use smartphones and 100 billion terminals will be interconnected via the internet by 2025, according to Chinese ICT multinational Huawei. This is an eight-fold increase in the number of smartphone users – ...
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Devices running Google's Android operating system have dethroned Apple's iPhones and iPads as the biggest drivers of worldwide mobile ad traffic, according to a new study from Opera Mediaworks. Almost 43% of all mobile ad impressions came ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone, Computer Products, Android
HELLA, a developer and manufacturer of lighting and electronic components for the automotive industry, has teamed up with Paul Vahle to develop inductive wireless charging systems for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles (EVs). Inductive ...
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In case it wasn't clear already, Intel and Microsoft are no longer joined at the hip. Intel is trying desperately to grow its share of the tablet market, and with Windows flunking out on those devices, Android is the flavour of the month. ...
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China-based handset vendors, including Coolpad, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Gionee, K-Touch and TCL, have each accelerated the launch of their 4G LTE smartphones in an attempt to grab market share from international players, notably Samsung ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has claimed a leadership position in point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhaul with ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, components
From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
Tags: Reshaping Medtech, Health, Medicine
The Land Rover Discovery has carved an enviable reputation for itself - from deserts, jungles and barren peaks, where its extraordinary capabilities have seen it through the harshest terrains. From 2015 onwards, the Discovery nameplate ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has announced ...
Tags: Solar EnerPlex CIGS, Solar, Electrical, Electronics
Ready for sunshine, chocolate eggs and jellybeans, consumers will welcome the Easter Bunny with open arms this year. According to NRF’s Easter Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average American celebrating ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has unveiled what it claims is the first flush-mountable infrared LED, enabling remote control functionality to be incorporated in a lower profile than ever before. The compact (3.1mm x ...
Kyocera has consolidated the North American sales and technical operations of Kyocera SLC Technologies Corporation (KST) and Kyocera Circuit Solutions USA Inc. (KCS-US) into the Organic Products Sales Group of Kyocera America Inc. (KAI), ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, printed circuit board, PCB