LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics on August 27 announced that US-based Cree will invest US$83 million to acquire 13.32% of its stock through subscribing to 83 million new Lextar shares ...
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The CNY120 billion (US$19.5 billion) investment fund set up by the China government in 2014 to support development of its IC industry reportedly has begun looking for investment targets, according to industry sources. China-based chip ...
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France has introduced a new “homemade” label for chefs cooking meals from scratch, because microwaved or pre-packaged dishes had become more common. France introduces ‘home made’ label for restaurants A decree ...
LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has announced sampling and volume availability of the first in its new Enhanced FlipChip (EF) LED series. The series launches with the EF-B40, a blue 40-mil flip chip that ...
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AACHEN, Germany — ZF has produced a prototype system that can maneuver a long combination vehicle up to a loading dock precisely with no driver in the cab at all. Perhaps with no driver anywhere to be seen, because anyone who can ...
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Beyond all of the hype and tumult, market drivers and technological developments are converging to ensure a bright future for silicon photonics, according to the ‘Silicon Photonics 2014’ report from Yole Développement. ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has launched a transfer-molded super-mini dual in-line package power factor correction (DIPPFC) module incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) transistors and diodes that is expected to help reduce the power ...
For its fiscal third-quarter 2014 (to end-May), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $4.6m, up 11% on $4.2m last quarter and 31% on $3.5m a year ago. Revenue from LED chips fell by 44% ...
IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
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Want blisters fast Integra 320’s pitch control system, together with Marchesini’s new cartoning section and carton opening and product insertion system, is able to boost production performance up to 320 blisters and more than ...
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It’s not often that anyone speaks highly of carbon, given the part that element plays in climate change. But a growing number of companies are eagerly promoting carbon in one specific form: It’s called grapheneGraphene is an ...
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Improved economic conditions worldwide, particularly in the U.S., and a booming memory chip market are being credited for the global semiconductor industry’s robust sales growth in the first half of 2014. ...
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Everlight Electronics started expanding its LED packaging capacity in June and when the expansion completes in September, its monthly capacity will have increased by 500 million LED chips to reach four billion units in total, according to ...
Google, Apple, or a smart startup could disrupt Intel, which increasingly looks awkwardly poised as the world’s largest maker of microprocessors. That’s the view of Dave Ditzel, a veteran microprocessor designer. I talked to ...
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For full-year fiscal 2014 (ended 29 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $1.65bn, up 19% on fiscal 2013’s $1.39bn. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 Q4/2014 Revenue $375m $391m $415.1m $405.3m ...
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