Xidian University in China has used pulsed metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to increase indium gallium nitride (InGaN) room-temperature channel mobility to 1681cm2/V-s, which is claimed to be a record [Yachao Zhang et al, ...
Integrated passive device maker OnChip Devices Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA says that its wafer fabrication facility is offering backside metallization (BSM) of thin films for applications such as military, medical, and instrumentation. ...
Tags: Sputtering, HB-LEDs, GaN-on-Si, Wafer bonding
The Bluetooth SIG has officially unveiled the next big update to the Bluetooth connection standard, Bluetooth 5. We knew that this Bluetooth 5 announcement was coming last week, when Bluetooth SIG CEO Mark Powell tipped us all off. The ...
At Google's big developer conference, I/O 2016, the company announced Android apps would be coming to its desktop operating system Chrome OS. There has been talk of Android/Chrome OS integration for some time and now the first stage in ...
Tags: Google, Chromebook
Bluetooth 5 has been confirmed and will be released in late-2016/early-2017, but when will it come to your smartphone? Let us reveal all. We spoke to an industry expert to find out when Bluetooth 5 will start featuring on mainstream ...
Tags: Bluetooth 5, iPhone
Over 40,000 industry professionals and visitors from 177 different countries of the world were present at COMPUTEX 2016 during its five-day run(photo courtesy of TAITRA).Retaining its global reputation as a great marketplace of tech ...
Tags: COMPUTEX 2016, ICT trade
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has received the first order from a Chinese customer for its GENxplor R&D molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system. Nanjing University is scheduled to ...
Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of the Ephesus All Field light-emitting diode (LED) Series. The LED solution provides high schools, colleges, municipalities and other venues with a high-quality, ...
Tags: Eaton, LED, Lighting business
Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has introduced a new dual-color red and IR emitting diode designed to save space in wearable devices and medical patient monitoring systems. Offered in a compact 2mm x 2mm x 0.87mm package, ...
Tags: Vishay, Wearable devices, Medical patient monitoring systems.
UK-based Ashford Colour Press has purchased high speed compact single-engine duplex ink jet press, Domino K630i. With a 600dpi native resolution, the K630i press operates at speeds of up to 150m per minute. The duplex ink jet press is ...
Tags: Domino K630i, digital printing, Ashford
Electric Car Insider magazine has developed an interactive mobile EV Buyers Guide app for iOS tablets and mobile devices. The app helps people interested in electric cars learn about electric vehicle technology and find a car that fits ...
Tags: Electric Car, EV Buyers, air quality
Following on from last week’s rumours of a ‘Deep Blue’ iPhone 7, here’s a good look at Apple’s new hue. A Dutch designer has produced high-quality renders depicting what Apple’s next iPhone might look ...
Tags: Iphone 7, 'Deep Blue'colour, Martin Hajek
Usually when we use the word 'blistering' to describe a tech product it can only have positive connotations. Well not today. Basis, the makers of the Peak activity tracker, has pulled the device from sale after a number of users ...
Tags: Smartwatch, Basis, Peak watches
Late in 2015, BlackBerry took a massive gamble when it launched its first ever Android smartphone – the privacy-focused BlackBerry Priv. There was room for cautious optimism at the time, as the phone was actually– wait for it ...
Tags: BlackBerry, Android smartphone, Priv
Sophia University in Japan has developed a technique for growing laser diodes on an indium phosphide (InP) layer bonded to silicon (Si) [Keiichi Matsumoto et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol9, p062701, 2016]. The researchers claim that this is ...
Tags: Laser Diodes, Si Substrates