The Consumer Electronics Show just completed its Las Vegas run and SSL technology was showcased in products ranging from the latest TVs to retrofit lamps, and adaptive controls were prevalent as well. The annual Consumer Electronics Show ...
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NXP Semiconductors is planning to cut 700 to 900 jobs as part of a reorganization to reduce costs of support services, the company said on Monday. "The job cuts are part of a larger reorganization," said Guido Dierick, country manager of ...
IDG News Service - Intel said it is working to make the Thunderbolt data transfer technology faster as it wages a speed race with the USB 3.0 protocol, but the company declined to say when improvements will be finished. Thunderbolt, ...
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One of China's largest coal mines has introduced LEDs to reduce time spent fixing lamps and avoid potental hazards on site. The Xishan Duerping coal mine in Shanxi Province, owned by Shanxi Coking Coal, asked Shenzhen General Technology ...
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Despite the lingering market pessimism which may last through 2013 and bring even greater challenges to LED lighting companies, the anticipation of a growing market share for LED lighting gives reason for optimism. Bridgelux The market ...
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Semi-conductors supplier ST-Ericsson last night unveiled a mobile device chipset that it says will add five hours to the battery life of smartphones once adopted by industry. The Swiss based company, which supplies chipsets and ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, says that its CMOS RF (radiofFrequency) front-end ...
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IDG News Service - A prototype flexible tablet with edges that can be bent to switch between pages is expected to be shown at the International CES this week. The PaperTab has a flexible 10.7-inch grayscale screen and is being pitched as ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg,Germany says that 19,500 of its Oslon SSL series LEDs have been installed in 975 lamps in the 63.1km2 Xishan Duerping coal mine in Shanxi Province(China's'home of coal').Replacing traditional ...
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IDG News Service - Cisco Systems and NXP Semiconductors have both invested in connected car equipment vendor Cohda Wireless, as they look to make the Internet of things a reality and take a piece of a quickly growing market. The size of ...
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Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc of Westerville OH,USA,which makes scientific sensors,instruments and systems for precise measurement and control,is instituting a new service enabling customers to download Ethernet and instrument firmware and ...
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Getting all electronic devices,from cars to LED lights,connected to the web is important if we are to create the Internet of Things,says Rick Clemmer,CEO,NXP Semiconductors. As the rise of online and mobile communications has enabled ...
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Toshiba is developing a tiny digital camera module similar to the Lytro camera, which shoots tens of thousands of individual photos and then allows the user to pick the point of focus. The new camera will have from 30,000 to 50,000 tiny ...
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Toshiba is preparing a 20-megapixel image sensor for digital cameras that it says will be the highest resolution of its kind. The Tokyo-based firm said the new chips will be able to support capturing 30 frames per second at full ...
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Based in Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge was a leader in atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions with hundreds of system installations in research and manufacturing settings worldwide. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...
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