At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has announced the expansion of its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon technology ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has announced new top-side ...
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TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which provides illumination solutions based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays for automotive laser radar (LiDAR) and sensing platforms, has closed an $8.5m Series A round of ...
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will rise 13.1% in 2015, thanks mainly to continued-strong demand coming from the smartphone sector, according to Digitimes Research. The output from MediaTek, Taiwan's largest IC design ...
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'Made in China' gains credibility, as makers of home appliances expand Chinese home appliances and electronics are increasingly gaining popularity among European consumers because of their price advantages and innovation. Leading the ...
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Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics expects the revenue proportion for LED lighting products in 2015 to rise to 30-40%, approximately double the level in 2014, according to the company. Lextar said it has received orders for ...
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Taiwan-based SMD LED packaging service provider Advanced Optoelectronics Technology (AOT) will actively promote sales of SMD LED packaging for lighting applications and expects the revenue proportion for LED lighting in 2015 to double the ...
Sony is said to be willing to sell its under-performing mobile and TV businesses in a bid to return to profitability. The Japanese giant is in a curious position. It's performing very well indeed in a couple of key areas - specifically ...
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Samsung has finally announced its first ever Tizen-powered smartphone, though the Samsung Z1 is targeted specifically at the Indian market. We've been reporting on Samsung's plans to launch a smartphone running on its own OS for several ...
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Forget OLED and flexible panels, LG has confirmed its monstrous 105-inch curved 21:9 5K TV will hit UK retailers in the coming months. Having been showcased last year, the behemoth of the home entertainment space is now on its way to shop ...
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LG has announced its Smart TVs running the webOS software will carry the brand new Sling TV internet streaming platform. Announced at CES 2015, Sling TV comes from the makers of the Slingbox and delivers television content packages via ...
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Samsung reckons its profits have slipped by a staggering 37.4 per cent year-on-year in the run up to Christmas 2014. The South Korean tech giant outed its pre-earnings guidance, revealing a predicted operating profit of 5.2 trillion ...
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With LG having unveiled the world’s first flexible OLED TV earlier this week, the manufacturer has now confirmed the innovative offering will hit retailers later this year. Dubbed the LG EG9900, the flexible TV made its first ...
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There will be an estimated 186.017 billion high-brightness LED chips shipped globally in 2015, increasing on year by 32.6%, and the corresponding production value will grow much less by 7.5% to US$13.699 billion due to continued drops in ...
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LG is finally planning to launch its WebOS smartwatch early next year, according to a new report. The WSJ reckons LG is gearing up to drop a smartwatch running its custom-built OS in 2016. The site put its info down to ‘a person ...
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