Mesuro Ltd of Pencoed Technology Park, UK, a spin-off from Cardiff University’s Centre for High Frequency Engineering, has launched a new device characterization test solution, which utilizes an ‘envelope load pull ...
Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has set up a Japanese research center devoted to display and touch technologies that could end up hiring staff away from Sharp. The new center, called Foxconn Japan RD Co., represents a major ...
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Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top ...
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Semiconductor giant Intel is the mystery buyer that has emerged for ST-Ericsson's global navigation satellite system (GNSS) business. Intel had been fingered as a possible buyer of the unit, put up for sale when joint owners Ericsson and ...
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Dermatology products developer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire contact lenses developer Bausch + Lomb Holdings for a cash consideration of $8.7bn, as part of its strategy to enhance ...
A contentious controversy surrounds the high intensity of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) LEDs, with experts split on whether or not indium-rich clusters within the material provide their remarkable efficiency. Now, researchers from the ...
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A US commodity trading house has filed a class-action lawsuit in New York against BP, Shell and Statoil, the three European oil companies being investigated by the European Commission for suspected manipulation of oil prices. The oil ...
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Powermat Technologies has announced an agreement to merge with its European counterpart, PowerKiss, in a deal that will make what once was two disparate wireless power specifications come together under one. The two companies will come ...
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A Mini Paceman designed by Italian fashion icon Roberto Cavalli has been auctioned at the 21st Life Ball charity event in Vienna. Marking the 13th consecutive year Mini has donated a model to the Life Ball organisation, the Mini Paceman ...
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Kim Kisslinger, seen here with a focused-ion beam instrument, reduced the InGaN samples to a thickness of just 20 nanometers to prepare them for electron microscopy. From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs ...
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UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), part of Oxford Instruments plc, has completed its series of Asian seminars in Beijing, China and Hsinchu, Taiwan, attracting a record total ...
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NASA's rover Curiosity has drilled into a rock on Mars for just the second time during its mission. Curiosity on Sunday used its robotic arm to drill into a rock dubbed "Cumberland" to collect a powdered sample from inside the rock that ...
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The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2014 ...
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Lassonde Industries has entered into an agreement to increase its stake in Clement Pappas and Company (CPC), a leading private brand supplier of cranberry sauces and beverages, from 70.7% to 84%. The deal is valued at $21.2m. Lassonde has ...
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Revenues of € 100.0 million were achieved by Pfeiffer Vacuum in the first quarter of 2013. “Considering that we started the year 2013 with an order intake of € 97 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, we can be reasonably ...