For many LED makers, 2014 has been a challenging year, with performance in the first and second halves of the year very polarized for many, notes Roger Chu, research director of LEDinside (a research division of TrendForce). Lighting market ...
Tags: LED Makers, Entry Level, Electrical
Cadillac late next year will add high-resolution streaming video to the function of a traditional rearview mirror, removing obstructions of passengers, headrests and the vehicle’s roof and rear pillars. The streaming video mirror ...
Tags: Driver Vision, Safety, Auto
A frozen computer is frustrating, but a frozen touchscreen in an automobile is a much bigger deal. That’s why engineers push the touchscreen buttons on the Buick IntelliLink infotainment system more than 2 million times every week, ...
Tags: gas station, frozen touchscreen, Auto
The Samsung Galaxy J1 has just been outed, with a full spec sheet for the device in tow. The team over at Sammobile have had a sneak peek at the handset’s details, unveiling it as the first entry into Samsung’s new J-series. ...
Tags: Samsung, Consumer Electronics
LED Epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar expects its consolidated revenues for December to increase significantly on month mainly due to orders from China-based LCD TV vendors with urgent shipments to meet peak demand before the 2015 ...
Tags: LED Epitaxial wafer, chip maker, LCD TV backlighting, Lights
The global production value for LED-acklit tablets in 2014 is estimated at US$476 million, slipping on year by 21.7%, and that for LED-backlit LCD TVs is at US$2.39 billion, decreasing by 14.3%, according to LEDinside. In terms of other ...
MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) has received a grant to provide its Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in projects to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. MEMSCap Medication Event Monitoring System ...
Tags: Monitoring System, Packaging
LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan says that EDN (Electronic Design News) has named its newest line of white chip-scale packages, the ReadyMount Enhanced CSP (EC) series, as one of the ‘Hot 100 Products of ...
Tags: LED chip, phosphor technology, Electrical
Radiant Opto-Electronics shipped 11.355 million LED backlight units (BLUs) in November, dropping on month by 6.9%, according to the company. Radiant Opto-Electronics expects December shipments of BLUs used in tablets to slip on month but ...
Tags: LED Blus, Opto-Electronics Ships, Lights
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics expects consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 to decrease on quarter by 10-15% and sales for the first quarter of 2015 to increase by about 10%, according to the company. ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, LCD TVs, Lights
Demand for handset chips is slowing down in China affecting sales at MediaTek and Ilitek, according to industry sources. MediaTek and Ilitek both saw their November sales hit the lowest levels in five months, reflecting a slowdown in ...
Tags: Handset Chips, LCD driver
Toyota's North American wing, Scion has started rolling out its 2015 Scion xB to dealerships with starting price of $17,120. The box shaped vehicle comes with design and functional upgrade when compared to its predecessor. It is powered ...
Tags: Scion xB, four-cylinder engine
The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Korea is expected to result in a structural change in trade patterns between the two counties. The FTA and its consequences thus offer a rare moment for Taiwan to review its ...
Tags: free trade agreement, tariff rates
Optical inspection is a method of inspection on defects in targets under test by comparing images of targets under test obtained through optical imaging (after processed and analyzed with specific processing algorithm) with images of ...
Tags: Optical inspection, PCB, TFT-LCD
YoungTek Electronics, which provides backend services for LED and IC testing and sorting, is expected to post an up to 10% sequential decrease in fourth-quarter revenues due to a seasonal slowdown in demand, according to market watchers. ...
Tags: LED testing, IC sorting, Lights