Throughout 2013, we've enjoyed the incredible support of our loyal readers from the retail consumer electronic industry and the team here at Appliance and Digital Retailer thank you, one and all, for your readership. On our final day of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, TV
Once prominent Japanese tech firms Sony – SNE and Panasonic – OTCPK:PCRFY have been bleeding money over the last several years, but now may be back on track to a return to profitability. Both companies have struggled due to ...
Tags: Profitability, Sony, Panasonic, Japanese Giants
At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2013) in Washington D.C., USA (9-11 December), nanoelectronics research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium reported the first functional strained germanium (Ge) quantum-well channel ...
Tags: FinFETs III-V CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
Continuing with its focus on providing the best of innovation and technology, India’s leading electrical solutions manufacturer – Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd (A Panasonic Group Company), today opened its first state-of-the-art ...
Nichia and Everlight continue to scrap over intellectual property with the former taking new action, while Cree and Osram make executive appointments and The Connected Lighting Alliance will study commercial indoor SSL. Nichia has ...
The Connected Lighting Alliance Extends Scope to Indoor Professional Lighting Following its endorsement of ZigBee Light Link as the preferred common open standard for residential connected lighting applications, The Connected Lighting ...
Tags: Indoor Professional Lighting, Connected Lighting Alliance
Shimano's latest entry into the e-bike powertrain market takes aim at Bosch with a center-drive motor that will be introduced in Europe in 2014. Called STEPS—the name given to the first group it launched in 2010—an acronym for ...
Tags: Transportation
cJapanese manufacturers are way ahead of competition in LED lighting patent applications. Nine Japanese companies have become major patentee in the LED industry, with Samsung as the sole Korean patent holder. Japanese companies have ...
Tags: LED Industry, Patent Battles
Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) compiled a list of the top 10 global LED lighting manufactures, according to Economic Daily News, with international heavy weights Philips, Osram, and Panasonic among the top ...
Tags: PIDA, LED light manufacturers
The 10 largest vendors will together account for 69% of global LED lighting product sales in 2013, according to Taiwan's Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA). The 10 largest vendors and respective global shares ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting
The tablet market had its breakthrough moment when Apple's iPad arrived sporting a nearly 10-inch screen. Later, much of the significant action among tablets centered on those in the 7-inch realm. In general, the 7-inch size marks the ...
Tags: Android Tablets, Computer Products
Panasonic, a provider of hospitality technology solutions, announced that three models from its new line of hospitality HDTVs - 32” TH-32LRU60, 39” TH-39LRU60 and 42” TH-42LRU60 - were distinguished as the Most Efficient ...
By using a unique silicon fin replacement process, Imec of Leuven, Belgium has demonstrated what it claims are the first III-V compound semiconductor FinFET devices integrated epitaxially on 300mm silicon wafers. The nanoelectronics ...
Tags: FinFETs III-V CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
Panasonic Corp. announced as an effort to restructure its business it will no longer be manufacturing plasma display panels (PDP) by Dec. 2013. Business operations in three Amagasaki factories will be eventually terminated. Amagasaki P3 ...
Tags: Plasma Display Panels, Panasonic
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors has entered into an agreement with Panasonic in which Panasonic will expand its supply of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla. As a part of this agreement, Panasonic will supply nearly 2 ...
Tags: Battery Cells, Electric Cars