Austria Micro System(AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, yesterday launched an LED flash driver AS3630 that provides a photo flash light output at least four times brighter than flash systems commonly found ...
It is reported that demand for sapphire ingot becomes larger, even its demand exceeds supply, therefore its price soared in June, the average price rose from $ 3 per millimeter (mm) to $ 3.8 per mm, an growth of 20% just in a few weeks. ...
Tags: LED, LED backlight, Lighting
The Strategy Analytics forecast, "Handset Data Traffic (2001-2017)," predicts strong growth in data traffic to mobile phones for the coming 5 years. This presents network challenges for carriers to ensure end user satisfaction with ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
According to the latest '2013 Global Sapphire Substrate Market Report' published by the LEDinside research department of market research institute TrendForce, sapphire substrate manufacturers are optimistic about the emerging demand for ...
Tags: substrates LEDs, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Gartner has lowered its expectations for growth this year in global IT spending, saying it will rise 2% to $3.7 trillion. Earlier this year, the analyst firm predicted 2013 growth of 4.1%. The reduction "mainly reflects the impact of ...
According to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc, the market for LED driver ICs in LED lighting increase from $214 million in 2012 to $323 million this year. This will allow the LED market for lighting to exceed that of cell ...
Tags: LED Driver ICs, Lighting
Dialog, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced that it has acquired iWatt, a leading provider of digital power management integrated circuits (ICs), for a cash payment of ...
Tags: LED Market, iWatt
Smartphone junkies, take notice: Your next car may be equipped with wireless cell phone charging to keep your device fully powered up on the road, with no cords to clutter up the car. Depending on the make and model, the technology may ...
Tags: Wireless Phone, Wireless Charging
A four-year-old vulnerability could infect 99 per cent of Android devices with Trojan malware without users even realising, a team of security researchers has claimed. A blog post by Bluebox CTO Jeff Forristal said the vulnerability has ...
Tags: Android, virus, data safety
IDG News Service - In yet another mobile acquisition, Yahoo has acquired Qwiki, a New York City company that makes an app for turning photos and videos into short, edited movies. The Qwiki app takes pictures and videos that people already ...
Tags: Moviemaking APP, Qwiki, mobile acquisition
You may think you know everything about using your smart phone, but there may be a few nuggets of wisdom that you haven't come across yet. Rescue a drowned phone. An accidental dunk in the sink or a puddle often means the end for any cell ...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a penalty of £2,834,700 against mobile phone insurance broker, Policy Administration Services Limited (PAS), for poor complaints handling of mobile phone insurance policies sold by ...
Nokia is expected to launch a follow-up to its 41-megapixel 808 PureView running Windows Phone a week from now, a move that will give the struggling phone vendor a much needed boost, according to one analyst. The smartphone, now rumored ...
Tags: 41-Megapixel Lumia, Nokia
More than 100 billion gallium nitride light-emitting diodes will ship in 2013, according to the report 'Q2 GaN LED Supply and Demand' from IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc). With mobile phones typically containing five or 10 LEDs and ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
In general, a power supply converter is used to change the voltage levels to step-up, step-down, or invert. The best illustration under this subject is the DC-DC converter that has multifarious wide-ranging uses in the electronics industry. ...
Tags: Electronics, Processing Machinery, Converter