The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a consortium of top semiconductor companies are handing out US$194 million to universities for research that addresses the physical limitations of semiconductors and chips. The ...
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Mid-power LEDs on the new SnapBrite SR114 module combined with Lynk Labs AC-drive technology deliver 100 lm/W efficacy and dim-to-warm operation for SSL lamps or luminaires. Lynk Labs has announced a new chip-on-board (COB) module in its ...
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myCharge is thrilled to unveil five new lifestyle collections comprised of more than a dozen new products to meet the diverse needs and demands of today's on-the-go,constantly connected digital lifestyle.The newest myCharge products are ...
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US chipmaker Marvell Technology faces having to pay one of the biggest ever patent damage awards. A jury in Pittsburgh found the firm guilty of infringing two hard disk innovations owned by local university Carnegie Mellon. It said Marvell ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has cut orders to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, expecting a "choppy demand environment" in the next few quarters. The company said Thursday it has amended its wafer-supply agreement to cut its purchase ...
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Luxembourg-registered Element Six (which is part of the De Beers Family of Companies and is co-owned by Belgian materials group Umicore) has opened its first US manufacturing facility in Silicon Valley (in Santa Clara, CA), as part of its ...
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The Thunderbolt interconnect technology could take a while to reach smartphones and tablets because of power consumption issues that need to be resolved, Intel executives said on Wednesday. Intel would like to bring Thunderbolt to ...
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HexaTech Inc of Morrisville, NC, USA has received a $2.2m award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to enable the development of “new power semiconductor technology for the ...
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Images courtesy of bikehugger.com Charging your device with pedal power is nothing new, but where are we now as far as advancements? The development was starting early in 2006 where a dynamo could be attached to a bicycle to power ...
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Upcoming smartphones and tablets will charge much more quickly with new micro-USB 3.0 ports, the USB standards-setting organization said on Tuesday. A majority of smartphones and tablets today are charged via micro-USB ports, with a cable ...
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Electrical test instrument and system provider Keithley Instruments Inc of Cleveland, OH, USA has introduced seven instrumentation, software, and test fixture configurations for parametric curve tracing applications for characterizing high ...
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diode(LED)on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co.Ltd.,a production base ...
HexaTech Inc of Morrisville,NC,USA has reported the results of an ongoing collaboration with development partner Tokuyama Corp of Tokyo,Japan that has demonstrated UV-C LEDs with exceptional output power and improvements in internal quantum ...
Semiconductor of Phoenix,AZ,USA,which supplies silicon-based power and signal management,logic,discrete and custom devices for energy-efficient electronics,has joined the multi-partner,industrial R&D program at nanoelectronics research ...
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Although 2012 turned out to be an off year for RF power amplifiers and devices for wireless infrastructure,the market still held its own,says market analyst firm ABI Research in its report'RF Power Amplifiers'.This year should be viewed as ...
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