| 2010-04-14 |
Optoelectronics, sensors, discretes to skyrocket |
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After a dismal 2009, 2010 promises to be a bumper year for optoelectronics, sensors/actuators and discrete semiconductor sales. |
| 2010-03-25 |
Avago wins patent war against Emcore |
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Avago wins patent war against Emcore with the ITC finding Emcore Corp. guilty of having infringing Avago's intellectual property. |
| 2010-03-19 |
Lighting initiative aims for on-body healthcare apps |
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Lighting and flexible electronics companies and institutes PLACE-it initiative aims to create unique opportunities for on-body healthcare applications with a platform for thin, lightweight and flexible optoelectronics systems. |
| 2010-03-11 |
Hunt for e-book display alternatives heats up |
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Analysts who track the display market investigate if consumers will sacrifice "green" e-paper on the altar of fast colour, relegating the nascent technology category to a niche. |
| 2010-03-09 |
Earthquake disrupts Taiwan LCD plants, foundries |
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The earthquake that hit the island has disrupted the production of large-sized LCD panels in the Tainan Science Park, Taiwan. |
| 2010-02-09 |
Convergence, green tech take centre stage in 2010 |
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Meenu Sarin takes a look at an industry fresh out of a recession. What will 2010 hold for electronics design engineers and managers, particularly those in the ASEAN and India? Read on to find out. |
| 2010-01-06 |
LED tips over 120lm/W in white light package |
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Nationstar Optoelectronics and Sengled tested the LEDs at 350mA in a 1W package and obtained over 120lm/W. |
| 2009-12-18 |
Rambus buys GLT's patents, technology |
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This acquisition broadens Rambus' solutions for computing and consumer electronics. |
| 2009-11-23 |
CMO, Innolux to merge as Chimei Innolux |
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The combination of CMO and Innolux Display would create significant synergies in integrated supply chain management, streamlined operation, great economy of scale, and complementary customer base. |
| 2009-10-19 |
ITRI, Applied Materials unite for 3D IC |
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Applied and ITRI are collaborating to work together as members of the Stacked-System and Application Consortium |
| 2009-10-14 |
Photo detectors feature 1nA dark current |
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Vishay has beefed up its optoelectronics portfolio with new AEC-Q101-qualified miniature photodiodes and phototransistors. |
| 2009-10-08 |
China conducts intelligent transport system test |
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Network connecting vehicles and the roads they drive on resolves traffic jams and road accidents. |
| 2009-09-21 |
Ethernet faces demand, cost pressures |
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In one of the central ironies of the Internet era, Websites and service providers are driving bandwidth requirements through the roof while pushing the system costs through the floor. |
| 2009-09-18 |
Q2 LED backlight panels post 116% q-on-q growth |
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Shipping 2.30 crore units in Q2 09, LED backlight panels will take 22 per cent of the 2009 large-area TFT LCD market. |
| 2009-08-31 |
Taiwan ups optoelectronics, PV drive |
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To encourage domestic firms' entry into the optoelectronic materials industry market, the Taiwan MOEA has drafted related guidance measures for flat-panel display and photovoltaic materials. |
| 2009-08-27 |
New process makes inorganic LEDs more flexible |
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Researchers claim to have developed a new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic LEDs that can be assembled into large arrays. |
| 2009-08-13 |
Large-area LCD shipments hit 13 crore in Q2 |
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Shipments of 10-inch and larger (large area) TFT LCDs reached 13 crore units in Q2, or a growth of 42 per cent over Q1 09 and 10 per cent over Q2 08, according to DisplaySearch's quarterly report. |
| 2009-06-23 |
The safest investment |
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While the medical doctor's job is perhaps the safest today, acquiring new skills can help design engineers get a slice with products for this market. |
| 2009-06-11 |
Microsemi acquires DC/DC converter vendor |
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Microsemi has bought Nexsem, a designer of high-voltage, DC-to-DC conversion devices. |
| 2009-06-11 |
Market for LEDs in notebooks lights up |
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Use of LEDs in laptop computers is expected to see continuing robust growth, says IMS Research. |
| 2009-06-09 |
IMS sees decline in optocoupler revenue |
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Many industrial and consumer markets are seeing a significant decline because of a weaker global economy. |
| 2009-05-29 |
China's Optics Valley all set for broader terrain |
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Wuhan is known as China's "Optics Valley," but the city's ambitions don't end with optoelectronics. |
| 2009-03-31 |
Thermoelectric cooler breaks temperature barrier |
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Nextreme claims that it's OptoCooler HV14 has achieved a 60¡ãC temperature difference between its cold and hot sides. |
| 2009-03-27 |
Optos, sensors, discretes sales to outpace ICs |
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Sales of optos, CMOS image sensors, power transistors, and overall discrete devices set record high revenue levels last year. |
| 2009-03-12 |
New discovery enhances LENs' efficiency |
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The forty-fold increase in efficiency reported by researchers at the University of Connecticut could potentially make light-emitting nanotubes commercially viable. |
| 2009-01-22 |
Thermoelectric cooler operates at low current |
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Nextreme unveiled a high voltage and high heat pumping thermoelectric cooler that operates at low currents. |
| 2009-01-21 |
IR receiver features low supply current |
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The fixed gain device from Vishay provides consistent performance in all ambient light conditions. |
| 2008-11-06 |
Alternative energy sector to reach $115B |
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Databeans estimates the alternative energy market will grow to over Rs.575,418.49 crore ($115 billion) in five years. |
| 2008-11-06 |
Good and bad news for LCDs |
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LCD manufacturers are projected to push out some Rs.3,002.18 crore ($600 million) worth of LCD equipment purchases by the end of 2008. |
| 2008-10-17 |
IMEC embeds optical links in flexible substrate |
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European researchers claim they have achieved the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. |
| 2008-08-18 |
WPG Americas to distribute Avago products |
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WPG Americas announced that it has entered into a new distribution agreement with Avago Technologies. |
| 2008-08-04 |
Optoelectronics make waves in new markets |
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Optoelectronics are now being designed into more applications, resulting in a global market of Rs.72,795.11 crore ($17 billion) according to Databeans, Inc. |
| 2008-07-18 |
Microsemi acquires Semicoa |
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Microsemi Corp. has acquired all assets of Semicoa for approximately Rs.100.05 crore ($25 million). |
| 2008-07-10 |
Toshiba rolls high power white LED |
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From Toshiba comes TL12W02-D, a new high power, high brightness white LED. |
| 2008-06-27 |
850nm IR emitters with viewing angles of ¡À10¡ã and ¡À18¡ã |
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Vishay expands its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new generation of IR emitters in 5mm leaded packages. |
| 2008-06-25 |
CMO illuminates the green lighting industry |
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CMO has acquired a 3.4 per cent equity stake in China Electric Manufacturing for nearly Rs.32 crore ($8.2 million). |
| 2008-06-13 |
Group to deliver '100GET' |
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Technologists recently started developing standards-based carrier-class metropolitan Ethernet transport networks that will deliver data at 100Mbps. |
| 2008-06-03 |
Optoelectronics to grow in 2008, analyst says |
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Worldwide optoelectronics annual market is set to grow to Rs.69,636.66 crore in 2008 according to DataBeans Inc. |
| 2008-05-22 |
Microsemi, Chi Mei partner for LED TV |
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Microsemi Corp. and Chi Mei Optoelectronics have teamed up for the development of an advanced LED TV. |
| 2008-02-06 |
Taiwan's CE market shows great promise |
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In 2007, Taiwan's display, communication and CE industries have delivered many surprises. With global TV digitalisation approaching, the future looks bright for the entire display industry. |
| 2008-01-24 |
Opto hardware acceleration solution debuts |
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Acceleware and Synopsys have developed a hardware solution that allows engineers to leverage the accuracy of the FDTD method in designing and optimising optoelectronic devices while shortening the product devt cycle. |
| 2008-01-09 |
Sony-Samsung compete to boost OLED market |
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Both AMOLED makers, Sony and Samsung are aspiring to push OLED displays but Samsung is addressing the mobile cellphone market, while Sony is targeting future AMOLED TVs. |
| 2008-01-02 |
ITRI launches ¦Ì-retarder |
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute has launched the patented micro-retardation film technology, which it describes as the solution for achieving real 3D display at the lowest cost. |
| 2007-11-21 |
LED revenue forecast for lighting and other apps |
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The market for LED products in illumination apps constitutes less than 10% of the total LED market, which reached Rs.11,073.96 crore ($2.8 billion) in 2006, according to market research firm, Databeans estimates. |
| 2007-10-24 |
Researchers quest for next 'big thing' in semi industry |
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The IC-tech industry needs to develop cooperation among industry, universities and govt. labs in order to find a new computational element as the end of CMOS scaling approaches, says researchers. |