Analysis
Profits at Stake in IC Foundries’ Push for Leading-Edge Technology
Before GlobalFoundries entered the IC foundry market, TSMC was by far the technology leader among the major pure-play IC foundries. In 2012, about 37% of TSMC’s revenue is expected to come from ≤45nm processing. As expected, with GlobalFoundries’ fabs producing AMD’s MPUs over the past few years, its processing technology is skewed toward leading-edge feature sizes.
LED Industrial Investment: Fire & Ice
As the saying goes, “In the Yangtze River, the waves behind drive on those before with the old waves vanishing on the shore.” This aptly describes the status of the domestic LED industrial investment. Since last year, many problems have cropped up in the LED industry such as “bankruptcy waves,” “the running-away bosses,” production halts, significant financial deficits and more; however, fresh forces keep comin...
Z-LASER OPTOELEKTRONIK GMBH announces its new CEO Stefan
The German manufacturer of laser modules and laser projection systems, which is successful for more than 25 years, is being managed by a new CEO since September 2012.
Altium to Showcase Altium Designer and AltiumLive at electronica 2012
Altium will showcase the award-winning Altium Designer software at electronica 2012 in Munich. From 13 – 16 November the company will present the latest product innovations and services to the industry.
TriQuint semiconductor Inc wins gallium nitride contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
TriQuint has won a new gallium nitride contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to enable a threefold increase in circuit power handing. The Near Junction Thermal Transport effort will focus on reducing heat that can limit GaN circuit capabilities in defense and commercial systems.
ROHM to highlight Power Management, Optoelectronics and Wireless LE at electronica 2012
ROHM Semiconductor will be exhibiting it’s latest technologies and products at electronica 2012 (Munich, Nov. 13-16) in Hall A5 on Booth 542. Themed “Technology for you – Sense it! Light it! Power it! The main focus will be on power management, optoelectronics and wireless low energy technology.
South Africa gets first utility-scale solar inverters facility
AEG Power Solutions today celebrated the official inauguration of its 200MW per annum manufacturing facility. Based in Milnerton, this 3400 sqm factory was built specifically for the manufacture of the company’s world-renowned utility-scale Solar Inverters and Skytron Combiner Boxes, and is the first facility of its kind in Southern Africa.
UL Awards the First Uninterruptible Power Supply Product ENERGY STAR Certificate
UL recently announced that it awarded the first uninterruptible power supply ENERGY STAR certificate to APC by Schneider Electric. UL is the first third-party certification authority to award UPS products the ENERGY STAR certificate, which further establishes its status as a leader in the field of global energy efficiency and APC is the first manufacturer to obtain the UPS ENERGY STAR certificate by UL.
Micron Technology Sponsors Linley Tech Processor Conference
Micron's Chris Johnson, Global DRAM Application Engineering Manager, presents High Performance Memories for Packet Processing: Solutions and Outlook. On October 10 at 1:20 p.m. Micron is presenting a session on the future of memory technology for networking applications. The performance gap is widening between what commodity DRAM offers and the requirements of packet processing. Technologies discussed are targeted at next-generation high performa...
Lanner Electronics Joins Network Intelligence Alliance
Lanner Electronics today announced that it has become a member of the Network Intelligence Alliance, a new industry organization created for collaboration among the Network Economy’s technology providers.