Panasonic holds a 39 percent market share in the emerging battery market for electric vehicles (EV), according to Lux Research. However, the market researcher believes LG Chem has the potential to overtake Panasonic in a market forecast to reach $30 billion in 2020. The Lux report, Watch the Throne: How LG Chem and Others Can…
DetailsAnalog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2015, which ended August 1, 2015. “We had a very strong third quarter, with revenue growing to a record $863 million and earnings at the very high end of…
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Capturing market share away from one’s known competitors is a time-honored growth strategy for most businesses, particularly when the market is flat. But if a company is too focused on defending its turf, executives say, it runs the risk of not seeing new competitors coming. Verical.com’s Chief Digital Officer and President Matt Anderson recently told Forbes magazine “… if…
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Visual search will become the next phase of search engines for electronic component manufacturers and distributors on websites and in mobile apps. Source: EyesFinder Few visual search engines today, if any, can identify the details in electronic components, though several engine options, such as EyesFinder, Blippar, Snap36, and VizSeek, have emerged. Some will no doubt…
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Wireless charging has captured the imagination of mobile phone users, designers, and service providers. Now, with the introduction of the 15-watt extension to the Qi specification, a new world of products and capabilities has opened up. While previously the benefits of wireless charging had been limited to charging mobile phones at five watts (on par…
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NEW YORK – GlobalFoundries' Fab 8, one of the largest semiconductor fabs in the United States, sits on 233 acres of the Luther Forest tech campus in Malta, N.Y. A tour of the plant and an affiliated research center in nearby Albany provided a look inside an operation that now carries the DNA of chip…
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LaFox, IL – Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) announced a new global distribution agreement with Cornell Dubilier Electronics (CDE), a manufacturer of quality, high-performance capacitors used in demanding industrial applications. The agreement aligns with CDE's efforts to advance capacitor technology for new applications, with Richardson Electronics' global sales team supporting these new opportunities. Founded in…
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With emerging virtual reality games, smartwatches, smart TVs and other consumer electronics and information technology (IT) applications entering the market, shipments of gesture sensing control user interfaces are poised to grow 10% year over year, to reach 1.8 billion units in 2015.
DetailsThe average semiconductor cost in smart meters used for two-way communications between meters and utilities was about $11 in 2014; however, average selling prices (ASPs) are expected to increase as the industry needs to move to 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), memory chips, and single system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, according to IHS Inc. The smart meter market is…
DetailsOttawa, Ontario – GaN Systems Inc., a leading developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has appointed Peter Di Maso as Director, Product Line Management. The newly-created position is part of the company’s strategic growth and headcount increase at all levels as the company ramps up production of its market-leading Island Technology® gallium nitride devices…
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