For those of you not familiar with EDS, it is every bit a mission to seek out new lines of business and to fit more meetings into a three-day event than the human biological clock can reasonably handle. This year, there were some marked differences at EDS: There was no keynote event that brought all…
Depending on your point of view, the move by {complink 379|Apple Inc.} to assure its supply of touchpad glass earlier this year was either supply-line genius or anti-competitive bad faith. But until a few weeks ago, no one had thought to consider the move's effects on supply chains outside the tablet/netbook market. This month, indications…
OK, I'll admit it — I actually knew this was an electronics market niche, even before I saw the movie Jaws . But with the advent of GPS, fish finders have not only become more high-tech, they've become a premium product market with price tags up to $3,000. The least expensive are about $80. Fish…
Global unit shipments of AMOLEDs will soar to 271.2 million units in 2015
It's Friday, it's been a long week, and later today I'll have an interview that will provide lots of useful information I will share with you next week. But for the moment, I'd like to introduce something I'll call “a market niche we never knew we had.” Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes. They come with a…
More than one-fifth of all televisions purchased by U.S. consumers in the first quarter sported displays that were 50 inches or larger
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced its partnership with Embedded Developer's new SSL resource Lighting Developer, LLC—the recently launched website dedicated to lighting solutions and design. Lighting Developer is designed to help…
Lukewarm response to 3DTV has prompted manufacturers to recalibrate their marketing and promotion strategies, according to a recent report. But will it be enough? “Brands are marketing 3D not as a must-have technology but as a desirable feature, similar to the approach they have taken with Internet connectivity,” said Riddhi Patel, IHS iSuppli's director for…
PITTSBURGH, Pa. and KYOTO, Japan — Plextronics, Inc. announced today that the Company has signed an OLED lighting distribution agreement with Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Sanyo will distribute select Plexcore® OC inks developed specifically for use in OLED lighting applications in the Japanese market. Jim Dietz, Plextronics Vice President…
While LED lighting is still far from the mainstream, early solid-state lighting products are starting to appear on the market in a variety of form factors and designs. At this stage, it's too early to envisage how LEDs will develop, and what features and applications will prove attractive to consumers, over the coming years. Let's…