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Teardown: Cost of US-Made Moto X Compares Favorably to Asian-Made Smartphones
Conventional wisdom says it’s cheaper to produce things in Asia than in North America, but with just one product—the Moto X—Motorola challenged this conventional wisdom by building a smartphone assembled in the United States at a cost similar to Asia.
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Flexible Displays Poised for Explosive Growth
After more than a decade of development, flexible displays are finding their way out of research labs and into products.
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LCD Notebook Market Tumbles in June; Outlook Ahead is Weak
The market for liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels for notebook PCs fell in June compared to the same month in 2012 in the face of tepid demand, and weak sales during the end to the...
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Strong Growth Forecast for Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Stations
Fast-charging technologies are driving the growth of the EV recharging market, with the number of stations established worldwide set to expand by a factor of over 100 by 2020
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Dylan McGrath Joins Electronics360 as Managing Editor
Veteran electronics industry editor joins Electronics360 as new managing editor.
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DRAM Module Industry Scores Another Win with Solid Q1 Results
Revenue for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules made by third-party suppliers rose in the first quarter for the second sequential period in a row, buoyed by rising prices stemming from tight supply of the memory. But in a particular...
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EMS Provider Plexus Expands its Footprint in Mexico
Electronics manufacturing services provider Plexus Corp. announced it would begin manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico after a new 265,000 sq. ft. facility is built next year.
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Slow Demand Led to Oversupply of Large LCD Panels in the First Half of 2013
There’s a glut of large-sized liquid-crystal display panels as a result of sluggish demand in the IT and TV sectors driven in large part by low demand in China.
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Test Drive: VW Turbo Li-ion Jetta Hybrid Offers Economy, Performance
Volkswagen’s 2013 Jetta Hybrid utilizes a compact Li-ion battery pack for a ride that’s half the cost of other hybrids coming out of Europe.
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Biggest Customer of Samsung-Made Memory Chips is In-House
Top memory manufacturer Samsung Electronics serves many clients, but the company’s internal mobile division is its most important customer for the NAND flash and mobile dynamic...
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GlobalFoundries to Build $15B Fab in Upstate New York: Could it be for Apple?
Earlier this week, the Malta NY Town Board approved the request by GlobalFoundries to build a second, much larger semiconductor fabrication facility that some speculate could be for Apple products.
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Integrated-Motor Market to Expand by More Than 40 Percent in Five Years
Integrated-motor suppliers offering the compact motor type with built-in electronics can look forward to a 40 percent increase in total market revenue by 2017.
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Safety Benefits Fuel Interest in Driverless Cars
The auto industry is making progress toward the ultimate goal of autonomous cars, where drivers are redundant. These vehicles may start to appear on the road in about a decade.
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EDA Leader Synopsys Posts Solid Quarterly Growth
Synopsys reported third quarter FY 2013 revenue of $482.9 million, an increase of 8.8 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
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GainSpan Samples Wi-Fi/ZigBee Combo Chips for Internet of Things Market
GainSpan is sampling its new GS2000 chips and modules, claimed to be the industry’s first single chip solution that is bringing together two IEEE low-power standard wireless technologies.
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Li-ion Battery Growth is Boon for Chip Makers, "Authentication" ICs
The surging Li-ion battery market offers a growth opportunity for a subset of chip companies that provide battery charge management components that includes protection against counterfeit batteries.
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Eco-Efficient Auto Debuts in the EU
This month, an EU consortium of companies, backed with EU funding, debuted a novel prototype electric vehicle powered entirely by solar panels.
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Environment and Health Sensors in Smartphones Set for Mighty Growth
First came microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors that automatically adjusted the orientation of a cellphone’s display no matter how it was held. Then arrived optical...
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Chip equipment orders slipped 4.6 percent in July
Book-to-Bill ratio declines to parity of 1.00 raising concerns at SEMI that this may signal a market shift.
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EMS Provider Nistec Takes Ownership Stake in PCB Maker Eltek
Nistec Ltd., an Israeli provider of electronic manufacturing and design services is taking a majority stake in Eltek Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of advanced flex-rigid printed circuit boards, in a deal valued at $4.2 million.
