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Industrial Semiconductors Report Positive Q1 Despite Challenges
The semiconductor market for industrial electronics relished a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared...
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IPC Downgrades PCB Forecast for 2013, Book-to-Bill Remains Positive
The IPC forecasts North American printed circuit board sales will grow 0.9 percent in 2013, down from 3 percent, because of slower than expected demand in the first half of the year.
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Microsoft’s White Space Initiative to Boost Kenya’s Broadband Subscribers Elevenfold this Year
Microsoft‘s 4Afrika initiative is aiming to increase broadband penetration in both developing and developed countries, the first of which will be in Kenya.
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SIA Reports Quarterly Semiconductor Revenue Growth Largest in Three Years
Worldwide semiconductor sales increased 6 percent to $75 billion in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter, according to the SIA.
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Digital Television Semiconductors Post a Down Q1
The market for television semiconductors fell in the first quarter compared to the same time a year ago, a weak start to a year in which overall revenue is projected to finish lower...
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Nearly Half of Wi-Fi Chipsets in Consumer Electronic Devices to Support Next-Gen 802.11ac Standard by 2017
Growing demand for mobile device bandwidth will spur the rapid adoption of next-gen Wi-Fi technology, with shipments of chipsets for the 802.11ac standard set to account for 47% of chipsets by 2017.
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Power Supply Market to Post Modest Growth in 2013 After Disappointing 2012
After declining in 2012, the global market for merchant power supplies is forecast to grow by 2.4 percent in 2013, driven by rising demand for tablets, smartphones, LED lighting and servers.
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Microsemi Provices Rugged Self-Encrypted Solid State Drive for High Capacity Apps
Microsemi announced the world's first secure, half-terabyte SSD for mobile video surveillance operations other high-capacity storage applications requiring superior real-time data protection.
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Spansion and China’s XMC Foundry Announce Licensing Agreement
Spansion and XMC, China's fastest growing 300mm semiconductor foundry, have signed an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR Flash technology.
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Synopsys Offers IP Subsystem for Sensor Integration in SoCs
EDA company Synopsys announced the availability of its DesignWare Sensor IP Subsystem, a complete and integrated hardware and software solution for sensor control applications.
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Half of China’s Wireless Capital Spending Dedicated to LTE in 2014
The next round of wireless infrastructure investment in China will peak in 2014 when Chinese wireless operators spend $6.3 billion of their capital expenditure budgets on Long Term...
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Outsourced Manufacturing of LCD TVs Loses to In-House Production
Fewer liquid-crystal display television (LCD TV) sets were outsourced to contract manufacturers in 2012 than in 2011, the result not only of increased internal production by...
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LCD Tablet Panels Ship Lower in May as Industry Catches Its Breath
Tablet panel shipments fell in May as tablet brands paused to take stock of existing inventory and as a period of evaluation set in before the arrival of the busiest time of the year...
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US Manufacturing Surges in July with Electronics Playing a Key Role
The ISM index of purchasing managers increased 4.5 percentage points from June’s level to 55.4 percent thanks to a boost in demand for computer and electronics products.
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China Still Tops in World TV Market; Global Q1 Shipments are Down
China continued to be the world’s largest market for televisions in the first quarter, retaining first place among eight distinct regions as it accounted for nearly one-quarter of all TV...
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Gold Nanoparticles Found to Improve Photodetector Performance
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have found a way to boost the performance of MoS2 photodetectors with nanoparticles of gold.
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If Manufacturing Comes Back to the US, Will Supply Chain Follow?
If companies come back to the U.S., what happens to the Chinese supply base that has evolved over the last decade? Will first- and second-tier suppliers also be expected to relocate?
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National Instruments Reports Flat Revenue Growth for Q2, Expects Soft Second Half
NI announced Q2 revenue of $296 million, a 1 percent increase from Q2 2012 and expects revenue for Q3 to be down 3 percent year-over-year.
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NAND Flash Memory Encounters Surprise Shortage in Q1
A surge in demand for low-end smartphones in China caught memory suppliers by surprise and pushed the NAND flash market to growth ...
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SSD Market Scores Big in Q1, Especially in Ultrabooks and PC Tablets
Solid-state drives (SSD) got a huge push in the first quarter from greatly expanded usage in ultrathin/Ultrabook PCs as well as in PC tablets, where shipment volume to those sectors...
