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Digital Signage Lighting Up LED-Driver Opportunities
The ubiquitous flat displays are the visible indication of the growth in digital signage; for IC vendors, the opportunity is the "behind the screen" providing LED drivers.
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U.S. Manufacturing Index Rises Again
U.S. manufacturing activity rose in October for the fifth consecutive month, according to the Institute of Supply Management.
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Startup Preps OS for the Internet of Things
A one-year old startup whose founders are experienced in low-power computing has prepared an operating system that can fit in just a few hundred bytes of memory, yet still supply full internet connectivity.
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Russian R&D Spreads its Wings
The recent Open Innovations Forum in Moscow showcased a variety of high-tech innovations taking place in Russia and the former Soviet republics.
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Startup Claims SRAM Halves Power Consumption
UK semiconductor IP startup SureCore has taped out an SRAM test chip in STMicroelectronics' 28-nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator process.
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Surprise Uptick in PC Sales Projected in Q4
Is the PC making a comeback? Despite consumers opting increasingly for tablets, IHS projects that PC sales will increase on a sequential and annual basis in the fourth quarter for the first time in a while.
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FDSOI Gains Memory IP Support
Memoir Systems has joined the growing ecosystem in support of STMicroelectronics' fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) manufacturing process.
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Tabula Teams with Belfast Startup for Networking
Tabula, which offers a time-sliced FPGA architecture, has formed a partnership with Titan IC Systems Ltd., a 2007 startup from Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in networking.
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Implantable Nanotube-Based Sensors to Monitor Inflammation for a Year
Researchers develop a subcutaneous sensor to help measure nitric oxide in the body.
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Heads Up! Here Come Automotive HUDs
Head-up displays, first developed for military applications, are expected to be in more vehicles in coming years.
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Internet Re-org Could Improve Network
An Internet focused on data rather than location would be more efficient and more resilient, according to researchers in Europe.
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Robust Growth in August Recorded for Global Flat-Panel TV Market
The worldwide market for flat-panel-display televisions (FPD TV) grew in the double digits during August, powered by rising shipments from Chinese manufacturers for that country’s...
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Global PC Market Set to Contract Again
Despite a sequential increase in mobile PC shipments in the third quarter, beleaguered PC market almost certain to contract in 2013 for the second straight year.
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Apple Still on Top of Tablet Heap
Despite a decrease in shipments and market share, Apple Inc.'s iPad retained its position as the top selling tablet in the third quarter, according to IHS.
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Qualcomm’s Entry into Set-Top-Box Chip Market Poses Big Challenge to Incumbents
Qualcomm, a titanic force in semiconductors for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, is muscling its way into the chip market for set-top boxes (STB), hoping not only to expand its...
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Apple's Margins Fall on Higher Costs, Lower ASPs
Despite shipping a record number of iPhones in its fourth fiscal quarter, Apple Inc.'s gross profit margins continued to slide as it grappled with higher costs and lower average selling prices.
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Good and Bad News for Mobile PCs in Q3
The worldwide mobile PC business delivered mixed results in the third quarter as shipments attained the largest sequential growth in eight straight quarters but continued to decline in...
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If Google Glass Is a Hit, Can Contacts Be Far Behind?
Even before Google Glass becomes available by year-end, several groups of researchers are already working on active contact lens devices they say will eventually combine functionality with comfort and style.
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Startup Uses Alternative Structure to Boost Lithium Ion Battery Performance
A Colorado-based startup is attempting to build a lithium ion battery with an anode made from a copper foam structure which is said to be safer, cheaper, faster-charging and more environmentally friendly than conventional batteries now on the market.
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Aluminum Studs Improve Efficiency of Solar Panels
Collaborative research at four global labs has yielded prototype solar panel designs that could operate up to 22 percent more efficiently by covering their surface with aluminum studs that bend and trap light inside the absorbing layer.
