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China’s TV Brands Ordered 6 Percent Fewer LCD TV Panels in 2013
The holiday-driven surge in orders for liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels from Chinese television brands was not sufficient to offset weakness during the rest of the second half of 2013...
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Chip Packaging Materials Market to Post Modest Growth
Declining prices will result in slow growth for semiconductor packaging materials, according to the fab tool vendor trade association SEMI.
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Dialog Gets Behind Qualcomm's Quick Charge
Europe's Dialog Semiconductor has announced a pair of chips that support Qualcomm's proprietary Quick Charge technology; results of its acquisition of iWatt Inc. in July 2013.
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Digital Radiography Makes Major Inroads as A/D Converters Advance
Just as conventional cameras using film have been demolished by digital photography, the film-based X-ray is going the way of corded phones and dial tones.
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Component Makers Unprepared for Conflict Mineral Mandate
Four months before new U.S. rules go into effect regarding conflict mineral reporting, many electronics component manufacturers remain unprepared.
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Researchers Develop High-Transparency Transistor for Displays, Sensors
A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed a high-carrier-mobility, high-performance and high-transparency transistor that can be used as a building block for flat-panel displays and sensor arrays.
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Qualcomm, Toshiba Team on UFS Serial Flash
Toshiba, pioneer of the serial interface protocol for NAND flash memory known as UFS, has recruited Qualcomm as a supporter and announced that Snapdragon 805 will support UFS and is coming soon.
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Semiconductor Capacity Growth Rate Slows
Semiconductor suppliers will increase chip capacity in 2014 and 2015, but at slower growth rates than in previous years, according to a new report by fab tool vendor trade association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
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Economic Recovery Sets Stage for Semiconductor Growth
Stronger gross domestic product (GDP) growth and rising demand for mobile electronics equipment will drive the electronics industry in 2014, according to attendees at SEMI's annual Industry Strategy Symposium.
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Intel Puts Arizona Fab on Hold
An Intel wafer fab in Chandler, which President Obama held up as a shining example U.S. domestic manufacturing, has been put on hold with no date for when it will start production.
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Metamaterials Superlens Focuses Magnetic Fields to Boost Wireless Power
Duke University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields over distances much larger than the size of the transmitter and receiver currently used in portable electronics.
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Printed Circuit Board Orders Drop
North American printed circuit board shipments increased 4 percent in November 2013 from November 2012, but new orders fell 6.7 percent, according to Association Connecting Electronics Industries.
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Argentina Set to Save Brazilian Wafer Fab
An Argentinian billionaire has agreed to buy out struggling Brazilian counterpart’s stake in South American wafer fab SIX Semiconductores, according to a Wall Street Journal report
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Exar Buys Stretch for Camera Platform
High performance analog company buys digital platform supplier for its expertise in surveillance market.
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Fujitsu Backs SuVolta to Pursue DRAM, IoT
Fujitsu, still in the semiconductor game, and has invested in low-power IC technology startup to help it pursue the integration of its technology with CMOS for DRAM, Internet of Things and mobile applications.
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Korean Startup Targets Wireless Charging
A South Korean 2012 startup has designed a wireless power receiver using a BCD process offered by foundry Tower Semiconductor. The company is in discussions with top mobile companies, Tower said.
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Tegra Mobile Processor Offers 192-Core Graphics, No LTE
Nvidia is pushing into the mobile processor market with the Tegra K1 but trying to play its trump card – graphics – leaving customers to make their own communications arrangements.
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TSMC Posts Strong December Sales
Sales at TSMC were up in December, bouncing back from November's weaker sales. That, together with other sales figures, indicate short-lived inventory correction.
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CES: AMD Launches Kaveri APU With HSA Features
AMD, a distant number two to Intel in PC processors, is fighting to bring technology and vision to the PC domain. Senior executive Lisa Su carried the flag at CES.
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Five Dead in Explosion at Silicon Factory
Five peopled have been killed and 12 injured by an explosion at high-purity silicon factory belonging to Mitsubishi Materials Corp. in Yokkaichi, Japan.
