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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Cree aims smallest LED at light bulb replacement
Cree has released its smallest lighting-class LEDs, aiming them at light bulb replacements with wide light dispersion. There are two devices: XQ-D (700mA) and XQ-B (300mA), both with...
Wind River Linux goes Carrier Grade under Yocto Project
Wind River has introduced its first Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) profile for its Linux OS software offering
Winners And Losers In Semis In 2012
The top 25 semiconductor companies’ sales declined by 1% in 2012, two points less than the total worldwide semiconductor market decline of 3%.
Farnell element14 becomes key reseller for Micrel
"We have been working with Micrel for 15 years, however, this formal agreement cements our relationship,"said Mike Buffham, director of supplier and product management at Farnell element14
Qualcomm, GloFo, TSMC the big 2012 gainers.
The top 25 semiconductor companies’ sales declined by 1% in 2012, two points less than the total worldwide semiconductor market decline of 3%. Intel 49 -1 Samsung 32 -4 TSMC 17 +18 Qualcomm 13 +34 TI 12 -6 Toshiba 11 -12 Renesas 9 -13 Hynix 9 -4 ST 8 -13 Micron 8 -7 Broadcom 7.8 +9 Sony 5.7 -6 AMD ...
Google takes translations offline for Android
Available for Android 2.3 and above, Google has released an offline-friendly equivalent of its Translate service - Google Translate on Android. You don't have to have a network connection to work with some of the language packages available, from Afrikaans to Yiddish.
Hella LED car headlights
Nissan 100% electric car production in UK
"The start of UK production of the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle is a landmark day for the UK automotive industry," said Rhian Kelly, CBI director for business environment
Hybrid car batteries get new data interface
A new data interface for battery management systems has been designed to provide interference immunity and to support distributed battery systems, writes Jon Munson from Linear Technology