Market Watch
April 2015
Semitrex, a fabless semiconductor company addressing the issue of energy consumption, announced that the company's core technology has been deemed patentable on a global scale by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Acting as the International Searching Authority for the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PC
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Date:
04/29/2015
Kevin Parmenter, Contributing Editor
It is estimated that approximately half the electrical energy generated is consumed globally in driving motor loads in some fashion. Motors and motion control has also been around a while, and now the application of electronics has made the power conversion process from electrical energy to mechanical energy mo
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Date:
04/29/2015
Inverters remain a key R&D focus for power electronics
Inverters will remain a key R&D focus for power electronics for the next 5 to 10 years! The power electronics industry becomes “inverter-centric” because of:
• The adoption of electrification in the transportation (from car to busses to trains and planes)
• The need for power conversion optimization f
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Date:
04/28/2015
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department announced five projects selected for a total of $2 million for the first part of the multiphase Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) effort. This field laboratory, dedicated to cutting-edge re
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Date:
04/28/2015
In April 2012, EVERLIGHT filed for declaratory judgment
of invalidity and non-infringement of Nichia’s U.S.
patents related to white LEDs, including U.S. Patent Nos. 5998925 and
7531960. These two patents are directed to YAG phosphor being used with blue
LED chip to emit white light, and its phosphor co
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Date:
04/28/2015
Silicon Motion Technology, a global leader in NAND flash
controllers for solid state storage devices, announced
that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
Shannon Systems1 ("Shannon"), a leading supplier of enterprise-class
PCIe SSD and storage array solutions to China's intern
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Date:
04/24/2015
As part of Joining Forces, an initiative launched by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to rally support for U.S. service members, veterans and their families, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) committed to having 50,000 veterans working in solar by 2020. The First Lady shared the news at
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Date:
04/24/2015
Mergermarket has released its Global Industrials M&A Trend report for the first quarter (Q1) of 2015.
· Following a spike in Industrial M&A in 2014 (US$ 157bn, 1896 deals), which saw the highest deal count for the sector since the 1,905 deals in 2007, it was predicted that 2015 will bring
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Date:
04/24/2015
Leading smart factory expert professor Detlef Zühlke will use his seminar at CWIEME Berlin 2015 to explain the ‘Industry 4.0’ concept – with reference to his ground-breaking demo platform at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Kaiserslautern – and its opportunities for manufacturers in
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Date:
04/21/2015
AUDI AG is networking the Audi virtual cockpit system in its new TT Models using MOST technology
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced that AUDI AG is networking the Audi virtual cockpit system in its new TT Models using MOST technology. Specifically, it is deploying Microchip’s OS81118 MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Co
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Date:
04/20/2015
Market forecasts for thermal interface materials 2015-2025 - see the report for a full breakdown by applications and type
Recent research conducted by analysts IDTechEx finds that the thermal interface materials (TIM) market - including tapes, adhesives, greases, gels, pastes, elastomeric pads, phase change materials, graphite, solders, compressible materials and liquid metals - will grow from $1.7 billion in 2015 to $3.7 billion in
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Date:
04/15/2015
Atmel, a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, announced the company is the first to receive the PRIME (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) v1.4 Profile 2 certification for the Atmel | SMART SAM4CP16B and ATPL230A smart metering solutions. The certification extends Atmel’s leadership an
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Date:
04/14/2015
Louisiana became a Top 20 solar state for the first time last year
Powered by a rapidly-growing residential market, Louisiana became a Top 20 solar state for the first time last year, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review. It was the fifth straight year that Louisiana showed strong growth in solar installations.
In 2014, Louisiana
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Date:
04/14/2015
The Port of Hamburg is currently undergoing a metamorphosis: it is becoming a ‘smart port’. Some 40,000 lorries pass through the port every day, and thanks to the ‘Internet of Things’, a new road management system, consisting of sensors on roads and in parking spaces connected via the internet, is now he
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Date:
04/10/2015
Today, the U.S. solar industry employs 174,000 Americans nationwide
Led by a booming residential market, Maryland more than doubled its amount of installed solar capacity in 2014, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review. In addition, Maryland also had nearly half, 48 percent, of its new electrical capacity last year come from solar energy.
In 2014, Mar
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Date:
04/08/2015
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