Appliance (2011/01)

IC Design Service in Great Potential

Published:2011/1/27 3:53:00 Author:Amy

Nowadays, many design service foundries are emerging in the area of IP development and exchange trade in China. In the face of vertical division of work for IC industry chain, many single-venture and joint-venture design foundries are rising with involved fields including IP development and exchange trade service, IC design and development service, project service of IC products application platform, IC embedded so...   (View)

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Can SMIC Be the First Alternative of Wafer Foundry?

Published:2011/1/26 3:50:00 Author:Amy

SMIC, one of the biggest wafer foundries in China, has been put on right track after a period of instability by positively rebuilding customers’ confidence and focusing its attention on narrow technology area with better profitability for operation, says the new CEO of SMIC, David N.K. Wang. The new strategy of SMIC seems intends to concentrate on mainstream of wafer foundry market, especially in logic, sim...   (View)

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Semiconductor Foundries Fall Off Leaves Three Kingpins in 2011

Published:2011/1/26 1:09:00 Author:Amy

The report of IHS iSuppli shows that there may be three main foundries offering the service of bulk advanced semiconductor manufacturing at he end of 2011, covering TSMC, GlobalFounfries Inc. and Samsung. Other fab foundries including UMC and SMIC who can provide bulk manufacturing service close to world class level, but they are not the main strength. Will any other foundry companies join in? It is very po...   (View)

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Semiconductor Component Content Value in Electronic System Products Hit 25.4％

Published:2011/1/25 3:49:00 Author:Amy

Semiconductor Component Content Value in Electronic System Products Hit 25.4% Market research institution IC Insights’ latest report shows that the value of semiconductors among worldwide electronic system products hit the new record of 25.4% and with the increasing of ASP of semiconductor components next two years, its proportion of value will continuously raise. According to the statistical record of I...   (View)

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Market Regulations Favors Global LED Illumination to High-End

Published:2011/1/24 3:05:00 Author:Amy

“Obama gave a reception for 8 CEOes of American LED manufacturers in July, 2009 and pointed out that it was exciting that LED illumination technology and emerging products can save a lot of energy. So far, there is 22% electric power used for illumination in American, while it can be lowered by 60% after LED popularized,” stated by professor Jiang. Energy crisis and environment protection awareness stimulate the LE...   (View)

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LED’s Performance

Published:2011/1/23 21:24:00 Author:Amy

It was milestone when LED light output reached 100 lumens per watt, but this record has been break again and again. In fact, some manufacturers declared that they had achieved 200lm per watt in lab. It's apparently that as far as light efficiency concerned, LED has already surpassed incandescent bulb (the light output of standard 60W incandescent bulb is 15lm per watt). In other word, it is the ratio of light ou...   (View)

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Is LED Street Light Energy-saving or not at the Moment

Published:2011/1/20 23:36:00 Author:Amy

I really think that it is not necessary arguing LED’s future. There is no doubt that LED would completely be the replacement of traditional lighting. The only reason for delaying its process can be summarized as two aspects: light efficiency and cost performance. On the other hand, government should increase input in LED development and application which is in favor of the whole industry. For the most part,...   (View)

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Four Major Challenges LED General Lighting Faced

Published:2011/1/20 1:45:00 Author:Amy

It was said by US DOE that solid-state lighting is the most destructive technology in the illumination field over past 50 years, which agreed by many industry insiders and regarded that it is going to be replaced by LED. In fact, LED is still facing four major challenges including light quality, light-efficient performance, and reliability and simplifying when it is entering into illumination market. Zhou Xunjun, P...   (View)

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Outlook of LED Light Source Prospect in Projector Market

Published:2011/1/19 3:15:00 Author:Amy

It was apparent to all that the most important part of projector is its lamp with longevity usually 2,000 hours, which should be replaced every year in use. The price of a lamp is about 2,000 RMB. Therefore, the cost of projector in utilization and maintenance remain stubbornly high. In recent years, with the rise and the application of LED light source technology, the lifespan of a lamp has increased to tens of th...   (View)

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Technical Issues on Dimmable LED Lighting Design

Published:2011/1/19 0:03:00 Author:Amy

In recent years, great revolutionary changes occurred in the lighting field by the emergence of LED lamps. In some Europe and the U.S. retail stores, we hardly find any old incandescent bulbs, and some places even prohibit sales. In lighting replacement market, CFL with low power is facing with new competitors when LED’s technology is constantly improving within its brightness and capacity. LED lamps now are becomi...   (View)

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2011 Market of Semiconductor in China

Published:2011/1/18 19:31:00 Author:Amy

The stock level of semiconductor chip has recovered to normal after going through a recession in 2009 and taking a fast turn for the better in 2010. As a result, the industry trends to slow down the semiconductor growth. SIA predicted that the growth of global chip industry will go up to 6% while optimistic estimate by IDC is 6%. According to import and export statistic of 2010 first ten months, discrete semiconduc...   (View)

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