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Vote HB-LED Manufacturers are Working to Capture the Lighting Market www.semiconwest.org — The prospect of more efficient and less toxic lighting is driving the high-brightness LED (HB-LED) market, which is expected to see 30% annual growth through 2014 and reaching $20 billion during that period, according to Strategies Unlimited (Mountai Tags: efficient lighting forecasting HB LED growth 1 point, submitted 1 month ago by Rich Hueners 24 comments

Vote Energy Storage and Solid State Solutions www.semiconwest.org — Chip-sized and stamp-sized solid-state batteries are showing up in chip- and board-level backup power and for storing harvested energy to enable wireless systems. Larger capacity versions may be coming next. Tags: energy solutions forecasting semicon west solid state 1 point, submitted 2 months ago by Rich Hueners 50 comments

Vote Growth in UnManned Aerial Market mae.pennnet.com — A 47-page research note from G2 Solutions, "RQ-7 and Army Tactical UAS: Requirements, Scenarios and Outlook," outlines three U.S. Army acquisition scenarios: two for the RQ-7 unmanned aerial system (UAS) and another for an evolving rotary-w Tags: aerospace and defense UAS unmanned aircraft 1 point, submitted 4 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote DOD proposes 3.2% increase in CETI spending mae.pennnet.com — Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $17.45 billion in fiscal year 2011 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies, which would repre Tags: Aerospace and Defense market DOD forecasting 1 point, submitted 4 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Active Optical Cable Poised for Growth www.igigroup.com — Active Optical Cable (AOC) revenue is expected to build significant growth over the next five years, according to this new IGI report. Tags: active optical cables forecasts optoelectronics trends 1 point, submitted 6 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Cooper vs. Gold Wire Bonding Comparisons www.semiconductor.net — cooper and gold differ greatly on costs as well as their electrical and mechanical properties in relation to wire bonding Tags: copper wire bonding gold wire bonding 1 point, submitted 8 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote HRL Demonstrates Wafer-scale Graphene-on-silicon Technology www.mwjournal.com — HRL scientists announced they have fabricated and demonstrated graphene-on-silicon field effect transistors (FET) at full wafer scale—a revolutionary advancement in electronics that will enable unprecedented capabilities in high-bandwidth communicati Tags: field effect transistors graphene-on-silicon high bandwidth communications imaging radar systems wafer scale 1 point, submitted 9 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Get Perpendicular www.hitachigst.com — Hitachi recently released a 1.8” 40 GB HD with perpendicular bits. Enjoy this very funny and educational animation! Tags: data storage new technology 3 points, submitted 10 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Outsourcing IC Design www.edn.com — In outsourcing IC design, one must define the work, select the right vendor, and create an adequate project-management structure Tags: IC design outsourcing supply chain 1 point, submitted 10 months ago by Rich Hueners 2 comments

Vote c-Si Solar Cells Innovations www.semiconductor.net — Although crystalline silicon solar cells continue to dominate the photovoltaics market, they face any number of challenges to sustained growth, stemming from increasing pricing pressures. Researchers are working on several novel concepts to meet the Tags: innovations photovoltaics solar concentrators solar power 1 point, submitted 10 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Concentrated Photovoltaics www.osa-opn.org — Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) is a technology that maximizes the amount of energy produced from small patches of photovoltaics Tags: photovoltaics solar concentrators solar power 1 point, submitted 11 months ago by Rich Hueners 1 comment

Vote Risk vs. Benefits of 3-D Technology www.semiconductor.net — Offering high transistor density, fast interconnects and heterogeneous technology integration at potentially lower cost and faster time to market, 3-D integration is a promising technology for extending Moore's momentum. Tags: 3-D stacking 3-D technology Moore's law 1 point, submitted 11 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Fiber Laser Systems See Hope www.semiconductor-today.com — Fiber laser system specialist IPG Photonics is hopeful that orders from beleaguered car manufacturers will boost its revenues in 2010 as recessionary pressures ease. Tags: fiber laser systems forecasting IPG Photonics semiconductor industry 1 point, submitted 11 months ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Quantum Processor www.newsfactor.com — Researches have developed the quantum processor. The next frontier of computing??? Tags: new technology quantum processor 1 point, submitted 11 months ago by Rich Hueners 1 comment

Vote Cost a Major Challenge for Advanced Packaging Solutions www.semiconductor.net — High-end logic devices are feeling the pinch of packaging and assembly challenges, as are other microelectronics such as drivers for LCDs, high-brightness LEDs and MEMS Tags: LED packaging MEMs packaging packaging challenges 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote Exploding IC market “myths” www.edn.com — the semiconductor industry is poised to bounce back from recession as manufacturers move to new technology nodes, drive down unit prices, explode unit volumes, and open up new application areas Tags: forecasting ICs new applications semiconductor industry 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

Vote GaN-on-Si technology for power switches, white LEDs www.edn.com — process improvements are pushing efficiencies up rapidly, and the order-of-magnitude decrease in cost makes the new silicon-based process look like a clear winner in the long run Tags: consumer technology LEDs trends white LEDs 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 1 comment

Vote The next killer app? How about three of ‘em? - Anablog - Blog on EDN - 1700000170 www.edn.com — Smart Phones, LED lighting, Flash memory and RF are the killer apps in the next few years...trends show. Tags: Flash memory forecasting LED RF trends 1 point, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 1 comment

Vote LG Electronics Debuts Ultrathin Television - WSJ.com online.wsj.com — The thinning of flat panel televisions are greater use for LED light engines. LED usage will be wide spread in years to come. Tags: consumer technology LED trends 0 points, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 5 comments

Vote How iPhone 3.0 Will Impact Wireless Networks gigaom.com — Rise of mobile data usage will impact wireless networks. The number of U.S. mobile Internet users has more than doubled since the device was first introduced to stand at 46 million at the end of 2008 from 22.4 million in July 2006 Tags: for 0 points, submitted 1 year ago by Rich Hueners 0 comments

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