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Though Apple be small she is fierce

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

By Paul O’Shea Okay, I took some liberty with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – but it still holds true that for a company with only 47,000 employees (compare that to 220,000 for Samsung) it has mindboggling impact on the market. It has financial impact like few others – ahead of the iPhone 5 announcement [...]

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Is a smarter grid all that’s needed?

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

There is no doubt that we need a better, smarter grid for our current and future energy needs. But, “Simply producing a ‘smarter grid’ will not be sufficient to solve the problems with today’s electricity transmission and distribution systems,” stated Jeff Shepard, president of Darnell Group. “Key enablers will include the development of advanced energy [...]

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Report says power semi to grow 8% CAGR for five years

Monday, July 30, 2012

By Paul O’Shea The global power discrete and module market is forecast to grow by $9 billion to reach $26.2 billion in 2016, according to a new report from IMS Research due out in August. The report “Power semiconductor discretes and modules” states that the market is projected to grow by a compound annual growth [...]

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Give a talk without writing a formal paper for APEC 2013

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Paul O’Shea Since 2004, APEC has featured a special presentation session, now called Industry Sessions that allows speakers to give a presentation without submitting a formal manuscript. That enables more authors to present their information. APEC says that the Industry Sessions target not only engineers but also system engineers and architects, as well as business-oriented [...]

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Proof that engineers help shrink our carbon footprint

Friday, June 22, 2012

Good news – your iPad has a small carbon footprint! Not that you didn’t already know this, but now there are calculated amounts of how much it costs to charge your iPad, iPhone and even laptops, CFL light bulbs, and plasma TVs. According to an assessment by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), consumers who [...]

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OLED living up to its promise

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A new report from NanoMarkets that will be available June 25th  says that OLEDs are finally showing signs of living up to their potential and becoming more than a niche item.  For example, Samsung is using OLED in its Galaxy smartphones, a phone that exceeded shipments of the iPhone in the first quarter of 2012 [...]

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The crossing from the old to the new displays

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Just like the transit of Venus crossing between the Sun and Earth this week we also saw the crossing from the old displays to the new this week. Display week is one of the most important venues for getting a first look at what consumers will be clamoring to buy in the months and years [...]

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