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Friday 21 June 2013
Commentary: Foxconn faces more labor problems
To show the importance of labor rights, Apple became the first IT company to join the Fair Labor Association (FLA) in 2012 and through the association, Apple began inspections of its major supply chain partner, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
Friday 21 June 2013
Commentary: China telecom market dominated by local firms
In the past 2-3 years, Taiwan-based telecom firms have been seeking business opportunities in the growing wireless hotspot and broadband network market in China. However, only a small number of Taiwan-based firms have entered the market and succeed.
Friday 21 June 2013
Reed switches and MEMS: A conversation with Coto Technology
One of the oldest companies in the electronics industry, Coto Technology has been designing and developing small signal switching solutions for over 90 years. These days, the 93-year old company is a major player in the automatic testing equipment (ATE) industry where it provides reed relays for testing devices...
Friday 14 June 2013
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors to key strategic partners. Shipped as a chip scale package (CSP), the Cavendish digital variable capacitor (DVC) technology is used to tune antennas, power amplifiers and filters to improve RF connection quality and signal strength...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
Cavendish Kinetics has announced availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors to key strategic partners. Shipped as a chip scale package (CSP), the Cavendish Digital Variable Capacitor (DVC) technology is used to tune antennas, power amplifiers and filters to improve RF connection quality and signal strength...
Thursday 13 June 2013
Ethernet access devices, where the enterprise meets the carrier: Q&A with Vitesse marketing director Uday Mudoi
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services for Ethernet, as well as specifying attributes such as quality of service, service management, reliability and scalability. Thus Carrier Ethernet was born...
Friday 7 June 2013
Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
In retaliation for Europe setting a punitive tariff (11.8%) on China-made solar panels, China announced on June 5 plans to start an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against Europe-made wine imports...
Friday 7 June 2013
Lifestyle and consumer electronics: Gajah offers total solutions ranging from hardware to e-content management
Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation Awards for a host of products, including its innovative InkCase, an e-paper based smartphone case that doubles as a second screen.
Thursday 6 June 2013
Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
One of the most interesting new features on Intel's Thunderbolt 2 technology is the addition of DisplayPort 1.2 support in order to enable video streaming to a single Ultra HD monitor or dual QHD monitors...
Thursday 6 June 2013
Enabling IoT through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Q&A with Broadcom marketing director Jeff Baer
Just before Computex 2013, Digitimes spoke with Jeff Baer, marketing director for Embedded Wireless, Wireless Connectivity Combo at Broadcom to find out more about Broadcom's push into the embedded space with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.