Doing more with less – driving connector changes
03 September, 2009Constant innovation and product development underpin a rosy future for the connector industry, says Peter Davis, Australia New Zealand regional director for electronics distribution company Farnell.
Speech applications forecast to triple
24 August, 2009As individuals around the world become more accustomed to using mobile computing devices, the market for speech recognition is expected to grow quickly within the next five years.
LED backlights to grow 40% by 2013
13 August, 2009The LED backlight market has rapidly emerged in the TFT LCD industry and is expected to continue growing for the next five years, according to DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly LED & CCFL Backlight Report.
OLED revenue forecast to grow
29 July, 2009In its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch has forecast that the total OLED display market will grow to $8.8bn by 2016.
Silver inks market to recover by 2015
25 February, 2009NanoMarkets analysts have released an updated report of the conductive silver inks market.
Taiwan sales rise 15%
22 January, 2009Taiwan's electronic manufacturing services companies saw a large increase in revenues during the third quarter of last year as demand rose from the same period in 2007.
Printable dielectrics set to boom
30 October, 2008A NanoMarkets report predicts that the boom in TOP electronics will drive a similar boom in printable dielectrics.
Crunch time for convention refocuses design tools
16 September, 2008 by Rob Evans*The electronics design industry, while always in a state of evolution, is currently undergoing a fundamental change that's profoundly affecting what products we can create and how they are created.
Planar CMOS gets a boost
08 July, 2008IMEC reports an improved performance for its planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32 nm CMOS node.
High growth predicted for microsensors
13 May, 2008According to a technical market research report, 'Microsensors: MEMs, Biosensors and Nanosensors (IAS027A)' from BCC Research, the market for microsensors is expected to be worth US$3.2 billion in 2008. This will increase to over US$8.4 billion by the end of 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 21.3%.
Awareness and interest high, take-up low
09 January, 2008While there is a high level of awareness of and interest in VoIP services among Australian consumers, take-up is still comparatively low, according to research released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Skills shortage: holding Australia back
08 October, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, JournalistAustralia must develop a national strategy to address current skills shortages in the high technology industry, according to the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA)
The green data centre
09 February, 2007The green revolution has finally hit the IT community. And whether such solutions are being implemented due to legislation, commercial reasons or a genuine concern for the environment, change is afoot
Is the internet good for our environment?
06 September, 2006 by David Parsons, Associate Head, Faculty of Engineering & Surveying, USQIt is normally assumed that computers and the internet are good things for the environment because of all the efficiencies they bring to industry and individuals. But is there really an environmental improvement?
Analysing the environmental costs of electronics
03 August, 2006 by David Parsons, Associate Head, Faculty of Engineering & Surveying, USQA relatively recent development in the assessment of the environmental impact of electronic systems is life cycle analysis. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a methodology which attempts to achieve two things in detail
