China is dominating the EV battery market and is forecast to produce 70% of the world’s EV battery production by 2020. Last year, China produced 60% of all EV batteries made in the world, according to Digitimes Research, with Amperex the world’s No.1 producer and BYD the No.3. Amperex and BYD are scouting for European ...
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Vishay has introduced 8kW mica-insulated resistors in millbank size. Called GREM, the firm is promoting them as a lower cost option to stainless steel grid designs. “8kW at 40°C is 23 % higher than standard 6,500W stainless steel grid resistors in the standard millbank size,” said Vishay. “At the same time, GREM devices are 30 ...
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US and Korean researches at have built a super-stretchy flow sensor into a brain aneurysm ‘diverter’ – a device much like the ‘stents’ used to repair heart blood vessels. This kind of aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge on the side of the vessel and the diverter is a wire mesh tube which is expanded inside the ...
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Toshiba has obtained approval to the industrial safety standard UL 508 and the UL product category NRNT for eight photorelay products. The devices are also UL 1577 compliant and approved for use as industrial control switch and as solid state control devices for non-motor rated loads. Primary applications for these devices are industrial equipment (PLCs, ...
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Kyocera has launched 0.5 mm-pitch flexible printed circuit (FPC) and flat flexible cable (FFC) electronic connectors with improved quality assurance (QA) checks – both visual and automated optical inspections (AOI) – to prevent misalignment. Kyocera’s new 6892 Series connectors also feature an operating range from -40°C to +125°C and high-speed transmission making them ideal for ...
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Q2 semiconductor sales were up 6% on Q1 and up 20.5% on Q2 2017, reports the SIA. June sales were $39.3 billion – up 1.5% on May’s $38.7 billion – up 20.5% compared to the June 2017 total of $32.6 billion. H1 sales were 20.4% up on H1 2017, “Halfway through 2018, the global semiconductor industry continues ...
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The rising price of cobalt is pushing up the cost of lithium-ion batteries, reports EnergyTrend. Q3 prices of lithium-ion batteries are expected to rise by 5-15%. Prismatic cells, cylindrical cells, and polymer cells are expected to show a Q3 QoQ price growth of 6~8%, 7~9%, and 10~15% respectively. Global demand for cobalt is around 110,000 ...
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The computer virus which affected computers and tools at TSMC last week will cause a 3% drop in Q3 revenues and a 1% drop in Q3 gross margin, says TSMC. “TSMC expects this incident to cause shipment delays and additional costs. We estimate the impact to third quarter revenue to be about three percent, and ...
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