NEWS
DIARY OF EVENTS
April 12 -14
Sunday 12th - Thursday 14th
IPC APEX Expo 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.ipcapexexpo.org
April 28 -29
Thursday 28th - Friday 29th
ERAI Executive Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.erai.com
May 4 - 6
Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th
DelMar Electronics& Design Show
San Diego, California
www.vts.com/delmar
May 24 -26
Tuesday 24th - Thursday 26th
Electronic Distribution Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.edsc.org
June 6 -8
Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th
Sensors Expo&Conference
Rosemont, Illinois
www.sensorsmag.com/sensorsexpo
NEWS OSRAMto expand LED production capacity
OSRAMOpto Semiconductorswill be increasing its production output by converting its two chip manufacturing facilities to 6-inchwaferswhile expanding production at both plants.
A new production building is currently under
construction in Penang,Malaysia, while in Regensburg, Germany, the existing space is being reallocated. The two facilities will each be converting to the newmanufacturing technology, introducing 6-inch wafers to replace the current 4-inch wafers. These measures are expected to almost double OSRAM's chip production capacity for white LEDs by the end of 2012.
The capacity expansion will primarily impact
indiumgalliumnitride (InGaN) chips using thin- filmand UX:3 technology, which are required in the production of white LEDs.
With thismove, OSRAMexpects to capitalize on the growth potential of international LED
Dell pulls ahead in PCmarket
Dell Inc. has solidified its second place position in the global PCmarket thanks to strong corporate sales in the fourth quarter and Apple Inc.'s iPad, reported IHS iSuppli, El Segundo, Calif. Themarket research firmindicates that the No. 3 player Acer Inc.'s declinewas driven by rising competition for its consumer-focused netbook and notebook computers fromthe iPad and othermedia tablets.
Dell'smarket share lead in unit shipments
rose 1.9 percentage points over Taiwan's Acer, up froma 0.4 point gap in the third quarter.With flat shipments in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, Dell's market share lead was entirely due to a 12.9 percent drop for Acer, said IHS iSuppli.
Global PC shipments in the fourth quarter
of 2010 totaled 93.1million units, up 5.7 percent from88.1million in the third quarter of 2010, and a 4.7 percent increase from88.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to IHS iSuppli's latest PC report. PC shipments during the fourth quarter hit a new quarterly record, surpassing the previous high of 88.9million units set in the fourth quarter of 2009.
In 2010, global PC shipments amounted to
345.4million units, up 14.2 percent from 302.4million in 2009.
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markets. The totalmanufacturing area of the Penang chipmanufacturing plant, which opened nearly two years ago, will be increased to around 269,000 sq. ft. in 2012, creating about 400 additional jobs.
www.osram-os.com
element14 provides real-time updates fromsuppliers in Japan
Following the recent quake and tsunami in Japan, and the uncertain impact on the electronics supply chain, element14 has created a dedicated online space at
www.element14.com/japanemergency as a central repository for the electronics industry to find the latest information related to the Japan disaster.
Suppliers are posting the latest updates on
the anticipated impact of the disaster by product family and device type, including likely changes to lead times. There are also discussion threads building on the community’smany forums as customers ask questions, and seek answers fromsuppliers and other industry representatives.
In response to requests fromcommunity
members, element14 will also be posting links to some of the organizations leading the relief effort in order to help expedite support to where it is needed as quickly as possible. Employees across the Premier Farnell Group are also actively fund raising to support the humanitarian work and Premier Farnell has agreed tomatch employee donations.
www.element14.com www.electronics-sourcing.com
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