Apr 23, 2018
Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $420,4-billion in 2017, a 21,6% increase from 2016 revenue of $345,9-billion, according to final results by Gartner. “2017 saw two semiconductor industry milestones —...
Apr 23, 2018
Most manufacturing workers – more than half – hunger for change and “intelligent” solutions for labour-intensive jobs – but factories still operate in the old way because so many workers distrust new technology. This is among the findings...
Apr 23, 2018
Jaguar Land Rover is leading a £4,7-million (approximately R79-million) project to develop self-driving cars that can “see” at blind junctions and through obstacles. The UK’s biggest carmaker is leading a project called AutopleX to combine connected,...
Apr 23, 2018
Demand for panels – both thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) and active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) – using oxide backplane technology doubled in 2017, in terms of area, compared to a year ago. According to a latest...
Apr 20, 2018
The Hubble Space Telescope has celebrated its 28th year in space with this picture from the Lagoon Nebula. The Earth-orbiting observatory has given the world a view the universe’s extraordinary stellar tapestry of birth and destruction. This image shows a...
Apr 20, 2018
A lack of network visibility creates significant security challenges for businesses and impacts effective network management – and a survey has found that IT managers cannot identify 45% of their organisation’s network traffic. In fact, nearly one-in-four...
