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LED lighting is having a major impact on the way plants are grown commercially in greenhouses. As a result the horticultural lighting market reached almost $3.8bn in 2017, according to market data from Yole Développement. But changes to the horticultural LED lighting market indicate that greenhouse applications may only be the tip of the iceberg. Emerging applications, including urban farming, ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology looks like being a key element of future wireless infrastructure deployments including 5G. GaN is used in RF power devices that boost the power levels for wireless transceivers. By the end of 2017, the total RF GaN market was just $380m, but according to a new report by Yole Développement, the penetration rate in various ...

The leading router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers continue to be Juniper Cisco, Huawei and Nokia, according the latest service provider survey from IHS Markit. For providing next-generation routing technologies, Cisco topped the ranking for 100GE, followed by Juniper and Nokia. “Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Nokia form the top tier of service provider router and CES manufacturers,” said Heidi ...

More than 70% of Britons are ‘fearful’ of the smart homes concept, despite the possibility of cost savings

Global DRAM supply is forecast to grow by less than 20% next year, according to DRAMeXchange. DRAMeXchange points out that the big three DRAM suppliers – Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron – have opted to slow down their capacity expansions and technology migrations. This is likely to keep prices at high levels as during this year’s second half. While overall ...

Europe’s semiconductor market hit a record high in the second quarter of the year. The quarter ended at €2.13bn, which was 10.5% higher than the last record quarter, Q1 in 2016, according to DMASS, Germany-based the distributor and manufacturer association. However, the UK chip market was still off the pace. UK growth was just 3.3% in Q2 which ended at ...

Could this be the year we start to see artificial intelligence (AI) starting to make an impact on businesses and our lives? According to a recent market survey by online marketplace OnBuy.com, the market expects AI to have its largest impact in engineering, administration and customer service. Cas Paton, managing director, OnBuy.com writes: “It’s interesting to see how consumers feel ...

The average British adult spends an average of 57 minutes on their gadgets in bed before going to sleep, according to LaptopsDirect, which surveyed 1,012 UK adults. 68% used smartphones in bed, 32% watched television in 19% use tablet computers, 14% listened to music and 8% played on games consoles. Those aged 18-24 were most likely to use technology in bed, ...

2016 was the year of Li-ion batteries’ silver jubilee, a coming of age that has not been hassle-free, as Samsung’s Firegate showed us, writes Dr Lorenzo Grande, technology analyst at market research firm IDTechEx. This year might mark the first significant switch to new materials in the electrolyte compartment, with both large and small companies trying to bring inorganic and ...

The Government is too focused on highly-automated private road vehicles, when the early benefits of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) are likely to appear in other sectors, such as marine and agriculture, is one finding of a detailed report on driver-less vehicles prepared by the respected House of Lords science and technology committee. The other three main findings are: The development ...