Components Marketplace - Jan 2008
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Business
Industrial Convergence Accelerates Technological Innovation
China still invests comparatively little in R&D on the whole. In 2005, the R&D input intensity of the Top 100 enterprises in China's electronic information industry was 3.7 per cent on average with few above 5 per cent and most with insufficient amounts...
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Special Report: Capacitors
Getting in charge
While the growth potential for the capacitor industry remains enormous, the sector has been confronted with a number of hurdles, including all the new environmental directives as well as the growing market trend toward miniaturization and high capacitance that most manufacturers are struggling to overcome. In this month's Special Report, we introduce a selection of outstanding manufacturers who are rising to meet the challenges...
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Market Insight
Product Innovativeness: Key to the Success of Apple's iPod and Nintendo's Wii
For most manufacturers, product innovativeness is a crucial factor for success, and in fact thousands upon thousands of new products are introduced into the market every day, providing today's consumers with a kaleidoscopic range of choices and delights. But by what criteria is a new product to be regarded as innovative and creative, and thus successful?
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Zoom In
In this month's Zoom In, we introduce a forward-thinking company that specializes in the manufacture, design and development of a broad range of DC switches, jacks and sockets...
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Product News
DAE-3 for Digital TV Delivers Home Theater Quality Sound While New D2Audio Digital Amplifier Reduces Cost
D2Audio Corporation announced a new Intelligent Digital Amplifier chip that adds home theater quality sound to flat panel TVs without adding additional cost...