Demand for new automotive network protocols is facilitating car maker ability to meet increasing pressures from the consumer appetite. Options such as in-car portable music players, rear-seat video entertainment and advanced active safety systems will begin to penetrate the lower segments. This will add pressure to increase…
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Product Market Segments
Auto electronics network market to hit $1 billion by 2014
Daniel Pink on remote work, right-brain thinking and outsourced economics
Read what this former White House chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore and one-time Botswana latrine builder has to say about Asia, ways to think about remote workforces, job skills you need in the future, our changing world, his new book and more…
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LaBarge awarded BAE defense contract
Electronics manufacturing services provider LaBarge, Inc. was awarded a $5.7 million contract from BAE Systems to produce electronic assemblies for …
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Taking the pulse of EMS
While internal, defensive, cost-control issues dominated the companies’ reports; most firms also …
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Taiwan – India relations warming and soaring
Two giant Taiwan wafer OEM manufacturers, Taiwan Semi-Conductor and UMC established offices and customer service branches in India. For much of Taiwan business, the examples of these Taiwanese companies provide India…
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Cost analysis and the teardown
I am skeptical about the accuracy of cost analysis teardowns. Normally, list prices for components (the figure used in the analysis report) are …
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Taiwan and Indian associations collaborate on semiconductor technology
September 5, 2007 – India boasts the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, making it an important place for chip makers to set up shop. The nation added …
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Boeing and Honeywell develop Integrated Materials Management (IMM) supply chain
Boeing has signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce airline maintenance costs by providing expendable parts. Honeywell provides 725,000 parts from 150 global manufacturers and 2,600 suppliers that…
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Mentor Graphics and China’s Tongji University create auto electronics design center
Designer training is important in meeting the demand of China's auto market and developing independent brands in the industry, while auto electronic system …
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Gartner says India mobile phone production to exceed 100 million units in 2011
August 31, 2007 – Gartner indicates this will raise EMS providers' share of total mobile phone production in India to nearly …
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