Day: October 22, 2017

  • Power brokers: An update on the electric vehicle market

    Power brokers: An update on the electric vehicle market

    Less than a decade ago, electric cars were generally seen – at best – as average vehicles which neither had the power nor the range to be considered seriously as a viable, mass-market alternative to petrol-driven cars.  But now, with ongoing and accelerating technological advances in battery power, combined with big investments in the pipeline…

  • Semiconductor sales reach $35 billion a month for the first time

    Semiconductor sales reach $35 billion a month for the first time

    The global semiconductor industry has grown to a level where sales have reached beyond $35 billion in one month, according to the leading industry association in the US.   The Semiconductor Industry Association, says worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $35 billion for the month of August 2017, an increase of 23.9 percent compared to the August…