- La résolution la plus élevée du secteur offre une meilleure qualité d'image aux appareils photo numériques -

TOKYO - Jeudi 27 Décembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO : 6502) a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement d'un nouveau capteur d'image CMOS de 20 mégapixels (MP), le TCM5115CL, dernier modèle destiné à compléter la gamme de capteurs pour appareils photo numériques. Le TCM5115CL offre la plus haute résolution du secteur dans le format optique de 1/2,3 pouces (12 mm), utilisant la technologie de rétroéclairage (BSI) pour améliorer la sensibilité et les performances d'imagerie.

L'échantillonnage du nouveau capteur débutera à la fin de janvier 2013 et la production de masse en août 2013.

Les progrès constants dans la résolution offerte par les appareils photo numériques compacts, maintenan ... Read more »

Contract Represents KBR Services’ Expanded International Footprint

HOUSTON - Thursday, December 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KBR (NYSE: KBR) and AYTB announced today that they have signed a seven-year contract to provide refinery maintenance services for the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) at a new 400,000 bpd refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The refinery represents both a major investment by SATORP, and – as a single construction effort – a unique technical challenge due to its world-class scale and complexity. The contract value is in the approximate range between $140 million and $170 million, depending on services. Production is expected to commence in 2013.

KBR, through a joint venture with Jubail-based AYTB, will deliver full-service maintenance services at the SATORP refinery. Deliverables under the contract include overall site management and field supervision of a craft workforce covering all mechanical, electri ... Read more »

- Industry's highest level resolution brings enhanced image quality to digital still cameras -

TOKYO - Wednesday, December 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it will launch a new 20-megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor, the TCM5115CL, as the latest addition to its sensor line-up for digital still cameras. TCM5115CL offers the industry's highest resolution in the 1/2.3 inch optical format, using backside illumination technology (BSI) to improve sensitivity and imaging performance.

Sampling of the new sensor will begin at the end of January 2013 and mass production will follow in August 2013.

Continued advances in the resolution offered by compact digital cameras—now in the range of 10- to 16MP—have brought with them the challenge of improving performance and picture quality with smaller pixels. The TCM5115CL does just this by achieving a 15% improvement in full well capacity—the amount of charge an ind ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Thursday, December 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien(NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire CV Ingenuity.The companies expect to complete the acquisition in the first calendar quarter of 2013. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CV Ingenuity, a privately-held company based in Fremont, CA, is focused on improving patient outcomes in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) by providing solutions to relieve vascular obstructions, inhibit restenosis, and allow natural vessel healing. The company's core technology, while still in the investigational phase, is a Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) platform with a novel, proprietary, tunable, rapid-release system.

"We continue to be focused on technologies that deliver improved patient care, delighting both our physician and hospital system customers,” said Stacy Enxing Seng, President, Vascular Therapies ... Read more »

Commémoration de l’événement avec 1 million JPY de prix offerts pour les idées promouvant une « ville sûre et confortable »


TOKYO - Mercredi 26 Décembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Structural Quality Assurance, Inc. recherche des visions innovantes et propose l’inscription à notre concours intitulé « Créer une ville sûre et confortable » pour commémorer l’achèvement de 10 000 piliers en béton recouverts avec la technologie SRF, les vainqueurs de la « catégorie générale » et de la « catégorie professionnelle » recevront chacun 1 000 000 JPY en guise de premier prix ! Le gagnant de la « catégorie élèves du secondaire et élèves moins âgés » recevra un chèque-cadeau de 100 000 JPY pour le premier prix !

Les villes modernes qui sont construites en béton courent des risques d’effondrement en raison de la détérioration g& ... Read more »

Event Commemorated with 1 Million Yen Prize Offered for Ideas for a 'Safe and Comfortable City'


TOKYO - Tuesday, December 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Structural Quality Assurance, Inc. will call for innovative visions and solicit entries for our contest entitled, "Creating a safe and comfortable city" to commemorate the completion of the 10,000 concrete pillars wrapped with SRF Winners of "General category" and "Professionals category" will each receive 1,000,000 yen as a grand prize! The winner of "Students high school age and younger category" will receive 100,000 yen gift certificate as a top prize!

Modern cities that are made of concrete are in danger of collapsing due to deterioration by aging and ground motion caused by earthquakes. Moreover an enormous amount of energy is required to keep them comfortable. Wrapping reinforced concrete (RC) with flexible and tough fabric makes it much safer and more durable, like a new material called recov ... Read more »

Achieves high bandwidth of 10GHz by reducing switch terminal capacitance

ME Newswire / Business Wire

TOKYO - Tuesday, December 25th 2012

Toshiba Corporation(TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it will launch two-lane SPDT switches that support PCI Express 3.0 (8Gbps). The new products, TC7PCI3412MT and TC7PCI3415MT, reduce switch terminal capacitance to achieve high bandwidth characteristics of 10GHz at -3dB, making high-speed transmission with lower signal degradation capable.

The new SPDT switches have optimal configurations for all arrangements of PCI Express slots, connectors, and switches on the motherboards of desktop PCs and notebook PCs. They can also be used for high-speed differential lines, such as USB3.0, DisplayPort1.2, and SATA3.0.

Samples are available now with mass production scheduled for the end of January.

Applications Motherboards (desktop PCs), laptop PCs, servers

Key Features 1. Operating power-supply voltage: VCC=3. ... Read more »

ROAD TOWN, Tortola - Monday, December 24th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iFOREX, a currency trading and foreign exchange provider, has announced the arrival of its highly anticipated new website. The newly minted website reflects the forward thinking direction of iFOREX, attracting modern and mobile traders. The site is currently available in English to all traders and will soon be available in more languages such as Arabic which can be currently accessed via http://www.iforex.ae

The fresh new website launched by iFOREX was designed specifically for professional and novice traders and provides them with a wide range of unique online education, advanced trading tools and useful information regarding the financial markets. The new iFOREX website received glowing reviews and as noted by many, the design is classic, professional and tailor suited to provide traders with a comfortable and sleek trading environment.

"Our team of developers and designers were thril ... Read more »

LE CAIRE - Dimanche 23 Décembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Le ministre égyptien de l'Industrie et du Commerce, l’ingénieur Hatem Saleh a récemment inauguré trois usines à la ville 6 Octobre spécialisées dans la fabrication de l'aluminium, du verre et du recyclage des bouteilles d'eau minérale. Il a été accompagné par une délégation comprenant de hauts responsables et représentants du secteur de l'industrie.

En cette occasion, le ministre égyptien de l'Industrie et du Commerce a déclaré: «Le Code du Développeur Industriel contribue à la création de groupes et de zones industrielles et de services hautement spécialisées. Il attire également un grand nombre d'investisseurs, produit davantage d'investissements et crée une nouvelle concentration de développement industrielle pour profiter du potentiel du secteur priv&ea ... Read more »

ATLANTA - Dimanche 23 Décembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--SIPCO, LLC est heureuse d’annoncer que Ingersoll Rand, le numéro un mondial des technologies de gestion d’énergie domestique, a obtenu une licence en vertu de brevets détenus par le portefeuille Wireless Mesh de SIPCO.

SIPCO, LLC

SIPCO est un innovateur de premier plan en réseau maillé et technologie connexe basé à Atlanta, en Géorgie. Fondé par le célèbre inventeur T. David Petite, SIPCO, LLC a développé des technologies validant une mise en réseau sans fil auto-organisatrice robuste et des technologies connexes appelées Wireless Mesh de pair avec IntusIQ. Wireless Mesh est utilisé dans des protocoles tels que ZigBee, Z-Wave, IEEE 802.15.4, WirelessHART, le réseau maillé propriétaire et d’autres applications sans fil, telles que SmartGrid, l’immotique, les contrôles industri ... Read more »