Sentences with phrase «device manufacturing cost»

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Apart from costing five times the GDP of the United States, such a device would be almost impossible to manufacture in a sustainable manner.

Considering the major step for device manufacture — the wet coating process is a low - cost but stable process to fabricate large - area and uniformly thin films, the flat - plane emission device has the potential to provide a new approach to lighting in people's life style and reduce carbon dioxide emissions on the earth, Shimoi said.

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched — lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

This manufacturing cost is a major reason why semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs remain very expensive.

The next - generation solar cells are advantageous in that they have a simple manufacturing process and a low manufacturing cost, compared the existing silicon - based inorganic electronic devices.

This additive printing method not only will benefit thermoelectrics, but also result in a disruptive manufacturing approach for other electronic devices and energy conversion or storage technologies of ultralow cost and flexibility.

Due to the limited availability of raw materials and the complex processing required to manufacture OEDs based on inorganic materials, the cost of device fabrication is increasing.

Yaniv Erlich outlines his vision for a future where «the next goal of the revolution can be ushered in by the advent of sequencing sensors — miniaturized sequencing devices that are manufactured for real time applications and deployed in large quantities at low costs.»

As for the tablet devices and their jaw dropping price tags, the company has been relying on slightly outdated tech coupled with cost effective manufacturing practices to arrive at the price points.

A definite advantage with e-readers is that with these devices, e-books can be released online instead of incurring the energy, material, and cost that it otherwise would take to manufacture, print, and ship them across great distances.

The idea of a full fledged tablet device that costs as low as just $ 35 had made the tablet headlines world wide, though subsequent hiccups in finding a suitable manufacturing partner had led many to doubt if such a low price tag could indeed be translated to reality.

I'm guessing 3D was added at a relatively low cost to create a perceived higher value since the other costs in manufacturing this device are likely really high.

Unofficial sources concluded that the tablet costs a rather hefty $ 900 just to manufacture the device, which shouldn't be too surprising considering the tablet offers two distinct display screens.

The market researcher estimates manufacturing costs run $ 5.66 per device.

At the same time, this also effectively put all secondary competitors which make and distribute e-reader devices for the North American and European markets out of business or in an immediately precarious position, who presumably do not have the ability to absorb such huge price cuts due to differences in volume manufacturing costs.

When Amazon introduced the Kindle nearly three years ago it was selling for 359 dollars and industry analysts believe the company may now be selling the devices at below manufacturing cost.

«When further costs outside of materials and manufacturing are added in — and the $ 199 price of the tablet is factored along with the expected sales of digital content per device — Amazon is likely to generate a marginal profit of $ 10 on each Kindle Fire sold,» the research firm added.

Tuli added that his firm manufactures LCD and touchscreens in India, which is more than half the cost of the devices, due to which he makes profits despite running on tight margins.

It broke down the device's components and determined that the gadget costs about $ 185 in parts and manufacturing, or about 52 percent of the total price.

ISuppli believes that, when including manufacturing and battery costs, the device costs $ 185.49 to build.

Analysts have estimated that the cost of materials and manufacturing was roughly equal to the asking price and when the first Kindle Fire was launched it was suspected that Amazon could be losing as much as $ 15 per device to keep the costs down.

According to «a highly - positioned, trusted source,» each Kinect unit costs Microsoft $ 150 to manufacture, a number said to be far above what the platform holder expected to spend on the device and a topic of concern for the company.

Sony, which recently stopped manufacturing PlayStation 2 for sale in some territories, could re-launch the console as a low - cost gaming device.

Because the technology has already been around for a few years, the main challenge for the students was to develop a cheap, yet efficient, device - one they tackled in part by making use of a non-platinum catalyst, which allowed them to keep manufacturing costs to a minimum.

Commercial applications in lighting require low manufacturing costs, and this demonstration is a major milestone on our way to developing low cost OLED lighting devices.

Despite Intel support however, not all motherboards that use a chipset that offers this feature will have it implemented: we canvassed some of the manufacturers and were told that the periphery around Wi - Fi support, such as manufacturing, trace layouts, the companion module, antenna, and potential regulatory support (given devices shipping with Wi - Fi) can add an additional $ 15 cost to the motherboard.

As manufacturing costs fell and the Pi gained more and more attention, they were able to increase the hardware specs of the device significantly while keep the cost the same — eventually unifying all models with the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 2 in 2015 and the Raspberry Pi 3 in 2016.

In recent years Vertu has struggled to turn a profit amid fierce competition in the smartphone market, high manufacturing costs and competition from services that customise cheaper devices.

Intel also may have an advantage, because in addition to its core business, its integrated device manufacturing gives it the ability to develop circuits and chips more cost effectively in - house, he told the E-Commerce Times.

It's a known fact that R&D can often cost as much as, or sometimes even more than, manufacturing a new device.

When the Indian government increased taxes on imported smartphones, firms like Apple were forced to increase the price of their products to offset the additional cost until they could start manufacturing locally, while Samsung's smartphone prices largely remained unchanged as the company had previously been making devices in India.

Having said that, it is still unknown as to how much will the Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro and PORSCHE DESIGN Mate 10 cost in China, though we do know its European price points, and it's quite likely we'll see similar prices in China as well, though all three devices will probably be a bit more affordable, as China is Huawei's homeland, and a country where Huawei manufactures those phones.

That would help make a device that's waterproof, but also reduce costs for Apple in the manufacturing process.

The 16 GB iPhone 6 costs Apple just $ 200 to manufacture and at the high end of the line, the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple pays just $ 216 to have the device minted, according to a report from IHS.

My other thought is that the HomePod might be a fairly expensive device to make (profit-wise), and frankly Apple might not mind only selling to the die - hard at the moment to make sure costs and manufacture can ramp - up as they prefer.

While the word cheap does not exist in Apple's vocabulary, a report from Digitimes indicates that the Cupertino - based tech giant could substantially reduce manufacturing costs of the upcoming device, thus allowing the firm to also cut the final price of the phone.

With the kinks still being worked out on the new technology and manufacturing costs still high, some industry experts say the devices have a year or more until they become more mainstream.