But don't take my word for it, here's Mike Tyson!
--Ryan
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Typhoon Santi Hits Manila as Oct 31 Strikes
Typhoon Santi just landed in Philippine soil an hour before the morning of Oct 31 according to Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placing Metro Manila and 16 provinces under storm signal no.3.The fourth and last typhoon for the month of October, typhoon Santi is at 30 kilometers north of Daet, Camarines Norte with maximum sustained winds of 150
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Halloween Costumes Are in Season Again!
Searching for Halloween Costumes? Since it's halloween season again, it means time for Halloween parties, and the search for the best halloween costumes are at it again.Some would go the scary horror-themed halloween costumes like the one above.The other wold look for halloween costumes for babies, toddlers, kids, or children haloween costumes like the ones below:*Images are in thumbnail as they
Explosions in Katipunan and Ortigas Pasig
First was an explosion in Katipunan Avenue then followed by another from Meralco Avenue in Ortigas, Pasig. It both happened this morning about 2am, October 30, 2009.The explosion in Katipunan specifically happened at One Burgundy Plaza in front of Ateneo de Manila University. One Burgundy is one of many residential condominiums in the area.It was said that a man was seen leaving a bag at the back
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Heartwarming AstroBoy Movie
Basically a cartoon movie with a heart, AstroBoy touches the human heart with the concept of self-sacrifice for the another's betterment.Programmed with the memory and emotions of a real child, AstroBoy was in search of his destiny after being made to realize that he was not a real boy. His experiences later on made him a stronger, more resolute 'person,' emotionally and otherwise.The movie
Want a free Omnia II to develop for Windows Mobile 6.5? Register your interest TODAY!
For today (WED 28 OCT 2009) only we are opening this exclusive offer to the entire Windows Mobile developer community.
Samsung Application Store wants your app, and to prove it we’ll give you our latest Windows Mobile device for FREE…
We are offering you a device to keep, just for porting your existing Windows Mobile app to the Omnia II and making it available on Samsung Application Store. Why? Because we want to help Samsung Mobile Innovator Hub members like you grow their business.
You will need to attend our UK Developer Day where the devices will be available for you to collect on the evening.
Samsung Application Store UK Developer Day
Monday 02 November 2009, 6pm to 10pm
Bonetti Suite, Chelsea FC, Fulham Road, Chelsea. SW6 1HS
There will be a champagne reception, followed by a series of short informal presentations:
1. Introduction to Samsung Application Store
2. Technical support with Samsung Mobile Inno vator
3. Using the Samsung Omnia II SDK
4. Taking your app to market
Plus, plenty of time to network over drinks with other Windows Mobile developers and find out what they are working on. Then pick up your de
vice and start porting.
This is a free event and offered on the understanding that you wish to accept a free Omnia II device. To accept this device you must agree to port your Windows Mobile app by Thursday 10 December 2009 and distribute it on Samsung Application Store.
There are a limited number of seats available for this event, so unfortunately we won’t be able to accept all developers. Instead we will be choosing developers based on their responses to our online registration form. Complete this form at the link below.
http://bit.ly/SamsungDevDayNov09
Selected developers will receive an invitation by Thursday 29 October 2009.
If you have any questions regarding this offer please contact us on the email address yourpartner@samsung.com.
The Omnia II is a fantastic device, as you’ll hopefully discover first-hand. It is with great pleasure that we can offer you this chance to develop on it.
Samsung Application Store wants your app, and to prove it we’ll give you our latest Windows Mobile device for FREE…
We are offering you a device to keep, just for porting your existing Windows Mobile app to the Omnia II and making it available on Samsung Application Store. Why? Because we want to help Samsung Mobile Innovator Hub members like you grow their business.
You will need to attend our UK Developer Day where the devices will be available for you to collect on the evening.
Samsung Application Store UK Developer Day
Monday 02 November 2009, 6pm to 10pm
Bonetti Suite, Chelsea FC, Fulham Road, Chelsea. SW6 1HS
There will be a champagne reception, followed by a series of short informal presentations:
1. Introduction to Samsung Application Store
2. Technical support with Samsung Mobile Inno vator
3. Using the Samsung Omnia II SDK
4. Taking your app to market
Plus, plenty of time to network over drinks with other Windows Mobile developers and find out what they are working on. Then pick up your de
vice and start porting.
This is a free event and offered on the understanding that you wish to accept a free Omnia II device. To accept this device you must agree to port your Windows Mobile app by Thursday 10 December 2009 and distribute it on Samsung Application Store.
There are a limited number of seats available for this event, so unfortunately we won’t be able to accept all developers. Instead we will be choosing developers based on their responses to our online registration form. Complete this form at the link below.
http://bit.ly/SamsungDevDayNov09
Selected developers will receive an invitation by Thursday 29 October 2009.
If you have any questions regarding this offer please contact us on the email address yourpartner@samsung.com.
The Omnia II is a fantastic device, as you’ll hopefully discover first-hand. It is with great pleasure that we can offer you this chance to develop on it.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
On objectivity
Last week in class, I had to give a presentation on this blog.
At the end was some time for questions and answers, and somebody asked me if I consider my political reporting in this blog - since that's what the presentation was on - to be objective.
My reply was that unlike most political blogs, I do consider my political commentary (at least the stuff I've done for class thus far) to be unbiased, mainly because it deals with issues that go beyond the boundaries of partisan politics.
However, on further reflection, I find it extremely difficult to honestly consider this blog objective.
A better term might be 'bipartisan' (or, in the Canadian context, 'tripartisan'). While I might not be ripping into the Liberals or Conservatives for whatever manufactured scandal is all the rage this week, my "everybody can agree on this" solutions pretty much stop at the three major parties. Leaders being far too powerful in the Canadian system, for example, is not an opinion with which anyone advocating a dictatorship would agree. When I suggest that a strong, united Canada is a good thing, I'm sure the Bloc Quebecois would think otherwise. And so on.
It might not be impossible for a journalist to be truly objective and unbiased, but it's definitely difficult. One example a professor has used a few times - and this is the one that finally got me clued in to what he was talking about - is the example of "profits are good, and more profits are better". If we see a business story about Company X making $10 million for its shareholders, and right beside it Company Y making $15 million for its investors, we'll think Company Y is the healthier (or stronger or better) company. In reality, maybe Company X had an operating profit of $20 million, but decided to reinvest it into the company, while Company Y passed on all of its profits. A company making a profit is really only good for people with a stake in that company - there are other things they could do with that money, many would argue, that would be preferable.
Today in class, we discussed Wikinews - it tries to present all news from a 'neutral point of view', so what does that mean for objectivity? According to Wikinews itself, even this website - with its legions of writers and editors cross-examining anything that might contain the slightest bit of bias - cannot be fully objective. One of its most prominent failings is that it reflects the culture it comes from - just because news might seem objective to an Anglo-American audience, doesn't mean it will to somebody reading it in China or Somalia, and if these two people disagree, it obviously cannot truly be objective.
(Of course, it is only the English-language Wikinews that has an Anglo-American slant; I would assume that each Wikinews is slightly and unintentionally biased towards the worldview of those who speak that language.)
There is a bigger question, though, and that question is as follows: Does it even matter if journalists are not unbiased? Or at the very least, if their biases are the same as those of the society in which they live/work?
My opinion, ill-informed as it may be, leans to the negative. Historically, journalists have been described off and on as "mirrors of society" - a description which I think fits quite nicely. Journalists are not historians, and should not be counted on to explain exactly what is happening - especially considering that during the most historically important moments (I'm thinking 9/11 here), journalists, much like the rest of us, don't know exactly what is happening.
The better function for journalists, in my opinion, is to reflect their society. This serves two purposes. For one, it provides an easy method for outsiders to learn the ins and outs of a culture they are unfamiliar with it. For two, it's more likely to resonate with the culture in question - people tend to read what they agree with, and even if we were to somehow find a true globally objective viewpoint to every story, entire cultures would disagree with this view, and the end result would be akin to a communist watching FOX News.
It's sort of like Esperanto, the poorly-conceived and short-lived attempt at a global language - the problem wasn't that people don't like learning new languages, it was that different regions and cultures are so distinct that it is impossible to treat them in the same way and expect a favourable reaction.
Are journalists objective? Not even close. Can they be? It's difficult, but it's possible. Should they be? I don't think so.
--Ryan
At the end was some time for questions and answers, and somebody asked me if I consider my political reporting in this blog - since that's what the presentation was on - to be objective.
My reply was that unlike most political blogs, I do consider my political commentary (at least the stuff I've done for class thus far) to be unbiased, mainly because it deals with issues that go beyond the boundaries of partisan politics.
However, on further reflection, I find it extremely difficult to honestly consider this blog objective.
A better term might be 'bipartisan' (or, in the Canadian context, 'tripartisan'). While I might not be ripping into the Liberals or Conservatives for whatever manufactured scandal is all the rage this week, my "everybody can agree on this" solutions pretty much stop at the three major parties. Leaders being far too powerful in the Canadian system, for example, is not an opinion with which anyone advocating a dictatorship would agree. When I suggest that a strong, united Canada is a good thing, I'm sure the Bloc Quebecois would think otherwise. And so on.
It might not be impossible for a journalist to be truly objective and unbiased, but it's definitely difficult. One example a professor has used a few times - and this is the one that finally got me clued in to what he was talking about - is the example of "profits are good, and more profits are better". If we see a business story about Company X making $10 million for its shareholders, and right beside it Company Y making $15 million for its investors, we'll think Company Y is the healthier (or stronger or better) company. In reality, maybe Company X had an operating profit of $20 million, but decided to reinvest it into the company, while Company Y passed on all of its profits. A company making a profit is really only good for people with a stake in that company - there are other things they could do with that money, many would argue, that would be preferable.
Today in class, we discussed Wikinews - it tries to present all news from a 'neutral point of view', so what does that mean for objectivity? According to Wikinews itself, even this website - with its legions of writers and editors cross-examining anything that might contain the slightest bit of bias - cannot be fully objective. One of its most prominent failings is that it reflects the culture it comes from - just because news might seem objective to an Anglo-American audience, doesn't mean it will to somebody reading it in China or Somalia, and if these two people disagree, it obviously cannot truly be objective.
(Of course, it is only the English-language Wikinews that has an Anglo-American slant; I would assume that each Wikinews is slightly and unintentionally biased towards the worldview of those who speak that language.)
There is a bigger question, though, and that question is as follows: Does it even matter if journalists are not unbiased? Or at the very least, if their biases are the same as those of the society in which they live/work?
My opinion, ill-informed as it may be, leans to the negative. Historically, journalists have been described off and on as "mirrors of society" - a description which I think fits quite nicely. Journalists are not historians, and should not be counted on to explain exactly what is happening - especially considering that during the most historically important moments (I'm thinking 9/11 here), journalists, much like the rest of us, don't know exactly what is happening.
The better function for journalists, in my opinion, is to reflect their society. This serves two purposes. For one, it provides an easy method for outsiders to learn the ins and outs of a culture they are unfamiliar with it. For two, it's more likely to resonate with the culture in question - people tend to read what they agree with, and even if we were to somehow find a true globally objective viewpoint to every story, entire cultures would disagree with this view, and the end result would be akin to a communist watching FOX News.
It's sort of like Esperanto, the poorly-conceived and short-lived attempt at a global language - the problem wasn't that people don't like learning new languages, it was that different regions and cultures are so distinct that it is impossible to treat them in the same way and expect a favourable reaction.
Are journalists objective? Not even close. Can they be? It's difficult, but it's possible. Should they be? I don't think so.
--Ryan
Windows7 and Android 2.0
It has nearly been a week since the release of Windows 7, and my upgrade for my netbook has yet to arrive. I tried checking the Gateway shipment-tracking system, and was greeted by this:
Notice, the 'order status' field is missing. Here's hoping it arrives before March (when the release candidate version will expire).
In other OS news, Android 2.0 has let its developer release into the world.
It mentions some fun things you don't expect on a cellphone like multi-monitor support - which makes me wonder why wireless monitors aren't more popular... especially in my TV. I must be extremely unlucky, but streaming files to the media centre can get choppy sometimes.
--
D. Phillips
LED should be used instead of CFL in Hong Kong's Lighting Illumination
Technology revolution that lights up LED as the future lighting source.
European, Australian and Canadian Law bans the use of incandescent lamp in 2009-2012
HK shall likely ban Incandescent of 25W-65W in 2011.
However the Government should not impose law to stop using incandescent lamps as there are certain applications that it is best fit for the purpose. As Incandescent lamp CRI is 100, whereas CFL and LED is only 80-90 only. Incandescent lamp work perfectly in colour reading or verification for printing lab and Decorative chandeliers which require a single point source of light.
CFL vapor that contain mercury is 2,000 times higher that human people can be tolerate. So when we break it in air that can be harmful to human beings when inhaling. LED seems to be the best choice for replacing incandescent lamp in term of energy saving, Life time, safety for our heath and less expensive at the end of the year.
LED replacement lamp for interior lighting is still considered rather expensive, a branded 7W LED light bulb is around HKD300. However, we can expect that the price if the lamp will drop at rate of -30% a year. So within 2 years time the ASP of a 7 Watt LED lamp will be in the range of HKD100-120. That is about three times of the CFL in similar power rating. Non-branded one is selling at even at only 30% price of the branded one in Hong Kong.
Yesterday, City University Electronics engineering faculty Hui Shui Yuen criticized HK Chief Executive Ronald Tsang should promote LED instead of CFL for Hong Kong.
I think to certain extent we need to have a long term road map for total green lighting solution, CFL may be the current majority for lighting and LED is the coming future standard! Incandescent Lamp will be less competitive comparing with LED with a price being affortable and reasonable. When more people understand the pros and cons of them and at same time LED are being broadly used, incandescant lamp will eliminate it self.
Feverip
European, Australian and Canadian Law bans the use of incandescent lamp in 2009-2012
HK shall likely ban Incandescent of 25W-65W in 2011.
However the Government should not impose law to stop using incandescent lamps as there are certain applications that it is best fit for the purpose. As Incandescent lamp CRI is 100, whereas CFL and LED is only 80-90 only. Incandescent lamp work perfectly in colour reading or verification for printing lab and Decorative chandeliers which require a single point source of light.
CFL vapor that contain mercury is 2,000 times higher that human people can be tolerate. So when we break it in air that can be harmful to human beings when inhaling. LED seems to be the best choice for replacing incandescent lamp in term of energy saving, Life time, safety for our heath and less expensive at the end of the year.
LED replacement lamp for interior lighting is still considered rather expensive, a branded 7W LED light bulb is around HKD300. However, we can expect that the price if the lamp will drop at rate of -30% a year. So within 2 years time the ASP of a 7 Watt LED lamp will be in the range of HKD100-120. That is about three times of the CFL in similar power rating. Non-branded one is selling at even at only 30% price of the branded one in Hong Kong.
Yesterday, City University Electronics engineering faculty Hui Shui Yuen criticized HK Chief Executive Ronald Tsang should promote LED instead of CFL for Hong Kong.
I think to certain extent we need to have a long term road map for total green lighting solution, CFL may be the current majority for lighting and LED is the coming future standard! Incandescent Lamp will be less competitive comparing with LED with a price being affortable and reasonable. When more people understand the pros and cons of them and at same time LED are being broadly used, incandescant lamp will eliminate it self.
Feverip
Mar Roxas - Korina Sanchez Wedding Today
Senator Mar Roxas and famous broadcaster Korina Sanchez tied the knot earlier this afternoon at Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City.Considered to be the wedding of the year, the nuptials has been planned long and in detail. Last minute updates even included waiving the reception celebration in favor of Typhoon Ondoy victims where the couple donated the P3 Million peso amount supposedly for their
Monday, October 26, 2009
Me & My Mobile Internet
Having three jobs that require you to be in different locations most of the time poses the ultimate challenge in being mobile.I teach information technology courses in a college in Manila, I do part-time professional blogging, and I maintain a small business on web development catering to small and medium enterprises.I reside in Makati while teaching in Quezon City. Aside from using my mobile
LED TV popularity is on the Up
Sony was the first company to launch a LED-backlit LCD TV and an edge-lit LED TV – the 40-inch Bravia KLV-40ZX1M. It plans to unveil a new ZX5 range later this year with a depth of just 15.8mm. Now Sony has assigedn Foxconn as OEM for Sony LCD TV.
So Sony, used to be highly engineering technology and design are now using Taiwan manufacturing facilities for their LED TV, is this one of the way to reduce the price gap between Samsung and Sony Itself or this is one way to regain the lost market!?
Samsung LED TV
LEDs are considered less toxic than CCFL backlights because they don't use any mercury in the manufacturing process. They're extremely efficient and produce more light per watt than a traditional incandescent bulb. Crucially, they also consume about 40 percent less power compared to a conventional LCD TV.
As Yoon Boo-Keun, the President and General Manager of Samsung's Visual Display Division pointed out at IFA 2009: "If every TV in the world switched to LED, we could save 13 million kilowatts of electricity – enough to supply all 39 million households in Germany."
Samsung is currently leading the LED charge with its 6, 7 and 8-series TVs. Its top-end, 46-inch UE46B8000 LED-backlit LCD TV is only 29.9mm thick.
LED is a stop-gap technology until OLED arrivesOLED is viewed as the natural successor to LCD. The organic material used in an OLED panel emits its own light when charged, so there's no need for a separate backlight LED. But still would take a few years for the yield and production process becoming profitable and mature for commercialization.
Feverip
So Sony, used to be highly engineering technology and design are now using Taiwan manufacturing facilities for their LED TV, is this one of the way to reduce the price gap between Samsung and Sony Itself or this is one way to regain the lost market!?
Samsung LED TV
LEDs are considered less toxic than CCFL backlights because they don't use any mercury in the manufacturing process. They're extremely efficient and produce more light per watt than a traditional incandescent bulb. Crucially, they also consume about 40 percent less power compared to a conventional LCD TV.
As Yoon Boo-Keun, the President and General Manager of Samsung's Visual Display Division pointed out at IFA 2009: "If every TV in the world switched to LED, we could save 13 million kilowatts of electricity – enough to supply all 39 million households in Germany."
Samsung is currently leading the LED charge with its 6, 7 and 8-series TVs. Its top-end, 46-inch UE46B8000 LED-backlit LCD TV is only 29.9mm thick.
LED is a stop-gap technology until OLED arrivesOLED is viewed as the natural successor to LCD. The organic material used in an OLED panel emits its own light when charged, so there's no need for a separate backlight LED. But still would take a few years for the yield and production process becoming profitable and mature for commercialization.
Feverip
CFL Application
Some fact about CFLs Energy saving lamps.
The CFL claims to have a life time of 20,000 hours, actually it performs best after 100 hours as the chemical substance started to be full operational after the run in.
In general a CFL 5-6W lamp is equivalent to a 35 W Incandescent light bulb in term of light output. This is an important index to select the right brightness CFL for replacement.
Its light output would drop after running for 2,000 hours by approx. 5.2% and it continues drop it light intensity to about 19.3% after 22,000 hours.
This is some of studies of Choice magazine on a series of CFLs.
The rate of degrading depends on individuals brand and model. As for my experience some the lamp will degrade very fast and even no output after 2,000 hours and some even found not much change on the output (actually we can not tell unless we measure it) after 3 years, approx 10,000 hours.
From the report of Choice Magazine: Philips is not the best, however GE Edison Plus (HKD$35.00) and Osram (HKD$25.00) were rated highest score for best offering and best rated respectively.
The CFL claims to have a life time of 20,000 hours, actually it performs best after 100 hours as the chemical substance started to be full operational after the run in.
In general a CFL 5-6W lamp is equivalent to a 35 W Incandescent light bulb in term of light output. This is an important index to select the right brightness CFL for replacement.
Its light output would drop after running for 2,000 hours by approx. 5.2% and it continues drop it light intensity to about 19.3% after 22,000 hours.
This is some of studies of Choice magazine on a series of CFLs.
The rate of degrading depends on individuals brand and model. As for my experience some the lamp will degrade very fast and even no output after 2,000 hours and some even found not much change on the output (actually we can not tell unless we measure it) after 3 years, approx 10,000 hours.
From the report of Choice Magazine: Philips is not the best, however GE Edison Plus (HKD$35.00) and Osram (HKD$25.00) were rated highest score for best offering and best rated respectively.
We should not blame Hong Kong executive officer Ronald Tsang to promote the CFL by offering HKD$100 coupon for every family to purchase CFL.
The market is so competitive and we do not necessary go for one selected brand his relative is representing. The consumer are smart enough to choose amongs these, Philips, GE, Osram, Sylvania, Sunlight...etc
If I were Ronald, I would rather promote LED Replacement lamp instead of CFLs. Partly to supprot Greener product and also support the inductry going for more reliable and energy saving products.
Feverip
OPTILED
With Headquarters in Hong Kong, OPTILED Lighting International Ltd. was founded in 2000 in the US and has become the global leading provider of LED lighting solutions for an entire range of functional lighting applications.
This is the first time that we can see advertisment on whole page of Metro 23 Oct. on such kind of LED company in Hong Kong.
This is the first time that we can see advertisment on whole page of Metro 23 Oct. on such kind of LED company in Hong Kong.
We are looking forward to have more Hong Kong companies that can run and support the big commercial lighting market in Hong Kong... Bring us to be an Asian leader on Green LED products. Recently our Chief Executie office had intended to launch a programme by offer HKD$100 coupon to every family for buying CFL as to replace Incandescent lamps.
Why doesn't he take a bold action in promotng LED instead of CFL?
Optiled's website is http://www.optiled.com/AboutUs.aspx
feverip
Friday, October 23, 2009
Borderless TV
There has been a lot of effort in makeing borderless TV or display in some of the concert hall in the past, not possible until LED TV is made commercialized large enough to 150". The current LED Back light technology would futher enhance such kind of TV to be beautiful, truly Hi fedility in picture reproduction, colour and contrast that riches highest standard in the market.
LG, being an aggressive player in the TV marker from Korea had launched a new series of Borderless TV , and it is in the market of Hong Kong Now.
The LG SL8000- and SL9000-series. The localized models will be available under the SL80- and SL90-series with the following specifications.
SL80-series conventional LCD TVs
· Available in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes
· Full-HD Super-In Plane Switching (S-IPS) panel
· 150,000:1 dynamic contrast
· 200Hz scanning backlight technology
· Integrated Digital TV (IDTV)
· Bluetooth wireless connectivity
· Onboard HD DivX and MKV playback via USB
· Four HDMI 1.3 inputs
· Expert mode for indepth user tuning
· Available in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes
· Full-HD Super-In Plane Switching (S-IPS) panel
· 150,000:1 dynamic contrast
· 200Hz scanning backlight technology
· Integrated Digital TV (IDTV)
· Bluetooth wireless connectivity
· Onboard HD DivX and MKV playback via USB
· Four HDMI 1.3 inputs
· Expert mode for indepth user tuning
SL90-series LED-edgelit LCD TVs
· Available in 42- and 47-inch sizes
· Full-HD S-IPS panel
· 3 million:1 dynamic contrast
· 100Hz frame interpolation technology
· IDTV
· Bluetooth wireless connectivity
· Onboard HD DivX and MKV playback via USB
· Four HDMI 1.3 inputs
· Expert mode for indepth user tuning
This is definitely Direct back Lit LED as it does nt even need an EDGE at all!!
It's a close fight between the two Korean chaebols as far as the panel bezel depth is concerned. The SL90 edges ahead of the current Samsung LED-edgelit models by a hair with a 0.9mm margin. LG 42" borderless TV is selling at HKD$20,800.00 in Hong Kong.
Feverip
Green Duck Red Deer
Here are a couple of photos of my most recent hand painted pillow covers. I did these two for a friend of mine who is currently transforming the "man room" into the "family room!" I think these 20"X20" pillows will be the perfect "man's touch" left in the room after the transformation! These pillow covers are only $28.00-what a deal!
I can't believe I ate the whole thing...
So Windows 7 was released yesterday, giving frustrated Vista users an expensive upgrade and happy XP users a death clock until they stop being supported.
(Incidentally, since I know I've asked Dan this a few times so maybe some of you will find it interesting - yes, there's been more than four Windows releases since the days of Windows 3.1 [File Manager! Paintbrush!], but officially Windows 95 was 4.0, 2000 was 5.0, and Vista 6.0.)
While this release doesn't have an outdated and generally laughable video starring Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston going for it, it does have its own amazing advertising campaign. One which makes the Baconator look like a Happy Meal. Behold!
Wow, Japan.
Just wow.
Actually, the best idea I heard - since it's pretty much impossible for anybody to eat all that - buy one, buy a pack of hamburger buns, and you're eating really cheaply for the next week.
--Ryan
(Incidentally, since I know I've asked Dan this a few times so maybe some of you will find it interesting - yes, there's been more than four Windows releases since the days of Windows 3.1 [File Manager! Paintbrush!], but officially Windows 95 was 4.0, 2000 was 5.0, and Vista 6.0.)
While this release doesn't have an outdated and generally laughable video starring Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston going for it, it does have its own amazing advertising campaign. One which makes the Baconator look like a Happy Meal. Behold!
Wow, Japan.
Just wow.
Actually, the best idea I heard - since it's pretty much impossible for anybody to eat all that - buy one, buy a pack of hamburger buns, and you're eating really cheaply for the next week.
--Ryan
Farewell SIQ; hello SEE…
It has been a busy week here at Samsung Mobile Innovator. Today we announced the winners of our Samsung IQ win BIG with Widgets competition. We were very pleased with the quality of all the entries in this year’s competition, but the three place-winners below really impressed us….
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First Place - Oh my Tweet
Oh my Tweet! We love this cool widget that brings the functionality of Twitter to the home screen of the Touch Wiz UI with a dynamic, easy to read, interface that can be minimized to take up less space on the home-screen. It has all the Twitter functions you need and it's a Samsung Mobile Widget that we think our customers are going to love.
Second Place - Twitter Tiny
Looks like Twitter definitely captured the imagination of our entrants, because our second place Samsung Mobile Widget is also a Twitter client. With innovative collapsible tabs, Twitter Tiny uses minimal space on the Samsung Touch Wiz UI.
Third Place - LoveOMeter
Think love's irrational? Our third place winner LoveOMeter tries to bring some logic (and fun!) to the situation. Simply enter your name, and the name of your partner, and check out how well you and your partner match. Want to compare yourselves to other users? Click on the statistics icon to get an overview of what the world is matching on!
For full details see http://bit.ly/CsoBx.
Also this week we have been putting the final touches on our preparation for SEE 2009. This year we will have a dedicated area in the Samsung Mobile stand showing off some of the coolest apps that have been developed by our Core partners for the i8910 HD. We hope to meet as many of you as possible. Our Global Relations Manager, Anwar Ahmed will be at SEE 2009 on both days. Get in touch with him on Twitter (@AnwarAhmed101). We will also be updating this blog as much as possible over the two days.
You can still register at http://www.see2009.org/
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First Place - Oh my Tweet
Oh my Tweet! We love this cool widget that brings the functionality of Twitter to the home screen of the Touch Wiz UI with a dynamic, easy to read, interface that can be minimized to take up less space on the home-screen. It has all the Twitter functions you need and it's a Samsung Mobile Widget that we think our customers are going to love.
Second Place - Twitter Tiny
Looks like Twitter definitely captured the imagination of our entrants, because our second place Samsung Mobile Widget is also a Twitter client. With innovative collapsible tabs, Twitter Tiny uses minimal space on the Samsung Touch Wiz UI.
Third Place - LoveOMeter
Think love's irrational? Our third place winner LoveOMeter tries to bring some logic (and fun!) to the situation. Simply enter your name, and the name of your partner, and check out how well you and your partner match. Want to compare yourselves to other users? Click on the statistics icon to get an overview of what the world is matching on!
For full details see http://bit.ly/CsoBx.
Also this week we have been putting the final touches on our preparation for SEE 2009. This year we will have a dedicated area in the Samsung Mobile stand showing off some of the coolest apps that have been developed by our Core partners for the i8910 HD. We hope to meet as many of you as possible. Our Global Relations Manager, Anwar Ahmed will be at SEE 2009 on both days. Get in touch with him on Twitter (@AnwarAhmed101). We will also be updating this blog as much as possible over the two days.
You can still register at http://www.see2009.org/
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A full Line For Manufacturing HB LED
With 37 years experience in LED bonding solution provider to the LED manufacturers.
ASM is the ONLY company that can provide all solution in every process of LED Manufacturing at Low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).
This is the list of equipment that ASM can provide.
- Die Sorting machine
- Map Sorting machine
- Die bonder (Directic Eutectic process, Flip Chip process TC or TS, Solder process, Epoxy process or Flux reflow process) for Top LED, side view, Reel to Reel, PCB base or Ceramic Panel of 4 " wide. Accuracy from +/-1 mil CpK 1.67 to at 8,000 UPH.
- Snap Curing oven standalone or to be connected as in line with the Die bonder and Wire bonder
- Gold ball Bonder "iHawkxtreme" as the world fastest Wire bonder on LED applications
- Jetting Dispensing solution or Time Pressure Dispensing for Phosphor silicone on the bonded LED unit
- IdealCompress Automatic Silicone Liquid Moulding machine
- Automatic wafer level LED Silicone liquid moulding machine
- Packaging LED testing, sorting and taping solution including Bowl feeder or Mylar film frame handling with auto loader, turret head for testing and output into Tape and reel solution of on Mylar. with integration Sphere or photo dedector, Vision Inspection on the cosmetic defect, capability to have full 2D matrix code traceability.
- Package LED mapping sorter into 120 bin grades
- Taping Machine with Picking up Package LED from mylar or feeding from bowl feeder into Tape and Reel.
For more technical Information, pls visit ASM official Web site : http://www.asmpacific.com/asmpt/index.htm
feverip
The most popular man in the world
As part of following politics for this blog and my class, it's been recommended that I use Google News to figure out what people are talking about in the realm of Canadian politics. I haven't been doing this - I consume enough news elsewhere to know what the big stories are, and I'm trying my best to avoid the big ones anyhow - but that's not to say Google News doesn't have its uses.This morning, I ran a search through Google News for the names of all major party leaders, and certain other well-known Canadian politicians. My goal was to see who gets talked about, and who doesn't. Going by essentially every news article from the past week, here are the standings:
6552 - Stephen Harper
2070 - Michael Ignatieff
866 - Lawrence Cannon
854 - Peter Mackay
588 - Jim Flaherty
534 - Jack Layton
523 - John Baird
444 - Jean Chrétien
319 - Bob Rae
253 - Stephane Dion
190 - Gilles Duceppe
171 - Brian Mulroney
171 - Gary Goodyear
149 - John McCallum
143 - Thomas Mulcair
71 - Elizabeth May
It's no surprise to see so many Conservatives near the top - and as partisan as I am, you're sure not going to see me complain about a conservative bias in the media or anything like that. The Conservatives are the ones in power, they're the ones making the announcements and handing out the (ethically-ambiguous) giant cheques. Of course it's the government who will get the lion's share of the press coverage, that's how the system works. No complaints here.
What's a little more jarring is the gap between the party leaders and everybody else. Stephen Harper gets nearly eight times the coverage of his top minister, and Ignatieff gets his name in the paper more than six times as often as any other active Liberal. (Chrétien is an aberration, because he was in the news this week for being named to the Order of Merit.)
(Incidentally, look at the URL to that last link - anybody else find it funny that 'eacute' seems to be Toronto Star shorthand for 'é'?)
It makes some sense with Harper, because he - or at least the media narrative of him, although it seems to have a good deal of basis in fact - likes to centralize power with himself, and doesn't like anybody else (even in his caucus) shining too brightly.
But Ignatieff? The Liberals have tried, both in the 2008 campaign and since, to emphasize that they are a team, yet here's their leader getting far more media coverage than anybody else on the team. It's not because he's a star - plenty of journalists like to criticize him for not having enough of a personality.
Instead, the problem is with this perception among the media that the leader is all that matters - a problem that many have claimed will in fact cause the leader to become all that matters. Right now, Canadian MPs are expected to vote however they are told to vote, and say whatever they are told to say. Nothing else, and certainly nothing that might look bad on their party. Andrew Coyne and others have claimed that this is, on the whole, bad for Canadian democracy - MPs who represent their leader to their constituents, rather than the other way around.
I think the media is part of the problem. If the media were to focus less on the party leaders - since, ultimately, don't they just have one vote out of many? - it might lead to less of a star factor among the leaders, a greater role for backbenchers, and ultimately a healthier democracy for Canada.
But maybe I'm just a pie-in-the-sky idealist.
--Ryan
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Holidays November 1, 2, 27, 28 & 30 - Updated
The next month of November 2009 is filled with two long weekends of holidays on Novemebr 1 & 2, and November 27 & 28, 30. [Nov 27 & 28 are only applicable to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) according to Malacanang through this article]President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared Nov 1 and 2 as special non-working holidays for the All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.November 27 and 28
Top 5 LCD Monitor makers
While Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics increased their market share with aggressive marketing strategy in not only LCD Monitor but also TV in August, other Brands showed lowered production output in August compared to July due to stock level adjusting.
In terms of shipment market share by maker in August, Samsung Electronics comprised 18% market share by producing 2.4M units to be ranked in No.1 and Dell was ranked No.2 with 15% market share that had decreased 7% from July and LG Electronics was ranked in No.3 by adding 10% market share M/M to 13%.
With high activities in China market, Lenovo's shipment market share increased 14% M/M to 5.6% in August to be ranked in No.6 position.
Last year shipment ranking is Samsung as No.1 with market share 17.4%, followed by Dell 14.2%, HP 12.0%, Acer 11.7%, LG 11.5%, Lenovo 6.8%...
In Short, Samsung is LCD TV, Monitor, Netbook market leader and being 2nd as for Handphone. I see not reason why Samsung could be the handphone No. 1 market share leader in another 2 years!
Data from Display bank and Capital Security.
Feverip
In terms of shipment market share by maker in August, Samsung Electronics comprised 18% market share by producing 2.4M units to be ranked in No.1 and Dell was ranked No.2 with 15% market share that had decreased 7% from July and LG Electronics was ranked in No.3 by adding 10% market share M/M to 13%.
With high activities in China market, Lenovo's shipment market share increased 14% M/M to 5.6% in August to be ranked in No.6 position.
Last year shipment ranking is Samsung as No.1 with market share 17.4%, followed by Dell 14.2%, HP 12.0%, Acer 11.7%, LG 11.5%, Lenovo 6.8%...
In Short, Samsung is LCD TV, Monitor, Netbook market leader and being 2nd as for Handphone. I see not reason why Samsung could be the handphone No. 1 market share leader in another 2 years!
Data from Display bank and Capital Security.
Feverip
Monday, October 19, 2009
Ways to cost down a LED Package
LED chip may take up 40% of a package LED of 1 Watt ceramic base HB LED.
And the Ceramic Substrate may take up 14% of the total cost of the LED.
So in short, if we want to reduce the cost of the LED, we can simply reduce the chip side say 30% such that the total cost of the LED material will be reduced by 1/3, at same time do improve and try to maintain the same light output of the larger chip 1 mm x1 mm.
And that is about 17% of the LED material cost and at same time it gains its number of LED Chip on wafer.. At Same time, if we reduce the LED from 3mmx 3mm to 2.5mm x 2.5mm. We furtehr reduce the substrate by 25% and epoxy by another 5% due to smaller chip footprint.
The total cost of reduction can be 25%. That may be a way to significantly mark a 2nd level power LED at different power rate and price tag.
The price here is of an estimation only.
A lot pof people is talking about 6 inch LED wafer before sawing, so that will be a real challenge and way for reducing the cost of an LED. At a recent conference in Hong Kong, Parvez, CEO of Rubicon explained the rationale behind the LED industry’s move to larger diameter wafers. “The availability of cost effective large diameter sapphire wafers and also LED processing equipment capable of manufacturing large diameter wafers is enabling LED producers to improve their process yields and chip throughput which reduces their overall chip costs,” he said.
So let's watch out when we can have 6" LED wafer. now most of them are 4" diameter, By time 6" is commonly in the market, the cost of the LED willd be much lower than now.
Feverip
Feverip
And the Ceramic Substrate may take up 14% of the total cost of the LED.
So in short, if we want to reduce the cost of the LED, we can simply reduce the chip side say 30% such that the total cost of the LED material will be reduced by 1/3, at same time do improve and try to maintain the same light output of the larger chip 1 mm x1 mm.
And that is about 17% of the LED material cost and at same time it gains its number of LED Chip on wafer.. At Same time, if we reduce the LED from 3mmx 3mm to 2.5mm x 2.5mm. We furtehr reduce the substrate by 25% and epoxy by another 5% due to smaller chip footprint.
The total cost of reduction can be 25%. That may be a way to significantly mark a 2nd level power LED at different power rate and price tag.
The price here is of an estimation only.
A lot pof people is talking about 6 inch LED wafer before sawing, so that will be a real challenge and way for reducing the cost of an LED. At a recent conference in Hong Kong, Parvez, CEO of Rubicon explained the rationale behind the LED industry’s move to larger diameter wafers. “The availability of cost effective large diameter sapphire wafers and also LED processing equipment capable of manufacturing large diameter wafers is enabling LED producers to improve their process yields and chip throughput which reduces their overall chip costs,” he said.
So let's watch out when we can have 6" LED wafer. now most of them are 4" diameter, By time 6" is commonly in the market, the cost of the LED willd be much lower than now.
Feverip
Feverip
PLDT DSL Watchpad Launched
The usual family home setup is a television set for watching television shows and a desktop personal computer for computer and internet use.But with the newly launched PLDT myDSL Watchpad, they have infused television watching habits into the PC or laptop through the internet.Just like internet TV, they call it the Watch Pad - the nation’s first Broadband Entertainment Portal.Check out more
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Let's do the time warp again
So, my plan to watch a lot of new TV shows has somewhat fizzled out. I didn't manage to catch a single minute of Hank, gave up on Cougar Town after six minutes, lasted one episode of The Middle, and two episodes of Modern Family.
For some reason, though, I've been glued to Flash Forward all the way through. It's had its ups (the first episode) and downs (the third), but overall the story has been just enough to keep me hooked.
The story of Flash Forward is fairly simple - in the first episode (episodes are set in real-time, so if a show airs in December, it's December in the show), everybody on Earth suddenly and inexplicably blacks out. A minute and a half later, they wake up. This causes problems which are both obvious - traffic accidents, mass confusion - and melodramatic - botched suicide attempts.
As people begin discussing just what happened, they realize a common pattern - it wasn't just a blackout, everybody got a glimpse of the exact same time next April.
The initial question - 'did that really happen?' is answered quickly, as people are able to corroborate the flash-forwards of people they had never met as of the blackout.
The show then starts following a number of plots, all of which somehow revolve around the main character, an FBI agent whose flash-forward showed him leading the investigation into the incident - therefore he is picked to lead the investigation into the incident. His partner, played by John Cho, is worried because he didn't have a flash-forward - which seems to point at him dying, especially after the one other person he meets who didn't have a flash-forward is killed in an investigation of a suspicious warehouse. Then he gets a call telling him he'll be assassinated on March 15.
Other plotlines revolve around the FBI agent's wife, who saw herself with another man, his AA sponsor, who saw himself with the daughter he thought was killed in Afghanistan, and his daughter's babysitter, who saw herself being drowned and feeling like she deserved it.
In the meantime, we're also slowly learning more about the flash-forwards themselves - they were planned, because somebody was captured on video at a baseball stadium in Detroit walking around during the blackout and seeming to know what they were doing. They'd happened before - in 1991, although they only affected a small community in Somalia at that time. And what the audience, but not the FBI, learned at the end of this week's episode is that one of the men behind the blackout is the man seen in the wife's vision.
Indeed, it seems as though everybody the FBI agent (I'm really bad with names from this show for some reason) cares about is going to be targeted by the bad guys as a means of throwing him off the trail - his wife seduced, his partner assassinated, his daughter's babysitter drowned...and whatever happened to the daughter, it caused her to remark that "Dee Gibbons [one of the bad guys] is a bad man".
Now, remember that this show was based on a book by Robert J. Sawyer. Going off what I know about Sawyer, I suspect the book was full of theories about whether it would be possible to change the future that had been seen, or whether (and this is my theory for the show) the future that was seen is based off of everything the characters do between now and April. For example, the FBI agent might have seen something else originally, and just lucked into being put in charge of the investigation - but because of what he investigated, his flash-forward showed *that* rather than the initial experience, and the world is essentially reliving these few months without realizing it.
I'd have preferred the hard theories to characters constantly talking about "making our own destiny" and saying "it's the future, you can't change it!", anyhow.
It's not a great show by any means, the acting can be pretty bad at times, and I'm still convinced there are some plot holes. But it's a decent enough story to keep me watching. Maybe you will too.
--Ryan
Friday, October 16, 2009
10 Points on LED TV
LED TV has become the new prized entertainment item for some households. It has created hot topics at the consumer electronics shops, Laser, Fortress or Broadway in Hong Kong. There is big promotion programme launched by Samsung at the darkest day of the economic meltdown beginning of the year, as they believed the people could consider to buy a better TV and whole family would sit down and watch the video porgramme rather than to go out for spending their money, I think this was a good timing and always Samsung has a bold marketing motive in sales in their history.
Now it is the time for LG who is coming up as a close follower for the promotion.
I have this experience, went to the shop talking to the same Sale people in Fortress Shop, before that guy was promoting Samsung LED TV and saying that this is top one brand in TV and they have the best technology for LED, no question not to buy from them. In August, I talked to same guy again I said how about LG, he said LG is the best choice as they are all made in Korean with good Korean Quality where Samsung LED was made in China!! Not as good quality as LG…. I was puzzled, how come they could distorted the picture in such a shop prior do two months time.
I saw that they are running the promotion on LG, not to focus on Samsung anymore!
They might have some instructions from the top management!?
One Staff engineer from a big company asked to show him where the LED TV is in the Broadway. It seemed to me he does not know what LED TV is?…. I was thinking that Samsung has already created the Sales Gadget to create a terms that has triggered something NEW and make such as an attraction for more new comers to search for more information on LED TV, at least they want to find out what the LED TVs are…
I am trying to illustrate that what I relate about LED TV is all about and what should we do about it in coming future to select the TV…
“LED TV” is in fact not a proper term to describe the Samsung new TV as Original LED TV means the entire TV screen is configurated and built by thousand pieces of LED. Most conventional LCD TVs use cold cathode fluorescent lamps or CCFLs for the backlighting. However, the LED TVs use light emitting diodes or LED as a backlight. One of the main challenges with the light emitting diode is the fact that it is too big for pixels on a television screen. So if someone tells you that the equipment is an LED TV, it is never going to be a true one and is likely to have a combination of other technology as well. The current main use of a true LED technology is for massive screens such as those that are used at sports stadiums, train terminal and department stores.
But now all we see is the LCD TV with LED backlit unit, so this is not appropriate by right to use “LED TV” to describe the TV. So this is only LCD TV which has been in the market for 10 years already, nothing is new.
1. What is LED Backlit unit?
LCD TV has to be light up at back to illuminate the TV Screen and to boost up the colour contrast. That is traditionally being broadly using CCFL as a standard material to illuminate.
2. What is CCFL?
CCFL is Cold Cathode Florescent Light, is in fact the Same kind of
Light fixture we are using at home. It contains certain amount of Mercury and is not advisable to be disposed without special treatment but who can do much now as there are Billions of such kind of light tubes in the world. That is why European is trying to stop this kind of product by replacing with better environmental friendly product such as LED… but not able to do it yet as the Efficacy of LED is still not able to be marketable in large scale for this Hugh light and illumination market.
3. How many types of CCFL in the market, the CCFL in general being used by most
Of the TV makers, and HCFL by Sony which has a effect of thinner tube of CFL and a better power efficiency, which goes in par with LED.
4. How many types of LED Back lit structure and design?
White TopLED LED is mounting on the edge and LED shine through the light guide to the centre of the LCD TV. Edge lit from side, either 4 sides tow vertical sides, tow top and bottom and even only one at the bottom side. Edge type is best for its thin TV outer profile, down to 5mm! But there is not local dimming. And closer looking into it you can see that the light is brighter at the side as comparing with the Centre of the screen. 4. Edge-lit TVs are really thin, but uniformity suffers. Direct white LED back lit, that is a better design with the screen being sectionized into say 400 smaller area, each contain say 10-20 LED in groups, so in short the Screen is lit up by these thousands of LED, the control is more complex and the effect is able to have Local dimming and best to control the blackness of the screen thus by right this can achieves a DCR Dynamic Contrast Ratio n of 3,000,000 to 1. So as the quality of the TV should be better in the Edge lit design. The cost of the Direct Back lit is much higher than Edge... and it is thicker in the construction the market Leader is able to make it as thin as 10mm.
5. The is another one using RGB LED on the direct back lit panels, this RGB is three colour Red, Green and Blue LED, the control is even more complex than the White LED Direct Back lit unit, it nay use up a Computer to control the colour brightness, balance in the colour gamut, they might use up 3,500 LED groups each consists of RGB Leeds, those the cost of the LED Back light construction is very high but there result is rich colour especially in RED.
thicker of the whole panel.
6. Is LED TV better in performance than Plasma TV?
From my point of view Plasma is still better as it does not rely on Back lit to illuminate up the LCD TV. It has it own lighting units as pixel to show the brightness. It has a better reproduction of the original Colour as from the signal input is. This is more or less than same As LP Vs. CD…. LP has a true musical tone than CD, no matter what kind of technology you use, That is the physics Nothing can change but of course commercial side there is 100,000 ways to destroy LP, but the human ears I the final Judge! But Plasma TV was blamed for it short life time, now the new Plasma no mater Samsung, Pioneer, They can stay safe without any problem for 20,000 hours. But the Plasma is hot as of consume at least 2X more power than the LED TV.
7. One downside to local dimming is an effect called "blooming," where brighter areas bleed into darker ones and lighten adjacent black levels. This effect varies widely from model to model; it's pretty noticeable on the Toshiba 46SV670U, for example, and much more difficult to notice on the Samsung 8500. Incidence of blooming is directly related to how many local dimming LED elements ("dimmable zones") are behind the screen, but some manufacturers won't divulge that information. Blooming isn't an issue on other kinds of displays, including edge-lit models.
8. Cost For LED TV is much higher that those LCD TV lit p by CCFL, The cost structure has a different of $100, to $1,000 in average (Depending on type of back light, white or RGB LED).
So as the selling prices.
9. Dynamic Contrast Ratio, there is a standardization of how to measure the black to White light intensity and thus to create the specification. Do not compare this kind of figure as a way to make buy decision as LG can have a DCR of 3,000,000:1 and Sharp Top series LC-65XSIM 15,000:1 by specification Sharp will lose to LG or Samsung.
10. How to make a buying choice?
Go to the shop, check with your budget and then go for the picture quality you think the best using the same Source blueRay of course, and Forget the technical specification at this moment. Look at the Centre portion for the True Blackness nor Greyer? And Look at different angel to see there is any Blooming on colour. If there is a LCD dark room that will be the bets, but so far most of the HK Retail show room does not provide you such a room for you to choose, So all we have to choose is o make a choice on that.. or
If you have limited budget, just for watch good picture quality movie, go and buy a Plasma TV, it is Cheap. Nice, bright and natural Colour. But it is thicker and Consumption with higher power, It will add on your bill in the whole year!
If you are electronics Freak, and like to go for the best technology and sleek design
Go buy Samsung 8500 series TV, it is slim, crystal frame, Optimum Performance and
Power comparison.
If your wallet is thick enough to achieve the best in the market, LCD TV from Sharp would not disappoint you, go and use your Amex card to Broadway for the LC-65XS1M, List price is HK$148,800. Certain shops are selling at about HK$125,500. I have been asking them for the price of the shop’s demo as I do not mind the TV has been running for 3 months as run in… As it does tell me that has been running no problem for that period of time, He offered me HK$98,000.00!
My opinion, we will see more LED TVs in coming few years and the CCFL back lit will stay safe for at east 4 years before they become extinct!
On the other side, Panasonic has announced not to manufacture CRT TV and his factory was sold to China. In China, there are 60% of TV are still CRT. There is still a huge Market for China and some third world Countries.
feverip
Now it is the time for LG who is coming up as a close follower for the promotion.
I have this experience, went to the shop talking to the same Sale people in Fortress Shop, before that guy was promoting Samsung LED TV and saying that this is top one brand in TV and they have the best technology for LED, no question not to buy from them. In August, I talked to same guy again I said how about LG, he said LG is the best choice as they are all made in Korean with good Korean Quality where Samsung LED was made in China!! Not as good quality as LG…. I was puzzled, how come they could distorted the picture in such a shop prior do two months time.
I saw that they are running the promotion on LG, not to focus on Samsung anymore!
They might have some instructions from the top management!?
One Staff engineer from a big company asked to show him where the LED TV is in the Broadway. It seemed to me he does not know what LED TV is?…. I was thinking that Samsung has already created the Sales Gadget to create a terms that has triggered something NEW and make such as an attraction for more new comers to search for more information on LED TV, at least they want to find out what the LED TVs are…
I am trying to illustrate that what I relate about LED TV is all about and what should we do about it in coming future to select the TV…
“LED TV” is in fact not a proper term to describe the Samsung new TV as Original LED TV means the entire TV screen is configurated and built by thousand pieces of LED. Most conventional LCD TVs use cold cathode fluorescent lamps or CCFLs for the backlighting. However, the LED TVs use light emitting diodes or LED as a backlight. One of the main challenges with the light emitting diode is the fact that it is too big for pixels on a television screen. So if someone tells you that the equipment is an LED TV, it is never going to be a true one and is likely to have a combination of other technology as well. The current main use of a true LED technology is for massive screens such as those that are used at sports stadiums, train terminal and department stores.
But now all we see is the LCD TV with LED backlit unit, so this is not appropriate by right to use “LED TV” to describe the TV. So this is only LCD TV which has been in the market for 10 years already, nothing is new.
1. What is LED Backlit unit?
LCD TV has to be light up at back to illuminate the TV Screen and to boost up the colour contrast. That is traditionally being broadly using CCFL as a standard material to illuminate.
2. What is CCFL?
CCFL is Cold Cathode Florescent Light, is in fact the Same kind of
Light fixture we are using at home. It contains certain amount of Mercury and is not advisable to be disposed without special treatment but who can do much now as there are Billions of such kind of light tubes in the world. That is why European is trying to stop this kind of product by replacing with better environmental friendly product such as LED… but not able to do it yet as the Efficacy of LED is still not able to be marketable in large scale for this Hugh light and illumination market.
3. How many types of CCFL in the market, the CCFL in general being used by most
Of the TV makers, and HCFL by Sony which has a effect of thinner tube of CFL and a better power efficiency, which goes in par with LED.
4. How many types of LED Back lit structure and design?
White TopLED LED is mounting on the edge and LED shine through the light guide to the centre of the LCD TV. Edge lit from side, either 4 sides tow vertical sides, tow top and bottom and even only one at the bottom side. Edge type is best for its thin TV outer profile, down to 5mm! But there is not local dimming. And closer looking into it you can see that the light is brighter at the side as comparing with the Centre of the screen. 4. Edge-lit TVs are really thin, but uniformity suffers. Direct white LED back lit, that is a better design with the screen being sectionized into say 400 smaller area, each contain say 10-20 LED in groups, so in short the Screen is lit up by these thousands of LED, the control is more complex and the effect is able to have Local dimming and best to control the blackness of the screen thus by right this can achieves a DCR Dynamic Contrast Ratio n of 3,000,000 to 1. So as the quality of the TV should be better in the Edge lit design. The cost of the Direct Back lit is much higher than Edge... and it is thicker in the construction the market Leader is able to make it as thin as 10mm.
5. The is another one using RGB LED on the direct back lit panels, this RGB is three colour Red, Green and Blue LED, the control is even more complex than the White LED Direct Back lit unit, it nay use up a Computer to control the colour brightness, balance in the colour gamut, they might use up 3,500 LED groups each consists of RGB Leeds, those the cost of the LED Back light construction is very high but there result is rich colour especially in RED.
thicker of the whole panel.
6. Is LED TV better in performance than Plasma TV?
From my point of view Plasma is still better as it does not rely on Back lit to illuminate up the LCD TV. It has it own lighting units as pixel to show the brightness. It has a better reproduction of the original Colour as from the signal input is. This is more or less than same As LP Vs. CD…. LP has a true musical tone than CD, no matter what kind of technology you use, That is the physics Nothing can change but of course commercial side there is 100,000 ways to destroy LP, but the human ears I the final Judge! But Plasma TV was blamed for it short life time, now the new Plasma no mater Samsung, Pioneer, They can stay safe without any problem for 20,000 hours. But the Plasma is hot as of consume at least 2X more power than the LED TV.
7. One downside to local dimming is an effect called "blooming," where brighter areas bleed into darker ones and lighten adjacent black levels. This effect varies widely from model to model; it's pretty noticeable on the Toshiba 46SV670U, for example, and much more difficult to notice on the Samsung 8500. Incidence of blooming is directly related to how many local dimming LED elements ("dimmable zones") are behind the screen, but some manufacturers won't divulge that information. Blooming isn't an issue on other kinds of displays, including edge-lit models.
8. Cost For LED TV is much higher that those LCD TV lit p by CCFL, The cost structure has a different of $100, to $1,000 in average (Depending on type of back light, white or RGB LED).
So as the selling prices.
9. Dynamic Contrast Ratio, there is a standardization of how to measure the black to White light intensity and thus to create the specification. Do not compare this kind of figure as a way to make buy decision as LG can have a DCR of 3,000,000:1 and Sharp Top series LC-65XSIM 15,000:1 by specification Sharp will lose to LG or Samsung.
10. How to make a buying choice?
Go to the shop, check with your budget and then go for the picture quality you think the best using the same Source blueRay of course, and Forget the technical specification at this moment. Look at the Centre portion for the True Blackness nor Greyer? And Look at different angel to see there is any Blooming on colour. If there is a LCD dark room that will be the bets, but so far most of the HK Retail show room does not provide you such a room for you to choose, So all we have to choose is o make a choice on that.. or
If you have limited budget, just for watch good picture quality movie, go and buy a Plasma TV, it is Cheap. Nice, bright and natural Colour. But it is thicker and Consumption with higher power, It will add on your bill in the whole year!
If you are electronics Freak, and like to go for the best technology and sleek design
Go buy Samsung 8500 series TV, it is slim, crystal frame, Optimum Performance and
Power comparison.
If your wallet is thick enough to achieve the best in the market, LCD TV from Sharp would not disappoint you, go and use your Amex card to Broadway for the LC-65XS1M, List price is HK$148,800. Certain shops are selling at about HK$125,500. I have been asking them for the price of the shop’s demo as I do not mind the TV has been running for 3 months as run in… As it does tell me that has been running no problem for that period of time, He offered me HK$98,000.00!
My opinion, we will see more LED TVs in coming few years and the CCFL back lit will stay safe for at east 4 years before they become extinct!
On the other side, Panasonic has announced not to manufacture CRT TV and his factory was sold to China. In China, there are 60% of TV are still CRT. There is still a huge Market for China and some third world Countries.
feverip
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Jacquelin's Paintings
This a 20X24 inch painting I did for a friend of mine to hang in her son's nursery. This painting has a solid medium brown background with a medium turquoise monkey. I think it will be so cut in the nursery to go with her adorable animal bedding.
These two paintings above will be hung in a grouping of four on the wall of her son's nursery. Each canvas is 8X10 and when hung together each make up a pig and an elephant. I think these will be super cute as well and can be used even in a big boy room when he outgrows his nursery!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Renewable Energy: Sinag Harnesses the Power of the Sun
As climate change become more of a reality than a warning, we reap the consequences as well.The two recent typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng hit the country hard and took it by surprise, not without repercussions. During such occasions, the use of clean and renewable energy becomes more relevant as a long term solution to lighten the load off our environment and the ecosystem within.One such technology
ASM DS520 Jetting machine
ASM has been developing a new jetting machine for the LED yellow phosphor dispensing.
The technology achieved was a result of tremendous effort in the material studies and selection of various jetting methodology.
The jetting performance varies on the silicone material characteristics. A typical Vertical Lamp application is to achieve an UPH of 50K, with jetting weight of 1.6 Grams of silicone material at variance of approx. 10% in weight.
There is certain LED players request to have some data on CIE figure on the jetting machine. However, we should be aware that the following factors would affect the CIE figure after the jetting.
1. The Die tilting
2. The wire bonding loop height variation
3. The variation of the Z height of the LED Cup (variance from 10 microns to 40 microns!)
4. The Silisone material itself
5. The jetting pump repeataibility
6. Temperature
7. Machine parameter and Set-up
They have been working along with more applications and beleive soon the DS520 will be the one of the solutions for the LED phosphor for us. Besdies, the tool is good for epxoy jetting, and underfilling for Flip Chips applications.
For more technical Information, please visit ASM Official Web site :
http://www.asmpacific.com/asmpt/index.htm
feverip
Location, location, location...
MoMo London
Last night our resident Technical Author, Ben Morris, attended MoMo London. Ben has a healthy(?) scepticism for anything he considers “trendy” or “marketing” so his thoughts on this month’s MoMo theme Location (a topic that continues to capture the imagination of both trend-setters and marketers alike) were always destined to be interesting.
Find them below…
Location has been the "new new thing" since, ooh, about Y2K, and was the theme at last night's MoMo London with some nice app demos and a panel discussion. A couple of key themes emerged:
Considering Ben is also a wine producer, “tolerable” is quite high praise.
Map out your future and get into the fast lane.
That’s the message from our partners NAVTEQ who are once again running their LBS Challenge, this year there is a special category for Touch UI apps in their annual LBS developer competition. The competition is open for location-aware applications based on any platform, including Symbian and Windows Mobile. This presents the perfect opportunity for any Samsung Mobile Innovator members currently developing LBS apps for Samsung's Windows Mobile Samsung Omnia range or the Symbian powered i8910 HD to participate.
For further details see www.LBSChallenge.com
Last night our resident Technical Author, Ben Morris, attended MoMo London. Ben has a healthy(?) scepticism for anything he considers “trendy” or “marketing” so his thoughts on this month’s MoMo theme Location (a topic that continues to capture the imagination of both trend-setters and marketers alike) were always destined to be interesting.
Find them below…
Location has been the "new new thing" since, ooh, about Y2K, and was the theme at last night's MoMo London with some nice app demos and a panel discussion. A couple of key themes emerged:
- The cool new apps are using location as an added dimension to their main function/service and not as the primary service. Pure maps and navigation thus gives way to "where was I when I heard that song...?"
- There's still a place for pure location though, as Vodafone 360 demoed with its "location nudge" - on the new LiMo based 360 phones from Samsung
- The jury is still out on location based advertising. Biggest boo of the evening was for intrusive advertising along the lines of "when you walk past the store/coffee shop it can send you an offer". What we want instead are apps that add location to enable us to make the choices we want to make...
- In other words we want location browsing, and as if to make the point - the Flook demo seemed to offer us exactly that. Can't wait!
- The elephant in the room was privacy. It was the question I was going to ask, but Dan Appelquist beat me to it. The dystopian vision is of the mobile phone as a self-inflicted surveillance tool. The big question is - do we care/who cares? The optimistic view - perhaps "hide in plain sight" will save us.
- Best use case of the evening - "Let's me find myself when I'm in a bar!"
Considering Ben is also a wine producer, “tolerable” is quite high praise.
Map out your future and get into the fast lane.
That’s the message from our partners NAVTEQ who are once again running their LBS Challenge, this year there is a special category for Touch UI apps in their annual LBS developer competition. The competition is open for location-aware applications based on any platform, including Symbian and Windows Mobile. This presents the perfect opportunity for any Samsung Mobile Innovator members currently developing LBS apps for Samsung's Windows Mobile Samsung Omnia range or the Symbian powered i8910 HD to participate.
For further details see www.LBSChallenge.com
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Project Rebuild for Rain & Flood-Damaged Canon Products
Canon Project Rebuild for rain & flood-damaged Canon products offers a 50% discount on labor fees and 25% discount on parts for all water-damaged Canon gadgets and machines.This is the Canon's response ot the recent typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.So, was your Canon gadget ravaged by the rains?Promo is only until October 31, 2009 and does not include Selphy Compact Photo Printers.
Rapid thoughts on rapid transit
The proposal for light rail transit in Kitchener-Waterloo is the first local issue I can remember that has actually divided residents into significant camps - perhaps the first in my lifetime. James Bow is generally in favour of the plan, while Yappa Ding Ding is not. Even more alarmist, a recent guest piece in The Record suggested that the trains will somehow destroy the annual Oktoberfest parade, aka Paul Buttinger's chance to get interviewed on national television.Where do I stand in the debate? Decidedly against LRT, and it's not because of the $700-million price tag - I'd be against it if some magic corporation offered to fund the construction and then turn the whole thing over to the city.
First of all, I just cannot wrap my head around the argument that LRT will somehow reinvigorate Kitchener's downtown - particularly considering it seems to be used in conjunction with the "it'll be great for people commuting to Toronto!" argument. If most of the people using LRT are just passing through downtown on their way to and from work, how will that help downtown?
And although it's a little extreme to suggest that the Oktoberfest parade will be destroyed, Peter Gay - the author of that piece - does seem to stumble sideways into a decent point. Cars aren't going to be able to make a whole lot of left turns off of King Street if this goes through - and are the people who already avoid downtown whenever possible suddenly going to be drawn back by the allure of having an even *more* difficult time getting where they want to go? I suspect not.
This is all, of course, assuming that downtown revitalization is a good thing. It's probably possible for a community to grow its reputation with a decrepit downtown - or none whatsoever - but my experiences in Brantford the last few years would lead me to assume the opposite. The downtown was crappy, so everybody avoided the city (unless offered really cheap land, or wanting a night at the casino). Now that the city has put some work into improving the downtown core, demolishing the worst buildings and nudging respectable institutions into the others, the city's reputation and economy are finally on the upswing.
As for the part about it being great for people commuting to the Toronto area...do we really want that? I mean, this is admittedly a matter of personal preference more than anything, but do we want Kitchener-Waterloo to be thought of as a bedroom community of Toronto? Do we want Oktoberfest, the Perimeter Institute, RIM, et al. to be thought of as part of the Toronto bubble? I don't.
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, of course, and if the majority of K-W residents want to go ahead with LRT in the face of all the arguments against (my hunch is that they simply think it's an eventuality, so why bother to fight it?), I'll begrudgingly accept their decision. But I do like the idea of delaying the proposal long enough that it can be a ballot question next fall. It'd be nice to have an election that comes down to something other than "I recognize this guy's name".
--Ryan
LED Testing, Sorting and Taping Solution
For LED Package testing, Sorting and Taping solution suppliers are classified into a three major players; the Swiss, Japanese, Malaysian and Taiwanese with the first two being the higher end and last two the lower.
And in the recent three years there has been developed a lot new packages which are becoming smaller than 1mm. The testing and sorting machine has been becoming very competitive in price/performance. There are more and more players who has gained a lot of technical knowhow on the design and application of a rotory turret for these pick and place, Test and sort from Bowl feeder input to Bulk bin output as a standard machine design.
ASM, used to be a total solution supplier for the IC, Discrete and CIS (Camera Module Image Senor) provider has been tranformed the latest motion contro,l vision capability and innovative mechanical design with the pick and place process onto the Package LED solution and they have successfully cracked into the competitive market Taiwan.
Large Revenue was generated from the largest Taiwanese LED manufacturers.
The first generation machine thus by demonstarting their UPH/Cost of investment and High MTBA (Mean Time Between assistance).
Now ASM test Sort and taping machine would likely the faster machine in the Package LED arean.
Moreover, with their team of almost 1,000 R & D engineers in Hong Kong, Singapore and China., they would be likely launched the 2nd genersation of machine for handling the popular small foot print ceramic base LED with Silicone Dome Lens with Mylar frame as input and output in form of Tape and Reel. This is mostly welcome by major LED players as the solution can provide a good LED die Tracecability.
Other tapeing machine soltuion is to have a Non-turret Deisgn taping machine which can be true solution for Package LED with dome lens as Turret introduces a lot of Pick and Place process, thus creates inevitable scratches and damages on the LED Lens.
With the intensive learning from vast customer data base on various LED products, fast turn around time for new design evaluation, there will be a infallible New Testing, Sorting and taping products coming up soon!
For More technical Information, Please visit ASM official Wed site :
feverip
Consideration on Back Light on NB, Monitor and LCD TV
There is serious Considersation on the Back light design for various major Display type of Applications: Not Book (NB), Monitor and LCD TV.For example Net Book, I think the major concern for Net book is the power consumption or battery life time. The LED display is the major power consumption besides Main Processor board where we can not do much after the CPU Chip is selected with the right speed.
An high efficacy LED usually is low power LED can have a higher efficacy up to 40%, if we can properly design the light guide and filter which can then maximize the battery Life time up to 8-10 Hours.
As for Monitor case, power consumption is no long a big concern, the user is expecting a good contrast and colour saturation, hence we can use direct back lit design. and Cost is the last consideration.
How about LCD TV Back light?
well, all despends what kind of price you want to position for the market on your TV, High end one will be looking at RGB direct back light for best Colour saturation and Highest DCR (Dynamic Contrast Ratio) and cost is the last to consider.
Where as the lower end smaller Size Panel sich as 32" or 42" the Slimmer design, optimum contrast and Colour Saturation with lowest cost will be the best approach for concluding orders.
Hence Samsung major TV series 5,6,7,8 is using Edge Lit Back lit deisgn, only if demanding people will look for 85 series with Direct back lit unit as to pursue best Contrast with customer eagers to pay another thousand dollar for it. Also There is a market need for Samsung to use it as weapon to conteract LG wich is built with White LED back lit unit for best DCR and Colour saturation.
Feverip
Monday, October 12, 2009
Fall is here!!!
Whoa!!! September has come and gone and October is halfway over!!! My goodness, I cannot believe I have not updated in so long! I have been busy painting but not so busy taking pictures of my work!!!! I tend to paint and deliver... no time in the day for snapping photos. I am working on three that I will promise to photograph and then off to work on some more pillow covers. I am still waiting for my tote bags to arrive in the mail and then I can get cranking on those as well. Stay tuned...pics to come, I promise!
The Typhoon That Will Never Be Forgotten
It was the morning of September 26, I woke up and it was still raining.I remembered that I slept raining the night before and the rain hasn't stopped since then. It has become a super typhoon, and they called it Ondoy.Living in the low lying residential areas of Makati City, I know it's already flooded in our streets even without taking a look by the window. It was just a question of how high
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Indulge in the Uniquely Singapore Experience!
Singapore is close to my heart because my first international trip was when I went to Singapore for a vacation. I went there on a very conspicuous date of August 08, 2008 (08-08-08). It was also my birthday.And there I experience the rich blend in culture characterized by the mixture of multi-racial communities mainly comprised by Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Eurasians. The people has respect
Philips new 42PFL9803 Flat TV Goes LED Back lit
The new 42PFL9803 FlatTV from Philips won the “European LCD-TV 2008-2009” award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). According to Philips, its 42-inch set "delivers levels of contrast and motion smoothness never achieved by an LCD before."
Philips is claiming an astonishingly high 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.
The LED LUX system comprises a total of 1,152 RGB LEDs, split into 128 segments. Each of the 8 rows contains 16 segments, with 9 LEDs in each segment. These LEDs can be individually dimmed to precisely control the output of each pixel. So, even if a segment contains both bright and dark portions, the pixel values of the dark portions can be dimmed to deliver optimum contrast performance.
Philips is claiming an astonishingly high 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.
The LED LUX system comprises a total of 1,152 RGB LEDs, split into 128 segments. Each of the 8 rows contains 16 segments, with 9 LEDs in each segment. These LEDs can be individually dimmed to precisely control the output of each pixel. So, even if a segment contains both bright and dark portions, the pixel values of the dark portions can be dimmed to deliver optimum contrast performance.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Nobel Peace Laureate 2009: Barack Obama
About two hours ago, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President Obama.
All the top comments on community forums seem to say the same things, which are generally negative. You can read the official press release for his award here. Here's a rundown of the emotions you may experience:
- Obama doesn't deserve that award. What a douche; I'm not voting for him again.
- It's not Obama's fault he won. It's the Nobel academy's fault! Damn Norwegians!
- It's actually kind of nice to have a president who is worthy of being nominated for this award, let alone winning it.
- I'm Canadian. I don't really care about this anyway.
So now he has a Nobel Prize. He can put it next to his Grammy.
--
D. Phillips
Wafer Level Package LED
WLP
WLPLED Wafer level Package for LED is an emerging technology from Denmark Hymite and now Taiwan for Going to the new WLP LED, more and more people especially with IC foundry facilities and experience are moving onwards to WLP LED. Now others involved in LED WLP technology include the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Solidlite Corp., VisEra Technologies Co., Ltd., Xintec Inc. and Silicon Base Development Inc. (SiDBI).
Why Silicon
The key factors for this trend is that there are the following advantages: Silicon’s CTE or coefficient of thermal expansion is below 4 ppm/C, TC or thermal conductivity is in the 150-180 W/m.k. range, Silicon can provide a good thermal condition for LED.
IC die Integration
WLP Silicon wafer can be made using the lithographing process, in which photomasks replace molds. The TVS die and or the LED invertors chip may be able to be integrated onto the substrates within the same LED footprint.
Base Material Selection
There are three major way for substrates election as for LED substrates material,
Ployphthalamide (PPA) is the major lead-frame material for low-power chips packaging while ceramic and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) are primarily used for high-power packages.
Cost Comparison
The cost of ceramic packaging is the highest whereas WLP is the cheapest, with PPA and LCP in the middle. If a ceramic package costs US$0.25, a PPA would be around US$0.08, an LCP would be around US$0.10 and WLP would be around US$0.04.
Ceramic has a good melting point, ceramic-based lead frame, like PPA and LCP lead frames, has to be made with tooling, hence limiting the substrate reduction to micron scale. A PPA lead frame, for instance, can be miniaturized to 3.2 mm long by 1.8 mm wide at best, holding a 9-mil LED chip and an 8 mil TVS Die in it. WLP process enabling reflective layers such as Aluminum to be grown on silicon lead frames in the burning-hot chemical vapor deposition chamber. "The layer can reflect some 5% more light from the chip relative to generic lead frames, thereby boosting efficacy of a lamp.
Bonding Process
Epoxy and flux Eutectic reflow process is not a concern, Epoxy can be using stamping epoxy which is best for small cavity like 30mil x 30 mil with the latest stamping epoxy process and sophisticated control it sis able to provide a production mode of epoxy spread of 4 mil or less at each side of the LED chip still leaving room for the second bond pad and TVS die Having an ultra high melting point also makes silicon suitable for eutectic bonding, which is noted for a high melting point of minimum 282 Deg C. "The gold-zinc alloy is used to affix LED chip to silicon lead frames. As epoxy glues used in most LED packages melt at 180 Deg C, eutectic bonding is much better in thermal resistance and does not capture light in the package during high temperatures as epoxy. However Direct Eutectic bonding process impose a high challenge on the bonding equipment, as there is not easy to control the whole substrates with 8” diameter at such a constant temperature say +/-3 deg C. The second concern is that the first bonded LED may suffer too much on the eutectic temperature that it might actually kill the LED’ take an example Cree EZ1000 die can only last in 335 deg C for 5 seconds. And as we know the LED is kept cooler say a Rebel is reduced from a temperature of 330 Deg to 325 Deg C, the Actual life time can be
Increased more 18,000 hours! So there is some new novel eutectic bonding processes are under development.
Future LED
Likely the WLP is one of emerging material for LED manufacturing especially there is tight LED bare die supply. The IC foundry in Taiwan would not leave this opportunity to convert their MOCVD facilities to manufacture LED on a WLP format!
WLPLED Wafer level Package for LED is an emerging technology from Denmark Hymite and now Taiwan for Going to the new WLP LED, more and more people especially with IC foundry facilities and experience are moving onwards to WLP LED. Now others involved in LED WLP technology include the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Solidlite Corp., VisEra Technologies Co., Ltd., Xintec Inc. and Silicon Base Development Inc. (SiDBI).
Why Silicon
The key factors for this trend is that there are the following advantages: Silicon’s CTE or coefficient of thermal expansion is below 4 ppm/C, TC or thermal conductivity is in the 150-180 W/m.k. range, Silicon can provide a good thermal condition for LED.
IC die Integration
WLP Silicon wafer can be made using the lithographing process, in which photomasks replace molds. The TVS die and or the LED invertors chip may be able to be integrated onto the substrates within the same LED footprint.
Base Material Selection
There are three major way for substrates election as for LED substrates material,
Ployphthalamide (PPA) is the major lead-frame material for low-power chips packaging while ceramic and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) are primarily used for high-power packages.
Cost Comparison
The cost of ceramic packaging is the highest whereas WLP is the cheapest, with PPA and LCP in the middle. If a ceramic package costs US$0.25, a PPA would be around US$0.08, an LCP would be around US$0.10 and WLP would be around US$0.04.
Ceramic has a good melting point, ceramic-based lead frame, like PPA and LCP lead frames, has to be made with tooling, hence limiting the substrate reduction to micron scale. A PPA lead frame, for instance, can be miniaturized to 3.2 mm long by 1.8 mm wide at best, holding a 9-mil LED chip and an 8 mil TVS Die in it. WLP process enabling reflective layers such as Aluminum to be grown on silicon lead frames in the burning-hot chemical vapor deposition chamber. "The layer can reflect some 5% more light from the chip relative to generic lead frames, thereby boosting efficacy of a lamp.
Bonding Process
Epoxy and flux Eutectic reflow process is not a concern, Epoxy can be using stamping epoxy which is best for small cavity like 30mil x 30 mil with the latest stamping epoxy process and sophisticated control it sis able to provide a production mode of epoxy spread of 4 mil or less at each side of the LED chip still leaving room for the second bond pad and TVS die Having an ultra high melting point also makes silicon suitable for eutectic bonding, which is noted for a high melting point of minimum 282 Deg C. "The gold-zinc alloy is used to affix LED chip to silicon lead frames. As epoxy glues used in most LED packages melt at 180 Deg C, eutectic bonding is much better in thermal resistance and does not capture light in the package during high temperatures as epoxy. However Direct Eutectic bonding process impose a high challenge on the bonding equipment, as there is not easy to control the whole substrates with 8” diameter at such a constant temperature say +/-3 deg C. The second concern is that the first bonded LED may suffer too much on the eutectic temperature that it might actually kill the LED’ take an example Cree EZ1000 die can only last in 335 deg C for 5 seconds. And as we know the LED is kept cooler say a Rebel is reduced from a temperature of 330 Deg to 325 Deg C, the Actual life time can be
Increased more 18,000 hours! So there is some new novel eutectic bonding processes are under development.
Future LED
Likely the WLP is one of emerging material for LED manufacturing especially there is tight LED bare die supply. The IC foundry in Taiwan would not leave this opportunity to convert their MOCVD facilities to manufacture LED on a WLP format!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Screening of BATTLE FOR TERRA. in SM Digital Movies
The Battle for Terra movie will premiere soon in red carpet fashion at the SM North EDSA 3D Digital Theater. The movie premiere happens on October 19, 2009 6pm.
View the movie trailer here:
BATTLE FOR TERRA.Movie.
Preparing for an interview
I've had a lot of job interviews in recent months, and thought I'd share some words of wisdom. Not that these words of wisdom have done me any good... yet.
Why did you leave your last place of employment?
Good Answer: It interfered with my pursuite of higher education.
Bad Answer: I didn't like it (for whatever reason).
If an employer hears that the reason you left your previous job was the previous employers fault, they may decide you're easily bothered - a quality that people find irritating.
How do you deal with stress?
Good Answer: I don't get stressed often, but if I do I'll burn it off at my weekly bowling league.
Bad Answer: I don't.
Some people actually don't get stressed, but an employer doesn't want to hear that. It makes you less human. You should make stress sound like something that helps build you character instead of eating away inside you. ("I go for a smoke" is not a good answer either.)
What is your worst quality?
Good Answer: I can be a bit introverted, but I'm aware of this and am working on overcoming it.
Bad Answer: I don't have one!
I found that answer on Reddit, and really liked it. In that same forum, someone suggested that answering this question with "I'm a bigger-picture person, and sometimes I overlook details" is overused and might work against you.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Good Answer: Perhaps not working the same position, but I do imagine working for this company.
Bad Answer: Retired on a yacht.
You should make an employer aware that you have potential to be a long-lasting asset to them. Saying that you would work elsewhere would imply that you don't expect to develop company loyalty.
I'm sure you may disagree with the quality of some of these answers, but perhaps they've inspired your own preparation for the hunt of a great career. Good luck!
--
D. Phillips
Silicone Lens for HB LED
Beside LED going for a more or less a standard footprint of 3mmx3mm, more lens is going to use liquid Silicone moulding process.
The reason is that the Silicone has the following Characteristics:
Provide high power light emission for continuous operation
Thermal stability at -115 ~260°C
Low modulus
Low shrinkage: <1%>95% transmission at 400 nm
Refractive index: 1.38 to 1.61
High heat resistance until 180˚C
Excellent UV resistance up to 300nm
Low impurity content
Good discoloration resistance
Major equipment supplier is ASM and Towa.
Refer to ASM official web site for more technical infomation or contact your local ASM office for further assistance.
Web site: www.asmpacific.com
Feverip
ASUS Reaches Out to Ondoy Flood Victims
Asus is extending a special service to victims of the recent flood caused by typhoon Ondoy. As a global computer manufacturer, they are now giving customers whose ASUS products got damaged due to the floods the special offer to bring their units to Asus service centers to get free diagnosis and labor from now until October 31.
This special service includes all notebooks, Eee PCs, motherboards
This special service includes all notebooks, Eee PCs, motherboards
LED Japan Conference & Expo/Strategies in Light
LED Japan Conference & Expo/Strategies in Light, is 2nd annual business conference and exhibition on high-brightness LEDs, held September 16-17, 2009 at Yokohama.
This year’s event nearly DOUBLED the previous attendance total of 2,710 set in 2008. In addition, the conference was supported by more than 60 sponsors and exhibitors, ranging from equipment and materials suppliers to LED and lighting fixture manufacturers to trade publications and industry associations.
This Event provided insight into the rapidly developing markets for LED lighting, backlights for LCD displays, and automotive headlamps, as well as other major trends in applications, industry structure, government policies, markets, products, and technologies that will affect the industry’s future.
The insight of LED Show and conference’s participant shows that there are more people is working on the LED industry and more resources and companies are being mobilized for going into LED market as solution providers.
This year’s event nearly DOUBLED the previous attendance total of 2,710 set in 2008. In addition, the conference was supported by more than 60 sponsors and exhibitors, ranging from equipment and materials suppliers to LED and lighting fixture manufacturers to trade publications and industry associations.
This Event provided insight into the rapidly developing markets for LED lighting, backlights for LCD displays, and automotive headlamps, as well as other major trends in applications, industry structure, government policies, markets, products, and technologies that will affect the industry’s future.
The insight of LED Show and conference’s participant shows that there are more people is working on the LED industry and more resources and companies are being mobilized for going into LED market as solution providers.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Good things come in 3
As in CBC Radio 3.
I'd been meaning to make this post for a little while, but since they redesigned and relaunched their site yesterday, it seems like the perfect time.
In a nutshell, CBC Radio 3 is the best thing to happen to music since the Gregorian chants.
First of all, all the music they play is Canadian, and generally indie stuff that gets ignored by mainstream radio (Sloan, Metric and other obvious exceptions apply). Secondly, what with it being a CBC Radio property, it's commercial free. No interruptions except those from interesting and insightful hosts.
But all of that, even taken together, is not why I'm sitting here bothering to type out such effusive words of praise for CBC Radio 3. A radio station that plays good indie music? I could listen to the Edge out of Toronto and (almost) get that. I could get a satellite radio and have the commercial-free component too.
What makes CBC Radio 3 different? Unlike anything else I've ever seen, these guys have figured out exactly how to do Internet radio.
Anything that's more than just "host playing songs" is archived in podcast form. The entire station can be streamed through iTunes or the MP3-playing program of your choice. There's a section for bands to register and upload their own music (nearly 20,000 bands listed as of this writing). There's fairly extensive concert listing for the entire country. There are special concerts and sessions, all of which are archived as well.
A new feature this week is genre-specific streams - if you don't want the main CBC Radio 3 feed, you can listen to a feed that's just pop music (or just rock, or hip-hop, or electronica).
But the best feature of all - by far, and I'm not exaggerating to call it one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on the Internet - is the playlist function. Essentially, you can add any song in Radio 3's library to a personal playlist - a recent improvement allows you to have multiple playlists - which you can then do as much with as you could if you had the songs on your computer itself. Play through them, shuffle them, put them in whatever order you want, and listen to them whenever you want. It feels like pirating music, but it's completely legal (and, since it's CBC, arguably *endorsed* by the government). Plus you can browse the playlists of every other user on the site.
Admittedly it's not perfect. There are certain artists - the New Pornographers and Nous Non Plus are the two to come to mind right away - who don't let you add their music to playlists for some reason. The concert listing could use some tweaks - if you search for a city, you still have to go through the results day by day, even though they might be weeks apart in some cases. And there are probably other drawbacks I haven't discovered yet (much to my surprise, though, streaming quality is not one of them).
Here is a link to my playlist (which I'm adding to more or less daily at this point), with the ability of playing each song. If you're interested, that is. I'll probably link it over on the left somewhere eventually too.
Seriously. You can discover new music - all of which is Canadian - you can pick and choose what you like and play it back whenever you want, and you can do all of this at no cost whatsoever.
It's awesome. There's no other way to describe it.
--Ryan
I'd been meaning to make this post for a little while, but since they redesigned and relaunched their site yesterday, it seems like the perfect time.
In a nutshell, CBC Radio 3 is the best thing to happen to music since the Gregorian chants.
First of all, all the music they play is Canadian, and generally indie stuff that gets ignored by mainstream radio (Sloan, Metric and other obvious exceptions apply). Secondly, what with it being a CBC Radio property, it's commercial free. No interruptions except those from interesting and insightful hosts.
But all of that, even taken together, is not why I'm sitting here bothering to type out such effusive words of praise for CBC Radio 3. A radio station that plays good indie music? I could listen to the Edge out of Toronto and (almost) get that. I could get a satellite radio and have the commercial-free component too.
What makes CBC Radio 3 different? Unlike anything else I've ever seen, these guys have figured out exactly how to do Internet radio.
Anything that's more than just "host playing songs" is archived in podcast form. The entire station can be streamed through iTunes or the MP3-playing program of your choice. There's a section for bands to register and upload their own music (nearly 20,000 bands listed as of this writing). There's fairly extensive concert listing for the entire country. There are special concerts and sessions, all of which are archived as well.
A new feature this week is genre-specific streams - if you don't want the main CBC Radio 3 feed, you can listen to a feed that's just pop music (or just rock, or hip-hop, or electronica).
But the best feature of all - by far, and I'm not exaggerating to call it one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on the Internet - is the playlist function. Essentially, you can add any song in Radio 3's library to a personal playlist - a recent improvement allows you to have multiple playlists - which you can then do as much with as you could if you had the songs on your computer itself. Play through them, shuffle them, put them in whatever order you want, and listen to them whenever you want. It feels like pirating music, but it's completely legal (and, since it's CBC, arguably *endorsed* by the government). Plus you can browse the playlists of every other user on the site.
Admittedly it's not perfect. There are certain artists - the New Pornographers and Nous Non Plus are the two to come to mind right away - who don't let you add their music to playlists for some reason. The concert listing could use some tweaks - if you search for a city, you still have to go through the results day by day, even though they might be weeks apart in some cases. And there are probably other drawbacks I haven't discovered yet (much to my surprise, though, streaming quality is not one of them).
Here is a link to my playlist (which I'm adding to more or less daily at this point), with the ability of playing each song. If you're interested, that is. I'll probably link it over on the left somewhere eventually too.
Seriously. You can discover new music - all of which is Canadian - you can pick and choose what you like and play it back whenever you want, and you can do all of this at no cost whatsoever.
It's awesome. There's no other way to describe it.
--Ryan
Unlimited Internet with Sun Broadband Wireless
In today's world of mobile communications and cellular phone, unlimited only means one thin; and Sun Cellular immediately comes into mind.You associate it with words unlimited and value for money.
Sun Cellular aims to bring these into the world of wireless broadband with the Sun Broadband Wireless. You can go online anytime within the Metro and North Luzon areas using the fastest HSDPA
Monday, October 5, 2009
Dear girl who sat beside me at the Russell Peters show on Saturday,
Dear girl who sat beside me at the Russell Peters show on Saturday,
I don't mean to be rude about this, but I have a short list of complaints which I feel the need to share.
- When you arrive forty-five minutes late for the performance, do not enter the theatre while talking on your cellular phone.
- It is best to laugh at the comedian's jokes at the punchline - not at the jokes of your friends during the show.
- Try not to overwhelm people around you with coconut-scented perfume. If you were not wearing perfume, please be careful not to douse yourself in Malibu coconut rum.
- When the comedian shoots a dirty look in your direction, you should probably try to be quiet.
- When you need to use the washroom, don't announce it for half an hour before you leave. Just get it over with as soon as possible.
At the beginning of his act, Russell Peters asked if anyone in the audience was from his home town of Brampton, Ontario. Someone screamed "fuck yeah", and Mr. Peters shamed them for giving his hometown a bad reputation. At this point, the seat beside me was vacant. Once you did arrive, rude girl who I am writing to, I overheard that you yourself were from Brampton. I also gathered that your brother recently had a child, and that you thought the bar-bouncer was a cute - even though I suspect he threw you out. Considering you arrived late and left early, I should not know such details of your life.
--
D. Phillips
Sunday, October 4, 2009
The one and only Stephen Harper
I didn't want my next post to be about politics. Really, I didn't. But this is just far, far too good to pass up.
For years, Canadians have wondered what it would take Stephen Harper to show a personality. Suggestions included everything from 'a majority government' to 'it'll never happen'. Apparently, the correct answer was 'Yo-Yo Ma'.
I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of our Prime Minister. I - and many others - find him to be cold, calculating, manipulative, and seemingly interested in nothing other than power, which he then uses to do nothing except...get more power.
Apparently we're wrong. Which brings up a glaring question - why? Why would Stephen Harper choose to hide the fact that he can, in fact, have fun?
It is a choice, by the way. During the last election campaign, when the Conservatives ran ads depicting Harper, clad in a smile and a sweatervest, talking about his family and his life outside politics, it was seen as nothing but an attempt to humanize the PM, make him more appealing to centrist voters. In all the coverage I saw of those commercials, not once did I see the suggestion that *that* was the real Stephen Harper, and the 'master strategist' was the fake personality.
But I'm starting to think that's the case. A few weeks ago, Harper was at a photo op (as is his wont). Noticing an unattended piano, the PM shocked the media by covering the Rolling Stones. Combine that with the joyful expression on his face in the video above, and it's clear that Stephen Harper does have a passion for music.
Against his current crop of opponents, that's fine - personality isn't anyone's strong suit, so Harper can come across as the best of a poor choice. But Canadians tend to respond well to politicians who show themselves to be a little something more than an empty shell. Jean Chretien was a regular guest on Royal Canadian Air Farce, Brian Mulroney told Peter C. Newman to do something anatomically impossible, and just about everybody lip-synced to Trooper.
Stephen Harper should follow their example. It's okay to laugh at yourself. Especially if you're a politican
--Ryan
For years, Canadians have wondered what it would take Stephen Harper to show a personality. Suggestions included everything from 'a majority government' to 'it'll never happen'. Apparently, the correct answer was 'Yo-Yo Ma'.
I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of our Prime Minister. I - and many others - find him to be cold, calculating, manipulative, and seemingly interested in nothing other than power, which he then uses to do nothing except...get more power.
Apparently we're wrong. Which brings up a glaring question - why? Why would Stephen Harper choose to hide the fact that he can, in fact, have fun?
It is a choice, by the way. During the last election campaign, when the Conservatives ran ads depicting Harper, clad in a smile and a sweatervest, talking about his family and his life outside politics, it was seen as nothing but an attempt to humanize the PM, make him more appealing to centrist voters. In all the coverage I saw of those commercials, not once did I see the suggestion that *that* was the real Stephen Harper, and the 'master strategist' was the fake personality.
But I'm starting to think that's the case. A few weeks ago, Harper was at a photo op (as is his wont). Noticing an unattended piano, the PM shocked the media by covering the Rolling Stones. Combine that with the joyful expression on his face in the video above, and it's clear that Stephen Harper does have a passion for music.
Against his current crop of opponents, that's fine - personality isn't anyone's strong suit, so Harper can come across as the best of a poor choice. But Canadians tend to respond well to politicians who show themselves to be a little something more than an empty shell. Jean Chretien was a regular guest on Royal Canadian Air Farce, Brian Mulroney told Peter C. Newman to do something anatomically impossible, and just about everybody lip-synced to Trooper.
Stephen Harper should follow their example. It's okay to laugh at yourself. Especially if you're a politican
--Ryan
Double Take at The Lopez Museum
The Lopez Memorial Museum presents Double Take, an ongoing exhibition of its permanent collection of paintings by 19th century painters Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Juna Luna. The paintings are showcased in the context of the Spanish colonial period.
Paintings and studies of the two great artists are on display side by side with Hidalgo's La Barca de Aqueronte (oil on canvas 1887), Mi Amiga (
Paintings and studies of the two great artists are on display side by side with Hidalgo's La Barca de Aqueronte (oil on canvas 1887), Mi Amiga (
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Support Sago in PBA Blogger's Choice 2009
This simple blogpost serves to complete the Philipine Blog Awards Blogger's Choice category requirement to create a blogpost to express a vote for a particular Blogger's Choice.- Let's Go Sago.
After creating a post, this form should be filled up taking note of the URL of this post (above).
We only have until Oct 7 to do this so please hurry. :)
It's that simple! Please support Let's Go Sago!
After creating a post, this form should be filled up taking note of the URL of this post (above).
We only have until Oct 7 to do this so please hurry. :)
It's that simple! Please support Let's Go Sago!
Pinoy Big Brother Double Up - 1 Day To Go!
The long wait will finally be over, “Pinoy Big Brother Double Up” will start airing this Sunday, October 4, live at 7:30pm on ABS-CBN!
Finally, the identities of the PBB housemates will be revealed!
With the theme of 'a night full of wonder and magic,' the meaning of “Double Up” will also be unmasked.
The concept of "Double Up" has been teasing the public for sometime now and is said to
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