Last week TSMC held their annual Technology Forum in San Jose.  Even though Rick Tsai and the management team presented a cautiously optimistic outlook for this year, they are investing heavily for the future.  Sounding much like Intel, TSMC is increasing their investment during the downturn, investing in innovation to prepare for the [...]

There is a great deal of public and political enthusiasm for hybrid electric vehicles.  This is founded on the idea, no doubt true, that hybrid electric vehicles can reduce gasoline consumption and dependence on imported oil in the United States.  But are they the best short term solution?   In the summer of 2008 when gasoline [...]

Solfocus opened a second manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona this week.  The new plant will produce glass reflectors, which are one piece of Solfocus’ CPV (Concentator Photovoltaic) arrays.  The 20,000 square foot expansion, combined with the company’s existing facility here, will produce two million reflectors a year, which equates to 30MW of solar [...]