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...To support his mother, sister and two brothers, the young Akira set out to produce ceramic insulators....
...By extension, it is tougher to assess the growth potential of specialised insulators in emerging markets than booze. The solution is to deliver financially....
...The persistent strength of the yen kept sentiment negative for most of the week, with weak industrial production data and a raft of disappointing results on Friday further eroding confidence, NGK Insulators...
...For a start the thick limestone envelope of the building creates an efficient insulator. And, in the days before the introduction of air-conditioning, natural ventilation was incorporated....
...Standard silicon dioxide insulators become too thin at 45nm to prevent leakage of electrons, so the Penryn chips are using a stronger material based on the metal hafnium for the first time....
...Mr Hoerni realised this could act as an insulator and prevent short circuits. The flat chips that were produced enabled mass production and led to silicon superseding germanium as the base material....
...Underlying the development of Cell were advances made in process technologies known as Silicon on Insulator (SOI), where the silicon used sits on an insulator, needs 50 per cent less power and provides 25...
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