Seoul Semiconductor announced its semiconductor lighting source Acriche, which can be directly connected to 110 or 220VAC outlets using a simple circuit, eliminating the need for a DC converter. Now LEDs are no longer limited to cell phones, computers or cars, but can expand to general lighting applications as well. The new technology offers improved power efficiency compared to incandescent and halogen lamps, and outpaces fluorescent lamps in terms of life span, power usage, and convenience. The company is planning to improve the devices' brightness from current 40lm/w to 80lm/w by the forth quarter of 2007 and to 120lm/w by the end of 2008. Acriche lasts 30,000 hours, compared with 8000 hours for fluorescent lamps. The use of Acriche allows to greatly reduce electricity bills, cutting costs by 75% over incandescent lamps and by 40% compared to general fluorescent lamps.Delphi delivers electronic and electrical powertrain-component systems, thermal management components and wiring architecture for hybrid vehicles. Leveraging its systems-integration and power-electronics expertise, the company's power-electronics division provides advanced technology systems to produce efficient hybrid-vehicle powertrains. To complement the power electronics, Seoul Semiconductor offers shielded electrical-harnesses solutions for connecting the hybrid electric vehicle system. Custom connection systems, addressing safety, sealing and shielding, are an integral part of the wiring package. The overall wiring-system costs are reduced through bundled shielding products. Addressing the thermal-management challenges of hybrid powertrains can potentially have a significant impact on hybrid-vehicle thermal systems. The core thermal-system technologies satisfy the need to cool batteries and power electronics without compromising passenger comfort. Miniflex demonstrated its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) installation system at electronica. The manufacturing technology enables the use of hard-d-plastic compounds that exhibit extremely high tensile and compressive strengths. The FTTH solution comprises three elements: DVC Microduct is a derivative produced specifically to address the need for a tough but flexible microduct. Its low-friction dynamic-velocity conservation lining allows to push or pull fibre through the product easily and without damage to the fibre. TuffNut Cable is an optical fibre cable made using OFPT. WAM is a new installation device developed to maximise the benefits of DVC Microduct and TuffNut Cable by offering a cost-effective and simple installation method.California Micro Devices unveiled its dual display and audio controller for wireless handsets, CM5100, which incorporates Qualcomm´s MDDI (mobile-display digital interface) making it a fully compliant MDDI-based serial client. The integrated display controller with embedded memory supports primary TFT LCDs with resolutions up to QVGA (320x240) and secondary displays with up to QCIF+ (176x220). Its architecture is optimised for use with today´s most advanced TFT LCD modules, which feature drivers integrated directly on the display glass and also allow the use of low-cost, RAM-less drivers for non-integrated display modules. The device supports all necessary video, audio and control packet types recommended by the MDDI specification. The integrated MDDIU client transceiver is Type I (internal mode, 15cm maximum cable length), consisting of one data pair, one strobe pair and a dedicated power-supply pair that can support a data rate of up to 385Mbps. As a result the device requires only six lines operating at low power and is housed in a 100-bump, 0.5mm-pitch Wafer Level Chip Scale Package with a form factor of 5.0x5.0mm, making it the industry´s smallest MDDI-based display controller.