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NEwS watch SaMSUNG GEtS cLaIRVOYaNtE. Samsung Electronics has acquired the IP assets of Clairvoyante, Cupertino, Calif., an IP licensing company responsible for the development of PenTile subpixel rendering display technology and associated gamut mapping algorithms. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. After the acquisition of IP assets, Clairvoyante will be dissolved. A new entity, Nouvoyance, has been formed. It will be led by Candice Brown Elliott, a founder of Clairvoyante, and staffed with the Clairvoyante engineers. al in November. The companies said the merger will save hundreds of millions of dollars in operating costs. The FCC had no comment on the decision, but had opposed such a possibility when the satellite radio operating licenses were granted in 1997. If the deal is approved, the companies have said they would offer pricing plans ranging from $6.99 per month, for 50 channels offered by one service, up to $16.99 a month, where subscribers would keep their existing service plus choose channels offered by the other service. The Winning Team ROBOt GEtS FILtERED. iRobot Corp., Burlington, Mass., has expanded its iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robot line. Verro robots now come equipped with an internal filtration system that removes debris and particles as small as two microns from pool surfaces and water, providing a cleaner and healthier pool. Three robots are being offered, including two new models, the Verro 100 Pool Cleaning Robot and the Verro 500 Pool Cleaning Robot. The Verro 100 is designed specifically to clean above ground pools, while the Verro 500 is designed to clean inground pools. BIG LIGht, LIttLE BULB. Luxim, Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a light source that emits full spectrum light with a luminous efficacy of 144 lumens per watt, almost twice the efficacy of other full spectrum sources, according to the company. The bulb uses no electrodes, but instead contains argon gas and metal halides that form a light-emitting plasma when subjected to a high-energy electric field. Target markets for the technology include projection display, architectural lighting, retail and theatrical lighting, and applications in medical and analytical instruments. Thermostat and thermal link combination - 2 functions in one product - fastest thermal response - all thermal data obtained from the same ﬁxing point - closed ceramic housing haIER PLaNS GROwth. The China- the iRobot Verro 500 pool cleaning robot. SatELLItE MERGER. The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Sirius Satellite Radio’s $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings. The transaction was approved without conditions, despite opposition from consumer groups and a lobbying campaign by the land-based radio industry. The combination still requires approval from the Federal Communications Commission. The buyout received shareholder approv- based Haier Group expects its overseas sales to grow by 50 percent annually in the next three to five years as the company explores new markets in Africa and Latin America. That forecast growth does not take into account possible overseas acquisitions and would outpace the group’s overall sales growth, but not by a big margin. Haier’s overseas sales grew 25.8 percent last year to $4.1 billion, accounting for one-fourth of the group's total revenue of $16.2 billion. Haier has set up operations in more than 30 countries and employs more than 50,000 workers. whIRLPOOL’S chINa REtaILER. Whirlpool of Benton Harbor, Mich., has granted exclusive distributing rights to Suning, the second largest home appliance retailer in China. Whirlpool will initially sell eight series of air condition- "Discomelt II" For more Information Enter 101 www.applianceDESIGN.com applianceDESIGN May 2008 9 www.intercontrol.de info@intercontrol.de http://www.intercontrol.de http://www.intercontrol.de http://www.appliancedesign.com

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