News
For the year, Nikon’s revenue decreased, but operating and net profit grew by one and a half times
Nikon has published a report for the past quarter. In the Japanese manufacturer’s reporting system, this was the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.
During the reporting period, the well-known manufacturer of photo equipment and semiconductor manufacturing equipment generated revenue of 133.3 billion yen and an operating profit of 14.8 billion yen. It is noteworthy that a year ago these figures were equal to 150.6 and 9.9 billion yen, that is, with a decrease in revenue by 11.5%, operating profit increased by one and a half times. The result of the quarter was a net profit of 12.6 billion yen. A year ago, this figure was 8.1 billion yen. In other words, net profit also increased by about one and a half times.
All but one of Nikon’s businesses showed growth. The division of Imaging Products which is letting out photographic equipment provides the greatest income. Although revenue in this segment decreased by 10.7% over the year, operating losses were replaced by profit. Revenue of division Precision Equipment in annual terms decreased by 34.4%, and operating profit — almost 3.7 times. The revenue of the Healthcare division grew by 18.1%, operating profit – by 2.7 times. The revenue of the Components division grew by 80.5%, operating profit – by 5.6 times. Revenue of other divisions increased by 29.0%, operating profit – by 3.4 times.
The manufacturer estimates that 160,000 interchangeable lens cameras, 360,000 interchangeable lenses and 40,000 compact cameras were sold during the quarter. A year ago, these figures were 280,000, 470,000 and 80,000, respectively. We sold 7 flat panel lithographic machines, up from 12 a year ago. We managed to sell three new lithographic machines for semiconductor production and five refurbished ones during the quarter. A year ago, five new cars were sold, two restored.
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Components
A “completely silent” 1300W power supply. Cooler Master showed two new products, but only the youngest received a passive CO
Cooler Master brought power supplies to Computex that they claim are absolutely silent.
The younger model with a power of 750 W is really silent, because it simply does not have a fan. By the way, this is the company’s most powerful power supply with passive cooling.
There is also a 1300W PSU. It has a fan, but Cooler Master also calls it completely silent.
The secret to successfully cooling such powerful PSUs without too much noise lies in the use of an evaporation chamber. There are no other details yet, as well as no pricing data.
NASA’s SLS super-heavy booster is already over budget by $6 billion and six years behind schedule, according to a recent report.
A recent report generated by the NASA Inspector General’s review indicates that NASA’s spending on the Artemis program will reach $93 billion by 2025, including the $23.8 billion already spent on SLS through 2022.
Despite a successful first run earlier this year, the Inspector notes that the project involves additional costs and a further shift in the schedule. Moreover, if the existing problems are not resolved in time, this may jeopardize the entire mission of Artemis.
As for delays, out of the six years mentioned, five years of delay, and at the same time an additional almost $ 2 billion, fell on Northrop Grumman accelerators. The bottom line is that the SLS project initially involved the partial use of old equipment from the days of the Space Shuttle program. Of course, with the necessary upgrades. Northrop Grumman boosters were one such element.
The inspector blames the situation on the cost-plus pricing method and recommends switching to fixed prices. In general, NASA agreed with all eight of the inspector’s recommendations.
Headphones
Exynos platforms will appear in a new type of device. Samsung to create SoC for mixed reality headsets
Samsung is going after Apple to release its mixed reality headset. The device will be released either at the end of this year or early next. There are no details about it yet, but it is reported that Samsung is also going to release its own Exynos single-chip systems for headsets.
Considering that these are only plans for now, the upcoming Samsung headset will apparently either rely on some foreign platforms or on existing Exynos SoCs.
However, new platforms for mixed reality headsets may not be entirely new. It is reported that Samsung has not yet decided whether it will develop these SoCs from scratch or simply adapt existing solutions.
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