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Use of the Philips circle pattern was in its test card broadcasts until 17 February 2001 between 12:00 AM and 06:00 AM (the next day, bTV started 24-hour transmissions), and 2 times a year during transmitter maintenance until 2013. The Philips circle pattern was also used in Hungary, [161] Belgium, [162] [163] Norway, [164] [165] and Sweden. [166]
Shure 55S. The Shure 55SH is a professional cardioid dynamic microphone that has been commonly used in broadcast applications since 1939. Designed by American audio products company Shure, it has been described as "iconic" in pamphlets and reviews, [1] after the Elvis stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 1993. [2]
In June 2012, the Green500 list rated BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C as the most efficient supercomputer on the TOP500 in terms of FLOPS per watt, running at 2,100.88 MFLOPS/watt. [7] In November 2010, IBM machine, Blue Gene/Q achieves 1,684 MFLOPS/watt. [8] [9] On 9 June 2008, CNN reported that IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer achieves 376 MFLOPS/watt.
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder. The Philips Company was founded in 1891, by Dutch entrepreneur Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. Frederik, a banker based in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty factory building in Eindhoven, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892.
The Learjet 50 series was first announced at the 1977 Paris Air Show with larger cabins than existing Learjets. [1] The series was to have three variants, the Learjet 54, 55 and 56 but only the Learjet 55 was built. [1] The Learjet 55 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with NASA-developed winglets.