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World’s First Solid-State Multi-Ion Sensor IoT Applications (2016.12.13) |
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At last week’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco (USA), imec and Holst Centre debuted a miniaturized sensor that simultaneously determines pH and chloride (Cl-)levels in fluid. This innovation is a must have for accurate long-term measurement of ion concentrations in applications such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture and diagnostics for personalized healthcare... |
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LED Suppliers to Accelerate Their Expansion into Niche Markets in 2017, TrendForce Says (2016.12.13) |
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The value of the global LED market is estimated to grow 3.4% annually to US$14.8 billion in 2016, according to LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The LED industry will again be under tremendous competitive pressure in 2017, and participants will need to accelerate their entries into more profitable niche markets such as fine-pitch LED displays, UV LEDs and IR LEDs... |
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Flexible Display Shipments to Increase Sharply in 2017 (2016.12.12) |
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As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of flexible displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135 percent compared to 2016. According to IHS Markit, flexible displays are expected to comprise 3... |
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Billion to Officially Enter the PV Energy Industry in 2017 (2016.12.11) |
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Billion Electric showcased its innovative IoT Gateway during the “Promote IoT Ecosystem and Create Various Business Opportunities Seminar” hosted by the Institute for Information Industry (III), Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan... |
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ITRI to Showcase Robot Vision System and Drone Solution at CES (2016.12.09) |
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HSINCHU, Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a Taiwanese high-tech applied research institutions, today announced it will demonstrate two cutting-edge technologies at CES 2017: Intelligent Vision System for Companion Robots and ICT Solution for Drones... |
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Intel and Microsoft Announce “Project EVO” to Further Push the Boundaries of PC (2016.12.09) |
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Microsoft and Intel jointly announced “Project EVO”, a deep collaboration to further push the boundaries of personal computing, including smarter voice interaction, virtual and merged reality experiences for all, powerful gaming, strengthened security and identity protection, and true always-connected computing... |
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MIC Points out Ten Important Technology Trends of 2017 (2016.12.08) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), a Taiwanese IT industry research and consulting firm, indicated ten technology trends of 2017, including “Vertical integration”, “New development process”, “ArtificiaI Intelligence”, “Blockchain”, “AR/VR”, “360-degree video”, “Commercial drone”, “Bot economy”, “Platform economy” and “Internet celebrity economy”... |
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VR Industry Leaders Come Together to Create New Association, GVRA (2016.12.08) |
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Acer Starbreeze, Google, HTC VIVE, Facebook's Oculus, Samsung, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, today announced the creation of a non-profit organization of international headset manufacturers to promote the growth of the global virtual reality (VR) industry... |
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Bluetooth SIG Officially Launches Bluetooth 5 Specification (2016.12.08) |
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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of the Bluetooth core specification this week. Key updates to Bluetooth 5 include longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies... |
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Keysight to Demonstrate Latest 5G, 802.11ad Design and Test Solutions at IEEE Globecom 2016 (2016.12.08) |
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Keysight Technologies announced it will demonstrate a wide range of first-to-market design, test and characterization solutions at IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington D.C., Dec. 4 – 7.
Keysight’s technical experts will demonstrate the following products, solutions and services: 5G Trial System Modeling and Validation; 28 GHz Wideband Multichannel DPD; Wideband Millimeter-Wave Testbed; 802... |
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Renesas Announces World’s First Fin-Shaped MONOS Flash Memory Cells for MCUs in 16/14nm (2016.12.07) |
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Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced its successful development of the world’s first split-gate metal-oxide nitride oxide silicon (SG-MONOS) flash memory cells employing transistors with fin-shape for use in microcontrollers (MCUs) with on-chip flash memory having a circuit linewidth of 16 to 14 nanometer (nm) or finer... |
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ITRI’s Fluid-Driven Emergency Lighting Wins Create the Future Design Contest (2016.12.07) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI)’s “Fluid-Driven Emergency Lighting” won a prize in the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s NASA Tech Brief magazine’s “Create the Future Design Contest 2016” in the Sustainable Technologies Category... |
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Average Contract Price of PC DRAM 4GB Modules Rose to US$18 in November (2016.12.07) |
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Prices in the contract and spot markets for PC DRAM kept climbing between October and November, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The average contract price of PC DRAM 4GB modules increased by 2.86% monthly to arrive at US$18 in November, while the average spot prices of DDR3 and DDR4 4Gb chips respectively rose 6% and 2% monthly to reach US$2... |
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Wearable Devices Need to Be More Useful, Gartner Says (2016.12.07) |
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The abandonment rate of smartwatches is 29 percent, and 30 percent for fitness trackers, because people do not find them useful, they get bored of them or they break, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
"Dropout from device usage is a serious problem for the industry," said Angela McIntyre, research director at Gartner... |
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