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COVID-19: A Great EtherCAT Slave IC Solution for Smart Factory (2020.04.15) |
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HSINCHU, Taiwan – The COVID-19 pneumonia epidemic has brought a huge impact on the global manufacturing industry, but it has also given global manufacturers a new opportunity to accelerate the development of smart factory industrial automation applications... |
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COVID-19 Impact on Global Semiconductor Production to be Moderate but Severe on IDMs: MIC (2020.04.14) |
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MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a government think tank and IT research institute in Taiwan, has foreseen a moderate impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the production of the global semiconductor industry. However, if COVID-19 lingers longer than expected, the industry will eventually be affected by the decrease in consumer market demand, says MIC... |
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Global IC Market Forecast Lowered From 3% to -4%, Says IC Insights (2020.04.12) |
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When 2020 started, global economic conditions pointed to single-digit percentage sales growth in the IC market after it fell by 15% in 2019, according to IC Insights. However, the world abruptly changed in 1Q20 with the rapid outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, which shut down nearly all countries and paralyzed global markets beginning in March 2020... |
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Korean Market Share of Large-Size Panel Capacity to Fall Below 10% As Samsung Speeds Up Cutting Down (2020.04.08) |
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As Samsung Display Co. (SDC) buckles under the pressure of oversupply and pandemic-induced operating difficulties, the company has made the decision to exit the LCD panel manufacturing business. According to the latest investigations by the WitsView research division of TrendForce, the rapid decline of Korean manufacturers’ large-size panel glass capacity by area in 2020 is projected to result in a drop in market share from 28... |
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u-blox Acquires IoT Communication-as-a-Service Provider Thingstream (2020.04.08) |
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u-blox today announced it has acquired IoT Communication-as-a-Service provider, Thingstream. Thingstream provides a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for global IoT connectivity using the industry standard MQTT protocol. The product is offered “as-a-service” which provides predictable cost and on-demand scalability for customers... |
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Cypress Announces Antitrust Clearance in China (2020.04.07) |
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Cypress Semiconductor today announced that Infineon Technologies AG has obtained antitrust clearance from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) for Cypress' previously announced merger transaction with Infineon... |
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Despite Strong 1H20 Server Shipment, COVID-19 May Disrupt 2H20 Shipment Schedule (2020.04.06) |
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According to the latest investigations by the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, owing to strong orders for data center servers and traditional server brands’ preemptive stock-up demand to avoid pandemic-induced breaks in the server supply chain, overall server shipment is expected to remain on the upswing in 2Q20... |
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Research: 38% of Enterprises Plan to Adopt Blockchain Solutions in 2020 (2020.04.06) |
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Data gathered by InsideBitcoins.com indicates that about 38% of organizations are planning to integrate blockchain solutions into their operations in 2020. From the data, 15% of the enterprises will adopt blockchain solutions on a large scale while 23% will have moderate operations... |
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Synopsys Expands Collaboration with Broadcom for 7nm and 5nm Designs (2020.04.05) |
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Synopsys announced its expanded collaboration with Broadcom Inc. for the creation of semiconductor solutions using Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform to address a host of design challenges at 7nm and beyond.
Building upon multiple successful 7nm designs, Synopsys and Broadcom are expanding the collaboration to include the creation of 5nm designs based on Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform... |
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IFR:Robots Help to Fight Coronavirus Worldwide (2020.04.05) |
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Robots play an important role in fighting the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 around the globe. Disinfection robot UVD for example has been in high demand since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Chinese hospitals have ordered more than 2,000 UVD robots by Danish manufacturer Blue Ocean Robotics... |
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SYSGO adds RISC-V Support to Its PikeOS Real-Time Operating System (2020.04.01) |
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SYSGO, the European leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) for certifiable embedded systems, has announced that its PikeOS does now support a broad range of RISC-V based architectures. PikeOS is a leading RTOS/hypervisor solution used in Safety and Security-critical applications in the Aerospace, Railway and Automotive industries as well as in Industrial, Medical and IoT applications... |
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