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Chunghwa Telecom and PChome Form Strategic Partnership to Establish “CHT-PCH NO.1” VC Platform (2018.03.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom Group and PChome Online today announced the creation of joint venture capital fund CHT-PCH NO.1, focusing on the support of e-commerce, Internet Digital Life technology startups. With a total investment of NT$400 million and future plans to invest more capital, Chunghwa Telecom and PChome are providing necessary resources to assist in developing Taiwan's early stage entrepreneurship ecosystem |
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Market for Organic Materials Used to Manufacture OLED Panels Showed Remarkable Growth in H2 2017 (2018.03.29) The market for organic materials used to manufacture organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels jumped during the second half of 2017, according to IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO). The market, as measured by revenue, was estimated to be $355 million in the second half of 2017, up 20 percent from the first half of the year |
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StarVR Completes Application for Public Issuance in Taiwan, Marks First Step for IPO Process (2018.03.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan – StarVR Corporation today announces that it has completed its application for public issuance in Taiwan, with its stock ticker assigned as 6681. Following the approval for public issuance, the board intends to further apply to the Taipei Exchange to be listed on the Emerging Market board in mid-April, and expects to be traded between April and May upon approval |
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Leadtek Releases NVIDIA Quadro P620 with Quad 5K Display Outputs (2018.03.29) LEADTEK, the authorized channel partner of NVIDIA professional graphics card in the Asia-Pacific region, releases NVIDIA Quadro P620 featuring an NVIDIA Pascal GPU, 2 GB GDDR5 memory with up to 80GB/s memory bandwidth, and the power to support four 5K displays natively |
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Lextar Introduces Hi-power and Outdoor LED Products (2018.03.29) LED vertical integration manufacturer Lextar Electronics will release its series of hi-power light module products suitable for outdoor and architecture lighting applications. Lextar provides integrated technology from LED components, modules, and light engines to optical lens design, demonstrating its technological capability in a series of hi-power products for the first time |
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Taipei City Government Invites Tech Leaders to Jointly Develop Smart City (2018.03.28) TAIPEI, Taiwan - The 2018 Smart City Summit & Expo debuted on March 27 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall, and Taipei City Government invited Pegatron, Acer, Asus, Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone Telecommunications, and Advantech to jointly develop a common perspective of the smart city industry |
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Acer Teams Up With Leading Hospitals Across Taiwan to Provide Cloud-based Remote Healthcare Services (2018.03.27) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer today announced to team up with three leading hospitals in Taiwan to provide remote health management services across the island, namely the Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH), Changhua Christian Hospital (CCH), and Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH) |
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Macronix ‘s 8-bit I/O Flash Memory Adopted by STMicroelectronics in Its STM32L4+ Discovery Kit (2018.03.27) HSINCHU, Taiwan – Macronix International today announced that STMicroelectronics (ST) is using Macronix 8-bit I/O Serial NOR Flash Memory for ST’s new STM32L4+ microcontroller Discovery Kits and Evaluation Boards.
Macronix’s MX25LM 8-bit I/O Serial NOR Flash series meet the growing demand for "instant-on" performance and real-time system responsiveness in automotive, industrial and consumer applications |
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Acer Unveils Chromebook Tab 10, First Chrome OS Tablet for Education (2018.03.27) TAIPEI, Taiwan – Acer today unveiled the first education tablet running Chrome OS, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 (D651N). The new Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is designed for Acer’s education customers and will be used in K-12 classrooms to expand and enhance student learning by bringing the speed, simplicity and security of Chrome OS into the tablet form factor |
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Trina Solar Launches New Smart PV Solution (2018.03.26) Trina Solar Limited launched a new smart PV solution, TrinaPro, at its global headquarters in Changzhou, China.
TrinaPro is designed for utility-scale ground mounted PV systems. It is the result of Trina Solar's full cooperation agreement with Huawei Technologies Co |
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Toshiba Releases Small MOSFET with High ESD Protection to Drive Headlight LED (2018.03.26) Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has released a dual MOSFET “SSM6N813R” with high ESD protection positioned for use in automotive applications, including as a driver IC for headlight LEDs, which require a high withstand voltage and a small footprint |
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Microchip’s New Automotive MEMS Oscillators (2018.03.26) Microchip Technology has unveiled the new DSA family of automotive-grade Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) oscillators that provide 20 times better reliability, 500 times better tolerance to shock and five times better vibration resistance than traditional quartz-based crystal devices |
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G4 and Collaborative Partners Exhibit Smart Vision Technology (2018.03.26) TAIPEI, Taiwan - G4 Technology on March 23 held a seminar on the topic of smart vision with one hundred semiconductor industry and academic research institute technical personnel in attendance. In addition to sharing basic knowledge of key machine vision products, G4 also introduced technologies which are indispensable to smart vision, including 2D/3D sensors, infrared sensors, high-speed cameras, and artificial intelligence software |
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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 2018 Billings (2018.03.26) North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.41 billion in billings worldwide in February 2018 (three-month average basis), according to the February Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI |
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Third Generation Semiconductor Materials Show Market Potential Due to 5G and Automotive (2018.03.26) 5G is expected to enter commercial operation in 2020, while vehicles become more intelligent, networked and electric, driving the development of SiC and GaN, the third-generation semiconductor materials. TrendForce estimates that the revenue for SiC substrates and GaN substrates will be US$180 million and US$3 million respectively in 2018 |
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ITRI Collaborates with Merck to Enhance New Drug Manufacturing (2018.03.26) HSINCHU, Taiwan - ITRI and international pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck signed an MOU today (Mar. 26), announcing the establishment of Taiwan-Merck Biopharma R&D & Training Collaboration Program at ITRI Guangfu Innovation Campus in Hsinchu |
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Taiwan Captured 16% Share of Total Fabless Company IC Sales in 2017 (2018.03.23) Research included in the March Update to the 2018 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report shows that fabless IC suppliers accounted for 27% of the world’s IC sales in 2017—an increase from 18% ten years earlier in 2007. As the name implies, fabless IC companies do not operate an IC fabrication facility of their own |
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Gartner Says Worldwide IoT Security Spending Will Reach $1.5B in 2018 (2018.03.22) Gartner, Inc. forecasts that worldwide spending on IoT security will reach $1.5 billion in 2018, a 28 percent increase from 2017 spending of $1.2 billion.
"In IoT initiatives, organizations often don't have control over the source and nature of the software and hardware being utilized by smart connected devices," said Ruggero Contu, research director at Gartner |
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Micro LED & Mini LED Technology Will Account for 11.4% of Worldwide LED Wafer Volume by 2022 (2018.03.22) While conventional LED components are used for backlight, Micro LED and Mini LED technology have been used for self-emitting in displays of consumer electronics. Every LED will then stand for a pixel, increasing the number of LED wafers used by companies |
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Toshiba Expands New Packaging Option for SO6L IC-Output Photocouplers (2018.03.22) Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation is expanding its line-up of SO6L IC-output photocouplers with a new wide leadform package type SO6L(LF4). Shipments start today.
The SO6L(LF4) package has a creepage distance of 8mm, which meets the industry’s standard creepage distance for SO6L |