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Alibaba to Acquire Full Ownership of China Online Delivery Platform Ele.me (2018.04.02) Alibaba Group Holding Limited announced today that the company will acquire all outstanding shares that it does not already own in Ele.me, an online delivery and local services platform in China, in a transaction that implies the enterprise value of Ele |
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OLED is More Competitive in Smartphone Market, Mini LED Should Target at Niche Market (2018.04.02) The sales of iPhone X turned out to be less than market expectation, so Samsung has lowered the utilization rate of OLED production lines. The tight supply of OLED panels over the past two years has also been eased. According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, Apple has initiated the trend of OLED panels, and it is estimated that the penetration rate of OLED panel in smartphones will reach 46% by 2021 |
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eMemory, Europractice IC Service Form eNVM IP Partnership (2018.04.02) HSINCHU, Taiwan – eMemory announces its collaboration with Europractice to offer eMemory’s eNVM (Embedded Non-volatile Memory) IP to European academia and startups.
Under the announced partnership, eMemory will provide its eNVM solutions through the world-leading research and innovation hub imec in the Europractice IC Service program for startups as well as over 600 universities and research institutes in the Europe region |
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ASUS Becomes the First Company to Receive UL Environment's Circularity Facts Program Validation (2018.04.02) TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASUS announced successful completion of the validation procedure in UL Environment’s Circularity Facts program. The program employs sustainability procedures and standards to quantify a company’s efforts to move operations towards a more circular approach, where waste is minimized and materials are kept in use for longer periods |
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Taiwan’s Electronics Output Value Surpasses 300 billion this Year (2018.04.02) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Electronic Equipment Industry Association (TEEIA) on March 29 held the “Sixth Annual Three-Time General Assembly and TEEIA Annual Meeting.” At the event, they stated that equipment in the the high-tech industry must continually grow and be cultivated and will be able to be a leading industry in driving upgrades to the smart machinery industry |
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ITRI Software Startup Taps into Vietnamese Market (2018.04.02) TAIPEI, Taiwan – ITRI startup LoFTech has tapped Juiker, a Taiwan B2B-focused cloud communications software platform, in cooperating with Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) on launching a new OTT application named Karo |
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Increased Supply of IT Panels in 2018 May Pose a Risk of Oversupply (2018.03.29) According to the latest IT panel shipment report of WitsView, a division of TrendForce, the total shipments of PC monitor panels and notebook panels in 2017 were 314.94 million pieces, a YoY increase of 3%. In 2018, IT panel makers will focus on reducing border size, increasing viewing angle and resolution |
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Ambarella Introduces CV2 4K Computer Vision SoC (2018.03.29) Ambarella introduced the CV2 camera SoC combining advanced computer vision, image processing, 4Kp60 video encoding, and stereovision in a single chip. CV2 targets advanced automotive, IP security, drone, and robotic applications, delivering up to 20 times the deep neural network performance of Ambarella’s first generation CV1 chip |
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Toshiba's New Three-Phase Brushless Fan Motor Driver IC Has a Rotation Speed Control Function (2018.03.29) Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation announced the launch of “TC78B025FTG,” a three-phase brushless motor driver IC with a rotation speed control (closed loop control) function, for application in small fans used in home appliances and industrial equipment |
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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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MTS-4000 V2 - User-Friendly Measuring Device for FTTx Networks (2018.03.27) For the installation and maintenance of FTTx and PON networks, LASER COMPONENTS recommends the new, revised version of the MTS-4000 base meter from VIAVI Solutions. With its faster processor, the system can be up and running in less than 30 seconds |
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Larger Workloads Handled Faster: the AAEON FWS-7360 10GbE Network Platform (2018.03.27) AAEON announces the launch of the 1U enterprise-grade FWS-7360. This high-performance network appliance has a range of features including 10GbE SFP+ fiber ports to ensure that businesses have constant access to secure, high-speed connections |
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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 |