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Large TFT Display Market Continued to Grow in 2017, IHS Markit Says (2018.02.13)
Despite slower demand from end market and panel price erosion, the large thin-film transistor (TFT) display market expanded in 2017 in all three aspects -- unit shipments, area shipments and revenue. According to a new report from business information provider IHS Markit |
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Sony Develops a Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with Pixel-Parallel A/D Converter (2018.02.13)
Sony Corporation today announced that it has developed a 1.46 effective megapixel back-illuminated CMOS image sensor equipped with a Global Shutter function. The newly developed pixel-parallel analog-to-digital converters provide the function to instantly convert the analog signal from all pixels, simultaneously exposed, to a digital signal in parallel |
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Imec Introduces CMOS Chip With 16,384 Micro-electrodes and 1,024 Channels (2018.02.13)
Imec has designed and fabricated a 16,384-electrode, 1,024-channel micro-electrode array (MEA) for high-throughput multi-modal cell interfacing. The chip offers intracellular and extracellular recording, voltage- and current-controlled stimulation, impedance monitoring and spectroscopy functionalities thereby packing the most cell-interfacing modalities on a single chip, and being the only one to enable multi-well assays |
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STMicroelectronics Named a “2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Technology Leader” (2018.02.13)
STMicroelectronics was recognized as among the world’s most innovative companies in being named a “2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Technology Leader”.
Based on a proprietary methodology that holistically assesses organizations to determine those at the forefront of the tech industry |
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Q4 2017 Taiwan IC Revenue Totaled NT$675.5 Billion, 4.9% Increase On-year (2018.02.13)
The TSIA survey showed that Q4 2017 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$675.5 billion(US$22.2B) (up 5.1% on-quarter and 4.9% increase on-year).
The revenue wad with NT$160 |
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NEC Succeeds in Simultaneous Digital Beamforming that Supports 28 GHz Band for 5G Communications (2018.02.12)
NEC Corporation today announced the successful transmission of digital beamforming with a massive-element active antenna base station system that supports a 28 GHz band for 5G communications. This is the first time simultaneous beamforming transmission (four multi-user MIMO) from a single massive-element active antenna system (AAS) to four terminals has succeeded(1) |
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ASML Increases its Dominance of Semiconductor Lithography Market in 2017 (2018.02.12)
ASML’s dominance in the semiconductor equipment market continued in 2017, according to the report “Sub-100nm Lithography: Market Analysis and Strategic Issues,” recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company |
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HOLTEK New HT67F5652 IR Temperature Sensing MCU (2018.02.12)
Holtek announced its new IR temperature sensing application specific MCU, the HT67F5652. This new device contains a fully integrated 24-bit Delta Sigma analog to digital converter and an operational amplifier making it suitable for use in many applications that require IR temperature sensing, such as ear thermometers, forehead thermometers and so on |
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Apple Surpassed ASUS in 2017 Global Notebook Market (2018.02.12)
Market research firm TrendForce reports that the global notebook shipments for 2017 registered 164.7 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%, higher than previous expectation of 0.7%.
“The global notebook market has benefited from biddings for notebook contracts in North America and regional economic recovery,” says Kou-Han Tseng, TrendForce notebook analyst |
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NEC and Tohoku University Succeed in AI-Based New Material Development (2018.02.12)
NEC Corporation and Tohoku University applied new technologies developed by NEC, which use AI to predict the characteristics of unknown materials, to the joint development of cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology known as a thermoelectric (TE) device using spin current, and achieved 100 times better thermoelectric conversion efficiency over the course of approximately 1 year |
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Fox-Tech Creates World's First LPWAN Integrated Smart Lock Solution for Shared Bicycles (2018.02.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Fox-Tech officially launched OTO Hunter, the world's first Sigfox powered LPWAN integrated smart lock for shared bicycles.
Researched and developed in Taiwan, OTO Hunter is a smart solution that integrates Sigfox's world-leading IoT connectivity service to greatly reduce the power consumption of smart locks |
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iST and UL Sign Cooperation Agreement Carry Out a Comprehensive High Speed Signal Test Service (2018.02.09)
iST, the leading laboratory in electronic product verification service, made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of Signal Transmission Testing Services. iST has signed a Cooperation Agreement with America’s biggest and the world’s top 5 safety standard certification laboratory Underwriters Laboratories (UL) |
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Intel Introduces the New Intel Xeon D-2100 Processor (2018.02.08)
Intel introduced the new Intel Xeon D-2100 processor, a system-on-chip (SoC) processor architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data center or network applications constrained by space and power.
The Intel Xeon D-2100 processor extends the record-breaking performance and innovation of the Intel Xeon Scalable platform from the heart of the data center to the network edge and web tier |
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Apple Joins the Competition of Smart Speaker, but Amazon Remains the Market Leader, Says TrendForce (2018.02.08)
Apple’s upcoming launch of HomePod has intensified the competition in smart speaker market. According to TrendForce, Amazon Echo still tops the ranking of smart speaker products in 2018 with a market share in shipment of 50 |
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops Ground-Illuminating Indicators for Vehicles (2018.02.08)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today a new automotive indicator system that projects animated illuminations on road surfaces around the vehicle, which can change in response to approaching passersby, to realize highly intuitive, easy-to-see warnings about the vehicle’s intended movements for enhanced road safety |
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Nuvoton Technology Forms Trusted Computing Partnership with OnBoard Security (2018.02.08)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – Nuvoton Technology Corporation and OnBoard Security is partnering to incorporate greater security into the Internet of Things (IoT). OnBoard Security’s TrustSentinel TSS 2.0 now supports Nuvoton’s NPCT family of Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) |
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Seoul Semiconductor Files 3rd Patent Infringement Litigation against Mouser in Italy (2018.02.08)
On February 2, 2018, Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Italy in the Court of Milan against Mouser Electronics Inc., as well as its Italian subsidiary – for the sale of certain Everlight LED products |
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Chinese Panel Makers Catching Up Fast in LTPS LCD Panel Shipments for Mobile Phones, IHS Markit Says (2018.02.08)
Total shipments of mobile phone displays, including thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) and active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels, reached 2.01 billion units in 2017, up 3 percent from 2016, according to preliminary estimate from business information provider IHS Markit |
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Global Self-driving Taxi Market Will Grow at a CAGR of 81% from 2018 to 2023, Says TrendForce (2018.02.07)
Self-driving taxi services that combine ridesharing and autonomous vehicles have undergone road tests in 2017, and most companies expect to launch their commercial self-driving taxi services formally in 2021, which will tremendously change the future of transport |
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IBASE and Quividi Partner to Provide Fully Compatible Digital Signage Players (2018.02.07)
IBASE Technology and Quividi announced their partnership to provide Quividi-compatible digital signage players.
The IBASE SI-613-QT player has been officially tested by Quividi, ensuring its full capability of running Quividi’s VidiReports 6 |
