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China's GigaDevice Is Expanding NOR Flash Chip Production Capacity (2017.11.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The whole world is hard pressed for coded Flash memory (NOR Flash), and the appearance of new variables in this situation is possible. Mainland Chinese NOR chip provider GigaDevice have obtained assistance from SMIC and are currently expanding their NOR Flash production capacity |
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Flexible AMOLED Panel Supply Capacity to Exceed Demand by 44% in 2018, IHS Markit Says (2017.11.14)
With flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panel fabs building at a quicker pace than global demand, supply capacity of flexible AMOLED panels is forecast to be 44 percent higher than global demand in 2018, according to IHS Markit |
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Intel and Micron Increase 3D XPoint Manufacturing Capacity with IM Flash Fab Expansion (2017.11.14)
Intel and Micron announced the completion of an expansion to Building 60 (B60) at the IM Flash facilities in Lehi, Utah.
The expanded fab will produce 3D XPoint memory media, a building block of Intel Optane technology that includes Intel Optane memory for clients, the recently announced Intel Optane SSD 900P Series and new capacities and form factors of the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Series |
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Huawei and Gemalto Team Up to Accelerate NarrowBand IoT Deployments (2017.11.14)
Gemalto and Huawei - via its semiconductor arm, HiSilicon - are working together to develop the next generation of modules that combine an extra level of security and consume very low power.
NB IoT has been developed to address lower bit rates and lower cost segments, and works virtually anywhere |
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TrendForce Reports 3Q17 DRAM Revenue Hit a New High With a 16.2% Sequential Increase (2017.11.13)
Revenue of the entire global DRAM industry climbed to a new historic high for the third quarter of 2017, reports DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Contract prices of various DRAM products jumped by about 5% on average in the third quarter from the second quarter on the back of the year-end busy season and limited bit supply growth |
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Acer Launches High-Performance Inference Accelerated Multi-Node Server (2017.11.13)
Acer announced its new Altos W2200h-W670h F4 high-density multi-node server ahead of the SC17 supercomputing conference in Denver. With a 2U rack-mountable form factor supporting four front-access compute nodes, it is ideal for high-performance computing, deep learning and in-memory database applications with compute-intensive and memory-intensive workloads |
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Face Detection Accounts for Major Share of Apple's Patents with Most Recognition Technologies (2017.11.13)
Apple's facial recognition patents, consisting of face detection (including image pre-processing) and recognition (including feature extraction), account for 45% of its granted patents, according to Taipei-based IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) |
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Intel Doubles Capacity of Its Optane Data Center SSD (2017.11.13)
Intel announced the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Series is now available in a new 750GB capacity in both half-height, half-length add-in card and a hot-swappable 2.5-inch U.2 form factor. Both form factors and capacities will be broadly available this month |
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China Telecom and TransTeleCom Launch the First 100G Link Between Asia and Europe (2017.11.13)
China Telecom and TransTeleCom have developed the first transit telecommunication route connecting China and Europe based on100G ULH (Ultra Long Haul) DWDM technology. As part of the project, the companies have constructed a new 100Gbps gateway interface on the border between the two countries, the Chinese city of Manzhouli and in the Russian city of Zabaikalsk |
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Two ITRI Technologies Named CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honorees (2017.11.13)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) on November 9 (EST) announced that Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) had two of its technologies named CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honorees: Intelligent Vision System (IVS) for Companion Robots in the Robotics and Drones category, and Handheld Pesticide Residue Detector in Home Appliances |
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Wireless-Charging Chip from STMicroelectronics Enables Faster Charging of Smartphones and Tablets (2017.11.13)
STMicroelectronics is powering up wireless charging for mobile devices by introducing one of the world's first chips to support the latest industry standard for faster charging.
Nowadays, people are using their smartphones and tablets so intensively that many need to top up battery power several times a day |
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Total Revenue of China’s IC Industry to Grow Above Global Average of 19.86% for 2018, Says TrendFor (2017.11.09)
According to its latest report Breakdown Analysis of China’s Semiconductor Industry, TrendForce estimates that the total annual revenue generated by the country’s domestic IC industry for 2017 will come to RMB 517.6 billion, representing an increase of 19 |
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iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials, IHS Markit Reveals (2017.11.09)
Teardown engineers at IHS Markit have completed their preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X and found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $370 |
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Alliance Memory Expands Its Lineup of Low-Power SRAMs With New 64Mb Device in TSOP-I Package (2017.11.09)
To meet the demand for low-power SRAMs with higher densities, Alliance Memory today introduced a new 64Mb (4M x 16 bit) device in 48 pin, 12mm by 20mm TSOP-I and 48-ball TFBGA packages. Available from a very limited number of suppliers, the AS6C6416-55 operates from a single power supply of 2 |
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TI Offers 25 Functions for 25 Cents with New MSP430 MCUs (2017.11.09)
Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled its lowest-cost ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontrollers (MCUs) for sensing applications. Developers can now implement simple sensing solutions through a variety of integrated mixed-signal features in this family of MSP430 value line sensing MCUs, available for as low as US$0 |
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Automotive Electronic Systems Growth Strongest Through 2021 (2017.11.09)
Automotive electronic system sales are forecast to rise by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% from 2016 through 2021, which is the highest among six major end-use system categories, according to the IC Insights.
Demand is rising for electronic systems in new cars with increasing attention focused on self-driving (autonomous) vehicles |
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Acer Expands its Digital Signage Business by Participating in the Private Placement of AOPEN Shares (2017.11.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announced today that its participation in AOPEN’s private placement of shares has been approved by its Board of Directors. The move is a part of Acer’s strategy to expand its digital signage business |
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Silicon Wafer Shipments Hit Another Quarterly Record in Q3 (2017.11.08)
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2017 when compared to second quarter 2017 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry |
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Taiwanese LTE CPE Shipment Volume to Grow 18% in 2H 2017 (2017.11.08)
Shipment volume of the Taiwanese LTE (Long Term Evolution) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) industry - comprising of outdoor CPE, indoor CPE, USB (Universal Serial Bus) dongles, and Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) routers - is estimated to top 5 |
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Axiomtek’s eBOX560-512-FL – A Palm-sized Embedded System with 4K Resolution (2017.11.08)
Axiomtek has launched the eBOX560-512-FL, an extremely compact embedded system powered by the Intel Core i5-7300U or Celeron 3965U processor (formally codename: Kaby Lake). To enhance system efficiency, the embedded box PC supports one 260-pin DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM socket with up to 16 GB system memory |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.