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China’s Third-Party Payment Industry to Take a Huge Hit This April, Says TrendForce (2017.01.17)
According to market research firm TrendForce, the total amount of reserve funds that will transfer from third-party payment providers to the control of the Chinese government is estimated around RMB 500 billion.
Starting in April 2017, third-party payment providers in China will have to put their client reserve funds under centralized management of People’s Bank of China (PBoC) |
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Vishay Releases Commercial Version of the Popular Automotive Grade IHLE Integrated E-Shield Inductor (2017.01.17)
Vishay Intertechnology announced a commercial version of its popular Automotive Grade IHLE series of low profile, high current inductors featuring integrated e-shields for EMI reduction.
Available in the 2525, 3232, and 4040 case sizes |
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ASRock Announces The World’s 1st Micro-STX DeskMini RX/GTX System (2017.01.17)
ASRock made its refresh DeskMini system debut at CES 2017 that introduces the world’s first mini PC based on new Micro-STX form factor.
This new product features Intel’s latest Core i7-7700K processor, the highly-recognized AMD RX470 MXM graphics card as well as 3 Ultra M |
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Rambus Signs Patent License Agreement With Winbond (2017.01.17)
Rambus Inc. today announced it has signed a broad five-year patent license agreement with Winbond Electronics Corporation, a worldwide leading supplier of specialty memory. This agreement covers the use of Rambus patented memory solutions, including server DIMM chipsets, for Winbond products through 2021 |
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Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module Is Available from RS Components and Allied Electronics (2017.01.16)
RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics today announced the latest version of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module, based on the Raspberry Pi 3 architecture. Designed for professional engineers to develop embedded systems, the new Raspberry Pi 3 Compute Module (CM3) fits into a standard DDR2 SODIMM socket and provides the same basic processing capabilities as the Raspberry Pi 3 |
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Over 40％ of Data Science Tasks Will Be Automated by 2020 (2017.01.16)
More than 40 percent of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, resulting in increased productivity and broader usage of data and analytics by citizen data scientists, according to Gartner, Inc.
Gartner defines a citizen data scientist as a person who creates or generates models that use advanced diagnostic analytics or predictive and prescriptive capabilities |
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ＨOLTEK New HT67F4892 A/D Flash MCU for Household Appliance (2017.01.16)
As an extension product to the previously released HT67F489 device, Holtek’s new HT67F4892 device offers further enhancements to the original MCU resources. The device is suitable for use in household appliance control panels, temperature controllers, massagers, timers, sweeping robots, personal health care products as well as many others |
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Logic Supply Announces New Embedded “Extrovert” Modem for Pre-certified 4G LTE Connectivity (2017.01.16)
Logic Supply’announced that the company’s new Extrovert line of 4G SIM card-based modems are pre-certified to work on major carrier networks. The solution is platform-agnostic and allows companies to connect Logic Supply hardware to the network, no matter their software, computer model, or configuration |
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Panasonic Experiments Its Autonomous Delivery Robot, "HOSPI(R)," at Airport and Hotel (2017.01.13)
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will begin its demonstration experiments with the Autonomous Delivery Robot, "HOSPI(R)," from mid-January 2017 in cooperation with the Narita International Airport Corporation and the ANA Crowne Plaza Narita |
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Worldwide PC Shipment Decline for Fifth Consecutive Year, Gartner Says (2017.01.13)
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 72.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, a 3.7 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, 2016 PC shipments totaled 269 |
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TSMC Holds a 59% Marketshare of The IC Foundry Market in 2016 (2017.01.13)
The pure-play foundry market is forecast to play an increasingly stronger role in the worldwide IC market during the next five years, according to IC Insights’ new 2017 McClean Report. And the “Big 4” pure-play foundries (i |
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TSMC: Taiwan Is Still the Best Manufacturing Base (2017.01.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Morris Chang, chairman of TSMC, said in the fourth-quarter investor conference today that he did not rule out the possibility of setting a manufacturing plant in the United States, but for now, Taiwan is still the best place for TSMC |
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops World’s First Ultra-Wideband GaN Doherty Power Amplifier (2017.01.12)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) announced today their development of an ultra-wideband gallium nitride (GaN) Doherty power amplifier for next generation base stations that is compatible with a world-leading range (company estimate) of frequency bands above 3GHz to cover an operating bandwidth of 600MHz |
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Asia Pacific Spending on Robotics to Reach $133B in 2020, IDC Says (2017.01.12)
According to the newly released IDC Worldwide Commercial Robotics Spending Guide, Asia Pacific spending on robotics and related services will more than double, growing from $60 billion in 2016 to over $133 billion in 2020 – a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% |
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Macronix's NAND MCP Incorporated in Qualcomm Technologies’ LTE IoT Chipset Reference Design (2017.01.12)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – Taiwan’s Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) manufacturer Macronix International today announced that the NAND MCP memory solution has been adopted and incorporated by Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated as a part of the reference design for a Qualcomm Technologies’ LTE Cat |
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Acer to Show Its VR Broadcasting Technology in Taiwan (2017.01.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwanese PC brand Acer announced that it will cooperate with KKBOX, Taiwan's largest online music provider, to provide the live broadcast services using VR technology to deliver a 360-degree live experience |
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Toshiba Launches 100V N-Channel Power MOSFETs Supporting 4.5V Logic Level Drive for Quick Chargers (2017.01.11)
Toshiba Corporation’s Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today expanded its line-up of low-voltage N-channel power MOSFETs with the addition of 100V N-channel power MOSFETs supporting 4.5V logic level drive for quick chargers |
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Multiphase 60V Synchronous Boost Controller Provides up to 97% Efficiency (2017.01.11)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3897, a multiphase synchronous boost DC/DC controller with input surge stopper and ideal diode controller. The boost controller drives two N-channel power MOSFET stages out-of-phase to reduce input and output capacitor requirements, enabling the use of smaller inductors versus the single-phase equivalent |
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Researchers Create Practical and Versatile Microscopic Optomechancial Device (2017.01.11)
Researchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that uses a microscopic silicon disk to confine optical and mechanical waves. The new device is highly customizable and compatible with commercial manufacturing processes, making it a practical solution for improving sensors that detect force and movement |
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MediaTek Joins Via Licensing’s LTE Patent Pool (2017.01.11)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Via Licensing Corporation today announced that MediaTek has joined the impressive roster of global companies participating in Via’s industry-leading LTE (Long Term Evolution) patent pool, which provides a fair, transparent and cost-effective license to all essential LTE and LTE-Advanced patents from Via’s LTE licensors |
IEEE1394 is a common interface standard that allows interconnected communication between computers and peripheral equipment. So rapidly the efficiency of the transmission speed, it is often applied in connection high density of signal transmission, the transmission quantity of peripheral devices.