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Shortage of NAND Flash to Cause Prices of SSDs and EMMCs to Rise by Over 10% in Q1 2017 (2016.12.12)
DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global shortage of NAND Flash has reached its most severe phase for 2016 in this fourth quarter. Factors that aggravate the shortage include strong smartphone shipments, growing SSD demand and the increase in the average memory density of eMMCs and eMCPs |
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Affordable Renesas MCU Prototyping Boards Now Available from RS Components (2016.12.12)
RS Components (RS) has announced availability of the Gadget Renesas SAKURA boards, which offer an easy-to-use development platform based on the Renesas RX family of flash microcontrollers. These general-purpose programmable boards offer a highly flexible platform that is suitable for a range of levels of software development experience from beginners at school to professional design engineers |
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Hybrid Planar Transformers Offer Lower Cost, Smaller Packages (2016.12.12)
Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of 250 W full-bridge hybrid planar transformers for avionics, industrial control, and alternative energy control applications. Featuring a unique winding structure, TPL-2516 series devices provide a cost-effective solution compared to traditional planar transformers while featuring smaller packages, improved performance, and easy customization |
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Flexible Display Shipments to Increase Sharply in 2017 (2016.12.12)
As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of flexible displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135 percent compared to 2016. According to IHS Markit, flexible displays are expected to comprise 3 |
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Billion to Officially Enter the PV Energy Industry in 2017 (2016.12.11)
Billion Electric showcased its innovative IoT Gateway during the “Promote IoT Ecosystem and Create Various Business Opportunities Seminar” hosted by the Institute for Information Industry (III), Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan |
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Toshiba Launches 40V/45V N-Channel Power MOSFET with Low On-resistance (2016.12.11)
Toshiba Corporation’s Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today expanded its “U-MOS IX-H Series” of low-voltage N-channel power MOSFETs with new 40V and 45V products delivering industry leading-class low on-resistance and high-speed performance |
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Toradex Adds Windows Embedded Compact Support for NXP i.MX 7-based System on Modules (2016.12.09)
Toradex announced the support of Windows Embedded Compact 2013 (WEC2013) and Windows Embedded Compact 7 (WEC7), on its new Colibri iMX7 - a NXP i.MX 7 processor-based System on Module (SoM).
A preview WinCE OS image is available for download immediately at the Toradex Developer Center |
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ITRI to Showcase Robot Vision System and Drone Solution at CES (2016.12.09)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a Taiwanese high-tech applied research institutions, today announced it will demonstrate two cutting-edge technologies at CES 2017: Intelligent Vision System for Companion Robots and ICT Solution for Drones |
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Demand for xEV Batteries to Grow 17% in 2017 on Back of Recovery of China’s xEV Market (2016.12.09)
Global volume demand for lithium batteries that power xEVs (plug-in vehicles) is estimated to reach 1.7 billion units in 2016 and grow by 17% annually to 2 billion units in 2017, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce |
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Intel and Microsoft Announce “Project EVO” to Further Push the Boundaries of PC (2016.12.09)
Microsoft and Intel jointly announced “Project EVO”, a deep collaboration to further push the boundaries of personal computing, including smarter voice interaction, virtual and merged reality experiences for all, powerful gaming, strengthened security and identity protection, and true always-connected computing |
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RDA's 4G RF Power Amplifier Module RPM6741-21 Receives Certification from Qualcomm (2016.12.09)
RDA Microelectronics (RDA) today announced that its 4G RF power amplifier module RPM6741-21 had received certification from Qualcomm as well as the certification's highest Gold Level recommendation. RDA is the sole local Phase-II PA provider receiving the recommendation |
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MIC Points out Ten Important Technology Trends of 2017 (2016.12.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), a Taiwanese IT industry research and consulting firm, indicated ten technology trends of 2017, including “Vertical integration”, “New development process”, “ArtificiaI Intelligence”, “Blockchain”, “AR/VR”, “360-degree video”, “Commercial drone”, “Bot economy”, “Platform economy” and “Internet celebrity economy” |
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VR Industry Leaders Come Together to Create New Association, GVRA (2016.12.08)
Acer Starbreeze, Google, HTC VIVE, Facebook's Oculus, Samsung, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, today announced the creation of a non-profit organization of international headset manufacturers to promote the growth of the global virtual reality (VR) industry |
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Bluetooth SIG Officially Launches Bluetooth 5 Specification (2016.12.08)
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of the Bluetooth core specification this week. Key updates to Bluetooth 5 include longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies |
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Keysight to Demonstrate Latest 5G, 802.11ad Design and Test Solutions at IEEE Globecom 2016 (2016.12.08)
Keysight Technologies announced it will demonstrate a wide range of first-to-market design, test and characterization solutions at IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington D.C., Dec. 4 – 7.
Keysight’s technical experts will demonstrate the following products, solutions and services: 5G Trial System Modeling and Validation; 28 GHz Wideband Multichannel DPD; Wideband Millimeter-Wave Testbed; 802 |
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Stackable 18-V input, 35-A PMBus Converter Delivers Industry's Highest Density (2016.12.08)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry's highest-density, 18-V input, 35-A synchronous DC/DC buck converter, which offers full differential remote-voltage sensing and PMBus to support telemetry.
TI's TPS546C23 power converter integrates high- and low-side MOSFETs into a small-footprint package that is significantly denser than competitive devices |
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Reflective Optical Sensor Saves Space and Lowers Costs (2016.12.08)
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new reflective optical sensor for smart home, industrial, and office applications. Saving space compared to previous-generation solutions, the Vishay Semiconductors VCNT2020 combines an infrared emitter, silicon phototransistor detector, and daylight blocking filter in a miniature 2 |
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Renesas Announces World’s First Fin-Shaped MONOS Flash Memory Cells for MCUs in 16/14nm (2016.12.07)
Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced its successful development of the world’s first split-gate metal-oxide nitride oxide silicon (SG-MONOS) flash memory cells employing transistors with fin-shape for use in microcontrollers (MCUs) with on-chip flash memory having a circuit linewidth of 16 to 14 nanometer (nm) or finer |
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ITRI’s Fluid-Driven Emergency Lighting Wins Create the Future Design Contest (2016.12.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI)’s “Fluid-Driven Emergency Lighting” won a prize in the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s NASA Tech Brief magazine’s “Create the Future Design Contest 2016” in the Sustainable Technologies Category |
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Imec Demonstrates World’s First Vertically Stacked Gate-all-Around Si Nanowire CMOS Transistors (2016.12.07)
At IEEE IEDM conference, imec reported for the first time the CMOS integration of vertically stacked gate-all-around (GAA) silicon nanowire MOSFETs. Key in the integration scheme is a dual-work-function metal gate enabling matched threshold voltages for the n- and p-type devices |
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