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Prices in PV Supply Chain Expected to Drop in Late November, Says TrendForce (2016.11.21)
Product orders are tapering off across the PV supply chain as some projects that are required to connect to the grid before the year-end deadline are almost completed. Though polysilicon, wafer and cell prices have been on the rise during the past one and half months, the market demand has cooled down a bit |
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New LTE Wi-Fi Router Wi4U City From lesswire for Local Public Transport (2016.11.21)
lesswire GmbH based in Berlin, part of the international Prettl Group, is presenting the Wi4U city. Certified according to DIN EN 50155 and issued with both an E1 certificate and an R&TTE certificate, this device offers high-speed Internet and multimedia services for rail and road vehicles operated by local public transport and is available with immediate effect |
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First Automotive-grade PIC32 MCU from Microchip: PIC32MZ EF (2016.11.21)
The 32-bit PIC32MZ EF microcontroller (MCU) family has been expanded to include an extended temperature portfolio and a high-speed variant (250 MHz) industrial temp portfolio. This is the first automotive-grade PIC32 MCU from Microchip Technology Inc |
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Vishay Intertechnology WSK1216 Power Metal Strip Resistor (2016.11.21)
Vishay Intertechnology announced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip current sense resistor that provides a high power rating of 3 W in the compact 1216 case size. The Vishay Dale WSK1216 features a Kelvin 4-terminal connection for increased measurement accuracy, while its extremely low resistance of 0 |
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A New RISC-based HMI From Portwell for High Performance in Low Power (2016.11.21)
Portwell announces COMBO Series Panel PCs, a new compact and projective capacitive touch panel PC with wide temperature and voltage support. Powered by NXP i.MX 6 series application processors family, a scalable multi-core platform that includes single-, dual- and quad-core processors based on the ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, the COMBO Series is designed for next generation industrial applications |
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TenAsys Introduces 64-bit Extended Memory Use for the INtime Real-time Operating System (2016.11.21)
TenAsys extends its advanced consolidation solutions for multicore PCs with full access to available system memory and cutting edge programming language support. Newly released version 6.2 of the INtime real-time operating system enables memory extension technology providing each process access to 4GB of physical memory, regardless of the number of processes and cores used on any given system |
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Delta to Acquire 100% Stake in a Taiwanese CIM Firm: Unicom System Eng (2016.11.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Delta Electronics announced its Board of Directors has approved today the acquisition of 100% stake in Unicom System Eng. Corp., thus, Unicom will effectively become Delta’s wholly-owned subsidiary, for a transaction price of around NT$351 |
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DRAM Revenue Rose 15.8% Sequentially in Q3 on Back of Rising Prices, TrendForce Says (2016.11.18)
According to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, global DRAM revenue for the third quarter rose about 15.8% sequentially on account of this recent price uptrend. In response to the rise in worldwide shipments and memory content per box for smartphones, DRAM suppliers since the second quarter have gradually reduce their output of PC DRAM while increasing their server and mobile DRAM production |
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HTC to Establish VR Research Institute in Shenzhen, China (2016.11.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - HTC and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government of China signed a strategic cooperation agreement at November 17th, two sides will create a "China VR Research Institute" and will jointly launch "Shenzhen VR Industry Fund"
with RMB 10 billion investment |
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China Smartphone Vendors Were Only Vendors in the Top Five to Increase Sales in Q3 (2016.11.18)
Three Chinese vendors — Huawei, Oppo and BBK Communication Equipment — together accounted for 21 percent of the smartphones sold to end users worldwide in the third quarter of 2016. They were the only smartphone vendors in the global top five to increase their sales and market share during the quarter, according to Gartner, Inc |
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Keysight and ASELSAN Sign 5G R&D Strategic Partnership MOU (2016.11.18)
Keysight Technologies and ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Turkey, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership on research and development of 5G communication technologies |
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New Automotive Chips from STM Bring High-End AV to Entry and Mid-Range Vehicles (2016.11.18)
ST's new Accordo 5 family of automotive processors meet crucial display-performance and security demands in a low-power compact platform suitable for lower-cost vehicles.
The Accordo 5 family is the latest generation of ST's successful Accordo line and leapfrogs other digital-infotainment chips, leveraging ARM Cortex-A7 processor as the main computing CPU |
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30A, Scalable to 180A, µModule Regulator in 9mm x 15mm BGA Package (2016.11.17)
Linear Technology introduces the LTM4647, a 30A step-down µModule (power module) regulator. The LTM4647 includes the inductor, MOSFET, DC/DC controller and supporting components in a 9mm x 15mm x 5.01mm BGA package. The device’s conversion efficiency from 12VIN to 1VOUT at 30A is 87%, when delivering a full 30A continuously without a heat sink or air flow at 70°C ambient |
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Display Panel Makers Increase Fab Utilization Rate to 90% in Q4 (2016.11.17)
The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous year, and up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter, according to IHS Markit |
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Preliminary Injunctions Against Everlight’s Three White LED Products in Germany (2016.11.17)
Nichia Corporation filed a request for three preliminary injunctions in Germany at the Düsseldorf District Court against Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Everlight”), alleging that the white LED products “334-15/X1C5-1QSA”, „334-15/T2C2-1TVB“ and „XI3535-KT577J1-03201-000P“ manufactured by Everlight and distributed in Germany infringe Nichia's YAG patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929) |
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Global Tablet Shipments to Decline 5.3% in 2017, Says TrendForce (2016.11.17)
The downward slide in tablet shipments has moderated during 2016 because Amazon’s and Huawei’s tablets have propped up the overall product sales despite the market headwinds. Global market research firm TrendForce estimates that global tablet shipments for 2016 will total around 154 |
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Keysight’s Battery-Drain Analysis Solution Delivers Insight for Operation Critical Applications (2016.11.17)
Keysight Technologies announced the availability of a battery-drain analysis solution that delivers insight into critical applications for the energy, automotive and medical device industries. Keysight is the only company that offers this integrated solution for accurate battery-drain analysis and provides the needed testing information required to manage the wide dynamic-current-range utilized by these devices |
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Q3 2016 Taiwan IC Revenue Totaled NT$659.6 Billion (2016.11.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) that Q3 2016 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$659.6 billion(US$20.7B), 9.7% growth on-quarter and up 14 |
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Notebook Shipments to Drop 4.5% in 2017, TrendForce Projects (2016.11.17)
Global notebook shipments for 2016 is estimated to decline by 4% compared with the prior year to around 157.9 million units, reports global research firm TrendForce. Notebook sales this year have been constrained by rising prices and supply shortages in the component markets |
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UMC Holds Grand Opening Ceremony for New 12-Inch Wafer Fab in China (2016.11.16)
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today celebrated the grand opening of United Semi, UMC’s 12-inch joint venture wafer fab in Xiamen China. The fab was completed in record time, realized volume production for customer products merely 20 months after groundbreaking in March of 2015 |
Transmission technology into the digital era, users and manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the quality requirements of the digital display, digital display interface standard combination of hardware graphics card, and therefore more subject to the attention of the progress of its development.