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PC Shipments Declined 5.7% in Q3 of 2016, Gartner Reports (2016.10.12) Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.9 million units in the third quarter of 2016, a 5.7 percent decline from the third quarter of 2015, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This was the eighth consecutive quarter of PC shipment decline, the longest duration of decline in the history of the PC industry |
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The Halt of Galaxy Note 7 Sales Benefits Samsung’s Rivals but Not Affect Rising Component Prices (2016.10.12) Samsung’s stunning announcement to stop all sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to cause noticeable changes in shipments of major smartphone brands, according to the TrendForce. In the large-size smartphone market, Samsung’s competitors such as Apple, Huawei, Vivo and OPPO are expected to snatch up the demand that was initially going to Note 7 |
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Taiwan’s Mobile Market Penetration Declined to 128% in 2015 and 127% in 2016 (2016.10.12) According to the Research and Markets, Taiwan’s annual market growth of the mobile subscriber market has been in low single digit figures from 2011 to 2014. Market penetration peaked in 2014 at 129. By 2015 the market saw a slight contraction due to a highly mature and saturated market |
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20V, 500mA LDO with Ultralow (0.8μVRMS) Noise & 76dB PSRR (2016.10.12) Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3045, an ultralow noise, ultrahigh power supply ripple rejection (PSRR) low dropout voltage linear regulator, a higher output current version of the widely accepted 200mA LT3042 ultralow noise LDO |
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3GPP’s 5G Standards Development Conference Hold in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2016.10.11) TAIPEI, Taiwan – A 5G standards development international conference of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a telecommunications standard development organization, was held by Taiwanese technology companies and government organizations on the October 10th in Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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NAND Flash Prices on Upswing in Q4,TrendForce Says (2016.10.11) The supply shortage that persisted in the NAND Flash market during the third quarter will become more acute in the fourth quarter due to surging demand from clients in the smartphone and SSD industries, says DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce |
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UMC’s Fab 8A Earns MFCA Verification Conforming with ISO 14051 for Green Management (2016.10.11) HSINCHU, Taiwan - United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today announced that its Hsinchu-based Fab 8A has gained Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) verification in accordance with ISO 14051 by DNV GL, becoming the first MFCA verified semiconductor fab in Taiwan |
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Keysight to Showcase 5G Test Solutions at NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition 2016 (2016.10.11) Keysight Technologies today announced it will demonstrate its leading-edge 5G solutions at NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition, Steigenberger Airport Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 12-13.
Keysight is one of the major active contributors in the activities of the NGMN 5G Trial & Testing Initiative (5GTTI) group |
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Nikken Lease Uses u-blox Positioning and Cellular Technologies for New Trackable Pallet (2016.10.11) Nikken Lease has tapped into cutting-edge positioning and cellular technologies from u-blox for its new trackable pallet, Transeeker.
Transeeker is a pallet equipped with u-blox’s cellular and positioning technologies, the u-blox cellular UMTS/HSPA(+) module LISA-U200-62S and EVA-7M, u-blox 7 standalone GNSS module, for accurate tracking |
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Samsung Mass Produces 14nm FinFET Application Processor for Wearable Devices (2016.10.11) Samsung Electronics today announced that it has begun mass production of the Exynos 7 Dual 7270. It is the first mobile application processor (AP) in the industry designed specifically for wearable devices with 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology |
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FPD Equipment Spending to Rise 89%, Hitting $12.9 billion in 2016 (2016.10.11) Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment sales are expected to attain their highest sustained three-year level in the history of the industry. FPD equipment spending will rise 89 percent, hitting $12.9 billion in 2016. Increased spending levels will continue, reaching $13 billion in 2017, then declining slightly to $11 |
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New High-Power XP-L LEDs From Cree (2016.10.11) Cree, Inc. introduces the XLamp XP-L2 LED, delivering up to seven percent more lumens and 15 percent higher lumens-per-watt (LPW) than the industry-leading XP-L LED. Leveraging elements of Cree’s breakthrough SC5 Technology Platform, the high-power XP-L2 LED improves the lumen density, voltage characteristics and reliability of the XP-L LED in the proven XP package |
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TomTom and Bosch Jointly Showcase Autonomous Driving Demonstration (2016.10.10) TomTom today announces a joint autonomous driving demonstration with Bosch. TomTom provided its HD Map and RoadDNA technology to setup a demonstration on the Australian F1 Grand Prix circuit at Albert Park.
TomTom HD Map and RoadDNA are two highly accurate digital map based products helping automated vehicles precisely locate themselves on the road and plan manoeuvres, even when traveling at high speeds |
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China’s TCL Unveils Its Premium Sub-brand XESS (2016.10.10) Multinational electronics company TCL Corporation unveiled its premium sub-brand XESS, as well as the X1 and X2 series of TVs and S1 series of big pads under the brand.
TCL chairman and CEO Tomson Li Dongsheng said, the XESS brand is expected to strengthen the stature of TCL's brand portfolio on the international stage |
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Samsung 960 PRO and 960 EVO, the V-NAND Based SSDs (2016.10.10) Samsung Electronics unveiled the Samsung 960 PRO and 960 EVO, its newest solid state drives (SSDs). The V-NAND based, M.2 form factor SSDs were built on the company’s category-defining Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD leadership |
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Prices in China’s PV Market Rebounded in Late September, TrendForce Says (2016.10.07) PV product manufacturers in Taiwan and China saw orders returning in the second half of September, while prices of polysilicon, wafers and PV cells started to rally after reaching their lows, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce |
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MediaTek to Increase the Number of Employees in India to 1500 (2016.10.07) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek is going to increase its number of employees in India to 1,500 in the next three years, which is a growth of 200%, and the local financial investment will also expand simultaneously |
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iST Invests BTL to Enter Compulsory Certification Market in China (2016.10.07) iST, a Taiwanese electronics verification test service provider, announced today that through signing the share subscription agreement with BTL Inc., iST will spend NTD$ 180 million to obtain 21.05% stock right of BTL at NTD$ 45 per share |
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MediaTek Debuts Smartphone Design Training Program to Support ‘Make in India’ Initiative (2016.10.07) HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek today announced a Smartphone Design-Training program to foster and develop talent for India’s fast-growing handset industry.
The training program, created in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India, Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan, will propel the ‘Make in India’ initiative |
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N9041B UXA Signal Analyzer: Continuous Frequency Coverage from 3 Hz to 110 GHz (2016.10.07) Keysight Technologies announced an industry-leading breakthrough in spectrum and signal analysis at millimeter-wave frequencies. The Keysight N9041B UXA X-Series signal analyzer is the first to provide frequency coverage to 110 GHz with a maximum analysis bandwidth of up to 5 GHz |