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Samsung to Provide 4th-Gen 64-layer V-NAND Flash Products in Q4 (2016.08.11) At Flash Memory Summit 2016, held in the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center, Samsung showcased its 4th generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) and a line-up of high-performance, high-capacity solid state drives (SSDs) available for its enterprise customers as well as Z-SSD, a new solution providing breakthrough performance for flash-based storage |
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New USB Type-C Docking System Design Can Cut Solution Size in Half (2016.08.11) Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a multiport USB Type-C and Power Delivery (PD) minidock reference design that provides audio, USB data, power and video support.
This new TI Designs reference design can be powered by a traditional power adapter, USB Type-C adapter or notebook computer, offering end users flexible, intelligent functionality |
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TSIA Expects Taiwan IC revenue to reach US$74.9B in 2016 (2016.08.11) According to the TSIA’s survey, the Q2 2016 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled US$18.6B, up 10.5% on-quarter and 8.2% increase on-year.
In design, with US$5.2B (16 |
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Galaxy Note 7 Opens New Opportunities in IR LED Market (2016.08.11) The arrival of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to trigger a new round of hardware competition among smartphone brands as they will also likely to incorporate iris recognition into their flagship devices. According to the latest analysis from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, iris and facial recognition features will gradually become prevalent in mobile devices |
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Acer’s Co-President of BYOC Smart Products Business Departs from Company (2016.08.11) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announces that its president of BYOC Smart Products Business, ST Liew, will be leaving the company as part of his personal career planning. Maverick Shih, who currently co-heads the business with ST, will continue to lead the smart products business after his departure |
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VLP DDR4 mini ECC UDIMM series From Apacer (2016.08.11) Apacer Technology has launched the VLP DDR4 mini ECC UDIMM which is especially designed for networking, telecom and industrial automation systems. Delivering advantages such as space-saving, high-speed data transmission and low power consumption, it is a perfect fit for network communication and embedded industrial automation equipment, optimizing high-performance cloud operating systems |
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New Cree MHB-B LED for High Performance Lighting Applications (2016.08.11) Cree, Inc. introduces the XLamp MHB-B LED, a new high-power LED that enables a more effective way to deliver lower system costs for high lumen, high efficiency applications designed to meet the new DesignLights Consortium (DLC) 4 |
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DRAM on Track to Be Worst-Performing Market in 2016, IC Insights Says (2016.08.11) According to the latest report from IC Insights, declining shipments of desktop and notebook computers, the biggest users of DRAM, as well as declining tablet PC shipments and slowing growth of smartphone units have created excess inventory and suppliers have been forced to greatly reduce average selling prices in order to move parts |
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Notebook Shipments in H1 of 2016 Totaled 74.18M Units, TrendForce Says (2016.08.10) Worldwide notebook shipments for the first half of 2016 fell just 4% year on year to 74.18 million units, according to global research firm TrendForce. Channel inventories returned to a healthy level in the second quarter. At the same time, there was a significant increase in stock-up demand due to arrivals of new notebook products and preparations for back-to-school sales in September |
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The Most Difficult Accomplishment of Pokemon GO (2016.08.10) (圖一) “Pokemon GO” on August 6 hit the market in Taiwan.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - “Pokemon GO” on August 6 hit the market in Taiwan, and just like it heats mobile phones processing temperature up, Pokemon GO became as hot an item as the temperature in Taiwan |
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APT Teams Up with IBM, Actility, Cisco to Promote LoRa Platform in Taiwan (2016.08.10) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Asia Pacific Telecom(APT), a telecommunications company of Hon Hai Group, yesterday announced an alliance of thirteen companies including IBM, Actility and Cisco to promote its IoT by GT platform. The platform uses Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and 4G standard, supports the IBM, Actility and Cisco manage platform |
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IBM, Vodafone India Announced a Five Year Agreement on Local IT Infrastructure Cooperation (2016.08.10) IBM and Vodafone India today announced a multi-million dollar five year agreement for IBM to manage IT services support for Vodafone India’s IT infrastructure and applications environment.
By bringing together Vodafone India’s enterprise data and cloud ready applications into a scalable environment that keeps data local |
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Highly Integrated Hall Sensors Reduce Systems Costs Considerably (2016.08.10) The new Hall sensors of Infineon Technologies AG enable automotive, industrial and consumer electronics to meet strict environmental standards. Also, they help fulfil the requirements of very cost-effective and compact designs |
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Inotera Appoints Richard Mealey-Ozawa as Chief Financial Officer (2016.08.09) Taoyuan, Taiwan - Inotera Memories, Inc. today announced the appointment of Mr. Richard Mealey-Ozawa as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 9th, 2016.
Richard brings more than 20 years of professional finance and accounting experience to Inotera |
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D/A Converter Offers More Accuracy in a Smaller Footprint (2016.08.09) Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced the AD9164 D/A converter that brings high resolution radar images for designers of military and commercial radar while reducing solution component count.
Additionally, for designers of precision instrumentation equipment |
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Seasonality Kept Prices of LED Light Bulbs on a Downtrend in July (2016.08.09) LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports the global average sales prices of 40-watt and 60-watt equivalent LED light bulbs in July fell 0.7% and 0.6% versus the prior month, respectively, to US$9.5 and US$12.9.
“July was the start of the traditional off season for the LED industry,” said LEDinside analyst Allen Yu |
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AUO Lights Up Its Gen 6 LTPS LCD Fab in China (2016.08.09) AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO") today held a lighting ceremony at its Gen 6 LTPS (Low Temperature Poly-silicon) LCD fab in Kunshan, China to debute the fab’s first 5.5-inch full HD LTPS LCD, marking an important milestone for AUO’s long-term deployment in China |
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Avnet Adds SiTime’s MEMS Timing Solutions to Line Cards in Americas and Asia (2016.08.09) Avnet, Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with SiTime Corporation, a MEMS and analog semiconductor company and wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips Corporation. Effective immediately, Avnet will offer SiTime’s MEMS oscillators in the Americas and Asia, excluding Japan |
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MegaChips Delivers High Quality Multimedia Converter IC with HDCP2.2 Protection (2016.08.09) MegaChips Corporation announced production shipments of the MCDP2900, an advanced audio-video converter, featuring unprecedented user experience features like HDR and HDCP2.2 repeater functions. The power-optimized converter facilitates secured transmission of 4K60Hz High Dynamic Range (HDR) content between personal, mobile, and consumer electronics through USB Type-C and other digital display interfaces |
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Wide Temperature PC Series with Projective Capacitive Touch Screen (2016.08.08) Portwell announces FUDA2-S1921, a new 19-inch energy-efficient and powerful fan-less Panel PC with projective capacitive touch screen. Powered by Intel Atom Bay Trail-I SoC quad-core processor E3845 (10W Max TDP, 2M Cache, 1.91 GHz) integrating Intel Gen 7 3D graphics engine |