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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 |
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World's First Transceiver Chip with FCC's New V-band Frequencies (2016.10.07)
Sivers IMA launches a fully integrated V-band transceiver RFIC. The difference between this transceiver and previous generations from Sivers IMA is that all parts are made of Silicon-Germanium. The circuit includes a complete millimeter wave transceiver (transmitter and receiver), digital control, signal source and a complete analog baseband |
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Wafer Size to Dominated by 300mm and to Continue Increasing Through 2020 (2016.10.07)
According to IC Insights’ Global Wafer Capacity 2016-2020 report that worldwide capacity by wafer size was dominated by 300mm wafers in 2015 and is forecast to continue increasing through 2020, the ambitious goals to put 450mm wafers to use have been scaled back due to enormous financial and technology hurdles |
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Worldwide Device Shipments to Decline for Second Year in a Row (2016.10.06)
Gartner, Inc. said worldwide combined shipments for devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to decline 3 percent in 2016. This will mark the second consecutive year of decline. The global devices market fell by 0 |
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Pepper Robot Officially Start on Duty in Taiwan (2016.10.06)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Pepper, a service robot which made by Softbank and Foxconn, officially stepped into the commercial use in Taiwan from this month. Including the First Bank, Cathay Life Insurance and Asia-Pacific Telecom(APT) all enabled their Pepper staffs in these two days, use this human-like robot to provide basic consultation services for the customers |
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Samsung to Acquire Viv, the Open Artificial Intelligence Platform Provider (2016.10.06)
Samsung Electronics today announced that it has agreed to acquire Viv Labs, Inc., the intelligent interface to everything. Viv has developed a open artificial intelligence (AI) platform that gives third-party developers the power to use and build conversational assistants and integrate a natural language-based interface into renowned applications and services |
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Chinese Smartphone-based VR Headsets Enjoy Fastest Growth (2016.10.06)
VR headsets have received more venture capital funds since 2015 with a share of 69%, followed by VR input devices (8%), VR software (8%), VR content manufacturing (6%), VR sales channels (4%), VR applications (4%), and VR cameras (1%), according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based IT research institute |
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Alliance Memory's New 512-Mb High-Speed Mobile SDR SDRAM (2016.10.06)
Alliance Memory introduced two new high-speed CMOS mobile synchronous DRAMs (MSDR) designed to extend battery life in mobile devices. Featuring low power consumption of 1.8 V and a number of power-saving features, the 512-Mb AS4C32M16MS and AS4C16M32MS are offered in 8-mm by 9-mm 54-ball and 8-mm by 13-mm 90-ball FPBGA packages |
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Consumer Spending on Virtual Reality Entertainment to Hit $3.3 Billion by 2020 (2016.10.06)
According to IHS Markit, the installed base of VR headsets will increase from 4 million in 2015 to 81 million in 2020. That same year, consumer spending on VR headsets will reach $7.9 billion and spending on VR entertainment will hit $3 |
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World's First Demodulator IC Compatible with Both ISDB-S3 and ITU-T J.183 (2016.10.06)
Socionext has developed the world's first demodulator IC that is compatible both with the Advanced Wide-Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting (ISDB-S3) and ITU-T Recommendation J.183 based channel bonding technology.
The new SC1501A can receive both the direct signals from the satellites and the retransmission of satellite signals through cable systems (IF pass-through, transmodulation) for 4K and 8K broadcasting |
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Dual Input, 2.5A Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Converter Delivers 95% Efficiency (2016.10.06)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3126, a 2.5A, 42V synchronous step-down switching regulator with an integrated dual input PowerPath control. A unique power stage topology enables operation from either of two independent power sources, with seamless, internally controlled transitions between inputs to ensure a stable output voltage during hot-plug and power source disconnect events |
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Google Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary in Taiwan (2016.10.05)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Google today in Taiwan held a press conference and celebration ceremony of its tenth anniversary of stationing in Taiwan. Its Taiwanese supply chain partners including MediaTek and HTC had attended the ceremony to share the gladness of partnership |
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WiseChip to Showcase Flexible and Transparent PMOLED Panels at Hong Kong Electronics Fair (2016.10.05)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese PMOLED panel supplier WiseChip Semiconductor today announced that from October 13 to 16 at Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) they will showcase a series of new products, including flexible and transparent PMOLED boards |
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HMicro and STMicroelectronics Announce Wearable Wireless Biosensor Platform (2016.10.05)
HMicro, Inc., a wireless solutions developer, and STMicroelectronics have launched their cooperation to create the industry's first single-chip solution for clinical-grade, single-use disposable smart patches and biosensors. The product, HC1100, targets the 5 billion wired wearable sensors, such as those for vital-sign monitors and electrocardiogram leads, utilized annually |
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The World’s Most Energy-Efficient Biomedical Sensor Hub for Wearable Health Applications (2016.10.05)
imec, and Holst Centre (established by imec and TNO), yesterday announced a new sensor hub integrated as a system-on-chip (SoC) intended for a broad range of wearable health devices and applications. The SoC combines an unprecedented number of biomedical analog interfaces into a single chip, on-board digital signal processing, high fidelity operation, and multi-day monitoring capability with a single battery |
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Rugged 1.8kVA AC Inverter with Integral Li-ion Battery Charger (2016.10.05)
Phihong has released a compact, portable 1.8kVA inverter with an integral battery charger designed with four standard lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs. Designed to provide original equipment manufacturers with reliable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective power solutions, the new inverter is engineered to deliver 120Vac at 16A/1 |
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South Korean IT Display Manufacturers Replacing LCD with OLED, IHS Markit Says (2016.10.05)
Due to increasing capacity from China, South Korean LCD panel makers are quickly realizing that LCD displays profitability may eventually erode, so they are betting their future on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, the IT display category has become the first product line that LCD display manufacturers are quitting, according to IHS Markit |
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Shipments of Mid-Size LCD TV Sets for 2016 Are Lower Than Initially Projected (2016.10.04)
Soaring prices during the second half of 2016 and the planned closure of Samsung Display’s L7-1 fab have created anxieties about supply shortages in the LCD panel market, according to the latest analysis by WitsView, a division of TrendForce |
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NCKU Launches “Mosquito Man” Cloud Platform to Raise Awareness of Dengue Fever (2016.10.04)
TAINAN, Taiwan - A cloud analytic framework for dengue fever designed by a research team from Department of Electrical and Computer Sciences, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, helped the Tainan City Government to control the outbreak of dengue fever effectively |
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