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20,000 Galaxy Note 7 Units Sold In 24 Hours In Taiwan (2016.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Samsung’s newest flagship Galaxy Note7 has hit the market in Taiwan, and within twenty-four hours of going on sale 20,000 units were sold.
The Galaxy Note7 on last Friday at 3:00 went on sale on Samsung’s official website for a limited wave of presales that crashed the server once |
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China Further Fortifies Its Semiconductor Sector With Formation of High-End Chip Alliance (2016.08.08)
With the government’s backing, key enterprises in China’s semiconductor sector have just established a “high-end chip alliance” that fosters the formation of a vertically integrated industry ecosystem on a national scale |
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China State-owned Enterprises Seconding Manpower to Foxconn for iPhone 7 Manufacturing (2016.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to China's Henan Daily reported that Apple is accelerating its stocking of iPhone 7. And Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory in Henan Province, China, is scheduling secondment of thousand people from the Chinese enterprises to expand its production capacity |
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Heraeus Photovoltaics Prevails in Taiwan Patent Decision (2016.08.05)
Heraeus Photovoltaics announced that the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court confirmed the validity of Heraeus' Taiwan Patent No. I432539 by an interlocutory judgment and dismissed Giga Solar Materials Corporation's invalidity defense |
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Chinese Smart Lock Industry Expects Over 25% Shipment Value Growth in 2016 (2016.08.05)
With smart locks continuing to play a leading role in door lock industry, the Chinese smart lock market volume is expected to grow by 31% while the sales value by over 25% in 2016 compared to 2015, according to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute) |
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HTC Starting Free-License of OpenVR Tracking System (2016.08.05)
TAIPEI, Taiwan ─ HTC announced today the launch of Vive accessory and peripheral products development and training program, inviting global developers and hardware partners to collaborate on building completely HTC Vive Eco-system |
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Universal Display and Tianma Sign OLED Patent License Agreements (2016.08.05)
Universal Display Corporation today announced the signing of an OLED Technology License Agreement and Supplemental Material Purchase Agreement with Tianma Micro-electronics Co. Ltd., a Chinese small-and medium-size display panel manufacturer |
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Six Display Video Wall Solutions: DS-980 (2016.08.05)
Advantech announced its new video wall signage solution DS-980 which streams up to six displays. Powered by 6th Gen. Intel i7/ i5/ i3/ Celeron rPGA processors (LGA 1151) and integrated Intel HD Graphics, DS-980 not only offers exceptional computing performance, but also delivers the most sophisticated content up to 4096 x 2160 true 4K resolution |
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NEC and Netcracker Provide Virtualized LTE Core Network to ITRI in Taiwan (2016.08.05)
NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology today announced that they have provided a virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution via NEC Taiwan Ltd. to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a non-profit research institute working under the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan |
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Rapidly Rising Panel Prices to Impact Branded LCD TV Shipments in Upcoming Peak Season (2016.08.04)
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global shipments of LCD TV sets in the second quarter of 2016 totaled around 48.68 million units, up 1.2% over the prior quarter. Demand generated from sporting events (e.g |
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UWin Nanotech Launches UW-602 Cyanide-Free Silver Stripper Solution (2016.08.04)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - UWin-Nanotech, a Taiwanese green precious metal stripping solutions provider, recently released a new green silver stripper product－UW-602 electrolyte Silver stripper, a silver coating stripping solution. It is a cyanide and toxics free products that completely meets with RoHS requirements, and will not jeopardize human body and environment, allowing enterprises to achieve green manufacturing process and the circular economy |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Double Satellite Component Production Capacity (2016.08.04)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has started constructing a facility that will double the satellite-component production capacity of its Kamakura Works, Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan.
The factory is Mitsubishi Electric’s core production and testing site for solar array panels, structural panels and other satellite components |
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IC Insights Reports Samsung, TSMC, and Intel to Have Huge Spending in 2H16 (2016.08.04)
IC Insights forecasts that semiconductor industry capital spending will increase by only 3% this year after declining by 2% in 2015. However, driven by the top three spenders—Samsung, TSMC, and Intel—capital spending in 2016 is expected to be heavily skewed toward the second half of this year |
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Industry’s First High-Speed Multi-Channel PLC Input Isolators (2016.08.04)
Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s first high-speed, multi-channel digital isolators designed to meet the demands of programmable logic controller (PLC) applications.
The new Si838x PLC field input isolator family offers an unmatched combination of high-speed channels (up to 2 Mbps), exceptional channel integration (up to eight channels per device), bipolar input flexibility, high noise immunity and 2 |
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IBM Makes Neuromorphic Computers More Achievable (2016.08.04)
IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive computing |
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Taiwanese Government to Order Uber to Withdraw From Taiwan (2016.08.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Last month nearly one hundred taxis protested at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan claiming that Uber is an illegal business that has damaged their livelihoods. Yesterday the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that before August 11 they will call for Uber to withdraw from Taiwan |
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New HT45B0003/0005 Power Line Networking System Data Transceivers (2016.08.03)
Holtek announces the release of two new Power Line Data Transceiver devices, the HT45B0003 and HT45B0005. To implement the transceiver function, these devices include a fully integrated power supply regulator, voltage detector and data transmission modulation interface |
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New High-Temperature Device Improves Solar Cell Efficiency (2016.08.03)
The photovoltaic (PV) cells in traditional solar cells convert sunlight efficiently within a narrow range of wavelengths determined by the material used in the PV cells.
This limits their efficiency, as long wavelengths of sunlight are not converted at all and the energy of short wavelength light is largely wasted |
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SIGFOX, UnaBiz Anchor French and Taiwanese Collaboration on Global IoTs Testbed (2016.08.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - SIGFOX, a provider of dedicated communications service for the Internet of Things (IoT), and UnaBiz, an IoT network operator in Asia, joined French and Taiwanese officials announcing creation of a global Internet of Things testbed in Taiwan |
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S. Africa IT Spending to Grow 3.8% in 2016, Gartner Says (2016.08.03)
South Africa IT spending is forecast to total R272 billion in 2016, a 3.8 percent increase from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Software spending is on pace to exhibit its highest ever year-on-year growth in 2016, at 11.4 percent |
