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China SMIC Acquires LFoundry to Step into Global Automotive Electronics Market (2016.06.26)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) jointly announces with LFoundry Europe GmbH (LFE) and Marsica Innovation S.p.A. (MI), the signing of an agreement on June 24, 2016 to purchase a 70% stake of LFoundry for a consideration of 49 million EUR |
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Acer to Invest in Starbreeze through Two-year Convertible Bond (2016.06.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Acer announces its intent to acquire Starbreeze AB’s (First North: STAR) convertible bonds through a private placement transaction. Starbreeze and Acer have reached a term sheet whereby Starbreeze will issue US$9 million (SEK 74 |
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Acer and Starbreeze Boards Approve Definitive Agreement to form Joint Venture for StarVR (2016.06.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Acer and Starbreeze AB announced today that their respective Board of Directors have approved the establishment of a joint venture for design, manufacturing, promotion, marketing and sales of the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Display (HMD) as previously announced May 15th, 2016 upon signing the letter of intent |
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Taiwan Hosts VR/AR Gaming Technology Summit to Discuss the Latest Trends (2016.06.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan on June 23-25 2016 will host the “Gamera VA/AR Game Development Technology Summit” and have invited over 20 professional lecturers, which include high level personnel from AUTODESK, AMD, CRYTEK, HTC, NVIDIA, RAZER, UNITY, Taiwan iStaging, and ARPLANET, to discuss the newest VR technologies and trends |
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ASE Receives 2016 Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (2016.06.24)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) today announced it has received the 2016 Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) in the category of “Social Empowerment” for its ASE30 Environmental Conservation Fund (ECF) |
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256M High-Speed CMOS SDRAMs with 86-Pin TSOP II Package (2016.06.24)
Alliance Memory today extended its offering of 256M high-speed CMOS synchronous DRAMs (SDRAM) with two new x32 devices in the 86-pin 400-mil plastic TSOP II package.
Internally configured as four banks of 8M word x 32 bits, the high-density AS4C8M32S-6TIN and AS4C8M32S-7TCN provide reliable drop-in |
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SMIC Commences Successful Mass Production of Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Processor (2016.06.23)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced that the Snapdragon 425 processor and MDM9x07 has passed customer qualification and begun mass production in Beijing, after the successful technology transfer from SMIC's Shanghai 12-inch fab to SMIC's majority owned joint venture fab in Beijing |
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Power Transistor Sales Expected to Stabilize and Begin a Modest Recovery in 2016 (2016.06.23)
After dropping 7% in 2015 to $12.3 billion, power transistor sales are expected to stabilize and begin a modest recovery in 2016, growing by a little over 1% to $12.4 billion, according to the latest edition of IC Insights’ annual O-S-D Report |
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VR Device Shipments to Reach 9 Million Units This Year (2016.06.23)
Global market research firm TrendForce expects PS VR to generate another huge wave of VR device shipments this year. If the branded vendors are able to ensure sufficient supply, TrendForce forecasts that shipments of VR devices (excluding mobile-based products) will grow at a CAGR of 53 |
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ARM-based Starter Kits powered by NXP and TI processors (2016.06.23)
Advantech announced its ARM-based Starter Kits powered by NXP and TI processors. Advantech ARM-based Starter Kits provide a shortcut for ARM platform evaluation and development. The kit includes key elements of a development environment including main boards with CPU cables, adapter cards, LCD panel and power adapter |
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N-channel MOSFETs in Small Packages for LED Driver (2016.06.23)
Toshiba Corporation’s Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today announced the launch of N-channel MOSFETs in small packages for load switches in LED driver applications, including automotive dashboard meters and headlights and LED TV backlights, that are in the industry’s leading-class for low on-resistance |
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Nuance Launches Chinese Version of Equitrac (2016.06.22)
Nuance Communications today announced the release of its Chinese version of Equitrac - an intelligent print management software - to meet growing demand for its pioneering business software in China.
Equitrac allows organisations to gain better control of their print environments, reduce unnecessary print costs and increase document security |
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Soraa’s LED Lamps Have Been Installed in Hong Kong Hotel (2016.06.22)
Soraa announced that its LED lamps have been installed at the Hotel Stage in the heart of Kowloon, Hong Kong. More than just a hotel, the Hotel Stage serves as a quiet retreat amidst the energetic Yau Ma Tei neighborhood and a stage for local artists to showcase their work |
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Industry's Lowest-power, Low-jitter Retimers for 4K Video and Camera Interface (2016.06.22)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced three high-performance retimers which enable an extended signal range over long traces, connectors and cables without degradation of signal integrity.
These devices expand TI's high-performance retimer portfolio, and support flexible, cost-optimized system design, enabling designers to speed their products to market while maintaining optimal performance |
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High-end Mini-ITX Motherboard MANO500 (2016.06.22)
Axiomtek has launched MANO500, its first mini-ITX motherboard based on 14nm 6th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 and Pentium processor in the LGA1151 socket with Intel H110 chipset (formally codename: Skylake).
The embedded motherboard supports up to 32GB of speedy DDR4 RAM, and offers three SATA connections |
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Cloud Enabled Micro IoT Gateway Industrial Computer (2016.06.22)
To facilitate the adoption of IoT, Advantech has developed its smallest industrial IoT gateway. The UNO-1251G is as small as a micro PLC and is DIN-rail mountable. To aid accessibility, the industrial computer comes with a programmable OLED display, easily accessible wireless communication slot, built in CANbus |
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Bluetooth Low Energy Solutions with Easy-to-Use Interface (2016.06.22)
Microchip Technology announced two next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) solutions with an easy-to-use ASCII-style command interface that makes the devices easy to configure and eliminates any complicated code compiling.
The RN4870 and RN4871 support the latest Bluetooth 4 |
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Large-Size LCD Panel Shipments Posted Monthly Growth of 6.5% in May (2016.06.22)
The latest LCD panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, finds large-size panel shipments totaled 60.25 million units in May, up 6.5% from the prior month. The strong monthly shipments across all applications were attributed to the anticipation of rising prices and increased inventory-replenishment efforts |
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Inventec: India’s Supply Chain Has Not Taken Shape (2016.06.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese electronics OEM manufacturer Inventec Corporation today at a shareholder’s meeting announced that the overall supply chain in India has not taken shape. Consequently, Inventec will not take an overly-actively approach in investing in India and will instead proceed in a steady manner |
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Allion Labs Offers Host Electrical Compliance Testing for Thunderbolt 3 (2016.06.21)
Allion Labs, Inc. (Allion) announced that its Nantou Taiwan Lab now offers Host electrical compliance testing for Thunderbolt 3.
Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40Gbps, creating one compact port that does it all – delivering the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display or data device |
